Miss World

The grand finale ceremony of Femina Mis India 2023 was held on April 15 in Manipur, it was a star-studded affair and celebrated the ethos of beauty in diversity. The showpiece contest culminated into the corrnonation ceremony, wherein the outgoing queens crowned the new winners. Nandini Gupta of Rajasthan was crowned Femina Miss India World 2023, who will go onto represent India at the Miss World content.

Karolina Bielawska of Poland has been crowned Miss World 2021, which was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Introducing the winners, Miss World organisation tweeted: "Our newly crowned Miss World Karolina Bielawska from Poland with 1st Runner Up Shree Saini from US 2nd Runner up Olivia Yace from Côte d'Ivoire."

There are four major international beauty pageants in the world. Among these four,  Miss World and Miss Universe are the oldest global beauty pageants. Both Miss Universe and Miss World evaluate the beauty of participants from across the world. However, there is a lot of difference between the two contests. Here’s an explainer on the difference between Miss Universe and Miss World.

The finale was slated to take place in Puerto Rico on Thursday. "After meeting with the virologists and medical experts hired to oversee the Miss World 2021 event and discussing with the Puerto Rico Health Department, the decision has been made by the organisers of the event to postpone the globally broadcast finale at the Puerto Rico Coliseum Jose Miguel Agrelot to be held within the next 90 days," the post on the pageant's official Facebook said late Thursday night.