It is said that:
“Heaven is when you have an American Salary, live in a British house, eat Chinese food and have an Indian Wife. And hell is when you have an American Wife; eat British Food; have a Chinese house and get an Indian Salary”
It is not contempt for the British and the Chinese, but this sounds more right:
“Heaven is when you have an American Salary, an American house and eat Indian food and have an Indian Wife”
Indian marriages are mostly arranged marriages. That might be one reason why divorce rate in India is low. The other reason of course is that Indian women are extremely understanding. Making sacrifices and adjustments are their strongest traits.
List of world’s most beautiful women, from India
Source: Femina, India
Miss Universe
| Year | Winner |
| 1994 | Sushmita Sen |
| 2000 | Lara Dutta |
Miss World
| Year | Winner |
| 1966 | Reita Faria |
| 1994 | Aishwarya Rai |
| 1997 | Diana Hayden |
| 1999 | Yukta Mookhey |
| 2000 | Priyanka Chopra |
Miss Earth
| Year | Winner |
| 2010 | Nicole Faria |
History of the beautiful women of India
Source: Femina, India
2015
- Miss India World – Aditi Arya
- Miss India International – Aafreen Vaz
- Miss India Grand – Vartika Singh
2014
- Miss India World – Koyal Rana
- Miss India International – Jhatalekha Malhotra
- Miss India United Continent – Gail Da Silva
2013
- Miss India World – Navneet Kaur Dhillon
- Miss India Earth – Shubhita Dhulipala
- Miss India United Continent – Purva Rana
2012
- Miss India International – Rochelle Maria Rao
- Miss India World – Vanya Mishra
- Miss India Earth – Prachi Mishra
2011
- Miss India International – Ankita Shorey
- Miss India World – Kanishtha Dhankar
- Miss India Earth – Hasleen Kaur
2010
- Miss India International – Neha Hinge
- Miss India World – Manasvi Mamgai
- Miss India Earth – Nicole Faria
2009
- Miss India Universe – Ekta Chaudhary
- Miss India World – Pooja Chopra
- Miss India Earth – Shriya Kishore
- Miss India International – Harshita Saxena
2008
- Miss India Universe – Simran Kaur Mundi
- Miss India World – Parvathy Omanakuttan
- Miss India International – Radha Brahmabhatt
- Miss India Earth – Tanvi Vyas
2007
- Miss India Universe – Puja Gupta
- Miss India World – Sarah-Jane Dias
- Miss India Earth – Pooja Chitgopekar
2006
- Miss India Universe – Neha Kapur, later placed among the top 20 semi-finalists at Miss Universe
- Miss India World – Natasha Suri, top 17 semi-finalists, second runner up (beach beauty), second runner up (dress designer award), top 10 in (talent round)
- Miss India Earth – Amruta Patki, 1st runner-up Miss Earth 2006 held in Manila, Philippines
2005
- Miss India Universe – Amrita
- Miss India World – Sindhura Gadde, later placed among the top 15 semi-finalists at Miss World
- Miss India Earth – Niharika
2004
- Miss India Universe – Tanushree Dutta, later placed among the Top 10 at Miss Universe
- Miss India World – Sayali Bhagat
- Miss India Earth – Jyoti Brahmin, later placed among the Top 16 Semifinalists at Miss Earth
2003
- Miss India Universe – Nikita Anand
- Miss India World – Ami Vashi, later 3 runner up at Miss World 2003
- Miss India Earth – Swetha Vijay
2002
- Miss India Universe – Neha Dhupia, later ninth at Miss Universe. It started with a dream for the tall and slender beauty with dark-brown eyes. Millions of moments later, Neha Dhupia, a true-blue Virgo, sported a smile infused with the fragrance of sweet success.
- Miss India World – Shruti Sharma semifinalist in miss world 2002
- Miss India Earth – Reshmi Ghosh
2001
- Miss India Universe – Celina Jaitley, later fourth runner-up at Miss Universe.
- Miss India World – Sara Corner
- Miss India Earth – Shamita Singha, later fifth place at Miss Earth (first contestant from India ever to compete)
2000
- Miss India Universe- Lara Dutta, later Miss Universe, 2000 (also Miss Intercontinental 1997).
- Miss India Asia-Pacific International- Diya Mirza, later Miss Asia-Pacific, 2000.
- Miss India International- Gayatri Joshi, later semifinalist at Miss International 2000
1999
- Miss India Universe – Gul Panag, later sixth place at Miss Universe. She has tremendous faith in herself. After obtaining a doctorate in developmental economics.
- Miss India World – Yukta Mookhey, later Miss World, 1999.
- Miss India Asia Pacific – Shivangi Parikh.
1998
- Miss India Universe – Lymaraina D’Souza, later seventh place at Miss Universe.
- Miss India World – Annie Thomas
1997
- Miss India Universe – Nafisa Joseph, later tenth place at Miss Universe.
- Miss India World – Diana Hayden, later Miss World, 1997.
1996
- Miss India Universe- Sandhya Chib, later seventh place at Miss Universe, 1996.
- Miss India World – Rani Jeyraj, later third runner-up at Miss World, 1996
- Representative at Miss International – Fleur Dominique Xavier
1995
- Miss India Universe – Manpreet Brar, later first runner-up at Miss Universe.
- Miss India World – Preeti Mankotia
- Representative at Miss International – Priya Gill
1994
- Miss India Universe – Sushmita Sen, later Miss Universe, 1994. She stunned the universe. And shone on Manila. Euphoria gripped India on May 21, 1994, when, for the first time ever, an Indian girl was crowned Miss Universe, at Manila, Philippines.
- Miss India World – Aishwarya Rai, later Miss World, 1994. She first caught the audiences’ fancy in the Pepsi advertisement with Aamir Khan. Soon after, she won the Femina Miss India title in 1994. She also won the Miss World title, and became the second Indian to be crowned Miss World in 28 years.
1993
- Miss India – Namrata Shirodkar, later sixth place at Miss Universe.
- Miss India first runner-up – Karminder Kaur
- Miss India 2nd Runner-Up – Pooja Batra.
1992
- Miss India – Madhu Sapre, later second runner-up at Miss Universe, 1992.
- Miss India World – Shyla Lopez
- Miss India International – Kamal Sandhu
Other prominent Miss India:
1980 – Sangeeta Bijlani
1984 – Juhi Chawla
1985 – Sonu Walia
1986 – Mehr Jessia