Priyadarshini Pradhan is the Miss India

Miss India

Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...

 winner of 1987. She represented India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in the Miss Universe 1987

Miss Universe 1987

Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant was held at Hall Four at World Trade Centre, Singapore on May 27, 1987. 22-year-old Cecilia Bolocco of Chile was crowned as Miss Universe 1987. 68 contestants competed in the 1987 Miss Universe Pageant. This was the twenty-first and final Miss...

 pageant. She won the Best National Costume Award at the Miss Universe competition. She received her title from Mehr Jessia and handed it over to Dolly Minhas

Dolly Minhas

Dolly Minhas is a popular Indian actress, model and Miss India winner in the year 1988. She has acted in Punjabi, Hindi and Kannada films.-Personal life:...

. Also Priyardarshini competed in the Miss University Pageant held in South Korea

South Korea

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 winning the title. Upon return to India she began a career as a Fashion Model with the new great era of Mehr Jessia, Anu Agarwal

Anu Agarwal

Anu Agarwal is an Indian model who later became a Bollywood actress. Born in New Delhi, she is best known for her leading role in the movie, Aashiqui.-Career:...

, Suzanne Sablok

Suzanne Sablok

Suzanne Sablok is a popular Model and Miss India title holder for the years 1989-1990. She later represented India in the Miss Universe 1990 and became a semifinalist where she placed 8th. During the telecast, the co-anchor showed preliminary results indicating that Suzanne had placed second in the...

, Anu Kattoor and Achla Sachdev who began to change the industry in India. This of course lead up to the creation of true Super Indian Models like Madhu Sapre

Madhu Sapre

Madhu Sapre is an Indian model from Maharashtra.-Early life:Sapre was born in Nagpur, into a Maharashtrian family which moved to Mumbai after her birth...

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Personal life

At her peak she obtained a MBA [Master of Business Administration] after winning Miss World University 1989 and was a U.N. Peace Ambassador for a year.
After working in Japan for Chiyobi Sirene, and flying for an airline for a few years, Priyadarshini returned to India and was swept into the world of fashion again. Ever popular, Priyadarshini did some of the best shows and was a firm favourite of designer choreographer Hemant Trevidi. Within India's fashion industry she was recognised as one of the most stunning Miss Indias, as well as a highly priced ramp model with class. Her porcelain skin was her trademark.

External links

• Femina Miss India
• Miss Universe 1987
  Miss Universe 1987
  Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant was held at Hall Four at World Trade Centre, Singapore on May 27, 1987. 22-year-old Cecilia Bolocco of Chile was crowned as Miss Universe 1987. 68 contestants competed in the 1987 Miss Universe Pageant. This was the twenty-first and final Miss...