Miss India, Suman Rao, at the 69th annual Miss World competition at the Excel centre in London as 120 national representatives from around the world compete for the famous blue cro...

Miss India, Suman Rao, performs at the 69th annual Miss World competition at the Excel centre in London as 120 national representatives from around the world compete for the famous...

To Her Credit

Does the Miss India competition still function as an assembly line for Bollywood hopefuls? It would do to ask rec­ently-crowned Suman Rao, 20, from Mumbai, about her future plans....

Suman Rao (C) of Rajasthan crowned as Femina Miss India World 2019 beauty pageant, in Mumbai. Shivani Jadhav (L)crowned Femina Miss Grand India 2019 and Shreya Shanker crowned Miss...

Miss World 2018 Vanessa Ponce de Leon poses for a photograph during Miss India 2019 grand finale, in Mumbai.

Femina Miss India 2019 mentors Dia Mirza and Neha Dhupia pose for a photograph with 30 state winners, in Mumbai.

Miss India 2018 first runner-up Meenakshi Chaudhary takes a selfie with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at his residence, in Chandigarh.

Open To The World

At Chennai’s Loyola, they shape solid scholars. But Anukreethy Vas, a bachelor’s student of Fre­nch literature, cast a dice at Miss India too, and came back crowned beauty que...

Miss India 2017 Manushi Chillar (C) flanked by Miss United Continents 2017 Sana Dua (L) and Miss Intercontinental 2017 Priyanka Kumari during Miss India 2018 pageant, in Mumbai.

Haryana's Meenakshi Chaudhary (1st Runner up) with Miss United Continents 2017 Sana Dua during Miss India 2018 pageant, in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Neha Dhupia arrives at the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2018, in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Bobby Deol arrives at the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2018, in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Poonam Pandey arrives at the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2018, in Mumbai.

Miss world 2017 Manushi Chhillar arrives at the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2018, in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Malaika Arora arrives at the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2018, in Mumbai.

Miss India 2018 Winner Anukreethy Vas (Tamil Nadu) with Haryana's Meenakshi Chaudhary (1st Runner up) and Andhra Pradesh's Shreya Rao (2nd Runner up) after being crowned during Mis...

Miss India 2018 Winner Anukreethy Vas (Tamil Nadu) with Haryana's Meenakshi Chaudhary (1st Runner up) and Andhra Pradesh's Shreya Rao (2nd Runner up) after being crowned during Mis...

Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez performs during Miss India 2018 pageant, in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit performs during Miss India 2018 pageant, in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan performs during Miss India 2018 pageant, in Mumbai.