Miss India Australia

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Miss India Australia refers to Indian diaspora beauty pageants held nationally in Australia. The three main pageants are Miss India Australia (Opera), Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul)andMiss India Australia (Raj Suri).

## Contents

* 1 Controversy
* 2 Miss India Australia (Opera)
* 2.1 Miss India Australia (Opera & Global) Winners List
* 3 Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul)
* 3.1 Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul) Winners List
* 4 Miss India Australia (Raj Suri)
* 4.1 Miss India Australia (Raj Suri) Winners List
* 5 References

## Controversy[edit]

Melbourne based Rashi Saxena Kapoor (Pinka/Motto) [1][2] created controversy in November 2014 when she falsely claimed to be winner of 'Miss India Australia' to grab the role of MC at a Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet and greet event in Sydney.[3]

Rashi Kapoor (Saxena) later misused her role as President of AIBC Victoria (Australia India Business Council) to grab the role of COO and CFO in MIG Real Estate, Melbourne in return for giving out of turn sponsorship opportunities to MIG's Amit Miglani.

Amit Miglani was later punished by Victorian Court for a real estate fraud.[4] Rashi and Amit Miglani were also involved in a romantic relationship for few years.

Rashi was earlier enrolled in a school in Delhi, India as ‘Rashi Saxena’, but later changed her name to ‘Rashi Kapoor’, and did not disclose the name change when filing her papers for Australian Visa, and later citizenship.

## Miss India Australia (Opera)[edit]

Opera Miss India Australia also known as Miss India Global Australia is an Australian beauty pageant for unmarried women of Indian origin which selects Indian diaspora women to compete in Miss India Global.[5] The pageant was founded by Opera Media & Recreations Pvt Ltd and newspaper Hindi Gaurav in 2010.[5][6] Mentor is Mr Anuj Kulshrestha.[7][8]

### Miss India Australia (Opera & Global) Winners List[edit]

Year | Miss India Australia | Mrs India Australia | Guest Judge  | Subtitle

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2015  | Dia Soni[9][10] | Amy Kauler[11] |  |
2018  | Palak Gupta[12][13][14] (Global)  | Simran Gulati (Global)  | Mughda Godse | Palak Gupta - Miss Talented 2018
2019  | Deepti Dialani (Opera)

Raman Grewal (Global)

| Dimple Doshi (Global)  |  | Dimple Doshi - Miss Talented 2018
2020  | Theresa Joji[15] | Kanika Singh[15] |  |
2021  | Riya Dash (Opera)  | Subhangi Jana (Opera)  |  |

## Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul)[edit]

Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul) is an Australian beauty pageant for unmarried women of Indian origin founded and conceptualised by Reena Koak [16] and main sponsor and partners have been Maharaja Haveli.[17][18] There is a men's division, "Mr India Australia" and a married women's division, "Mrs India Australia".[19]

Guest judges have included Indian actresses Soha Ali Khan in 2015,[17] Karisma Kapoor in 2016[19] and Dia Mirza in 2018.

### Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul) Winners List[edit]

Year | Miss India Australia | Mrs India Australia | Mr India Australia | Sub Titles | Guest Judge

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2013  | Shayesta Tarana Khunger[20] | Mili Devmurari Suthar[20] |  | Shayesta Tarana Khunger - 'Miss Beautiful Smile[20] |
2014  | Phalguni Kataria[2][3] | Anant Sidana[2] | Rohit Kali[2] |  |
2015  | Tanya Bali[17] | Jaspreet Kaur[17] | Deepanshu Dhiman[17] |  | Soha Ali Khan[17]
2016  | Neekita Naidu[21] | Kamini Sabrewal[21] | Pavreet Singh[21] |  | Karisma Kapoor[19]
2018  | Sujneet Kaur Johal[22] | Nancy Arora[22] | Aariz Jamali[22] | Rushana Afu - 'Miss Congeniality'[23] Saroni Roy - "India Australia Goodwill Ambassador" [24] | Dia Mirza[18]

## Miss India Australia (Raj Suri)[edit]

Miss India Australia by Raj Suri is an Australian beauty pageant which selects Indian diaspora women to compete in Miss India Worldwide.[25] The contest was founded in 2001 by photographer, director & actor Raj Suri.[citation needed]

### Miss India Australia (Raj Suri) Winners List[edit]

Color keys

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner

Year  | Miss India Australia  | Placement at Miss India Worldwide  | Special Awards

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2003  | Rashi Chandok[26] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2003 | Most Beautiful Skin
2004  | Vimala Raman[27] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2005 |
2005  | Tahirah Islam[28] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2006 | Miss Beautiful Hair
2006  | Kiara Podesta  | Top 10 at Miss India Worldwide 2007 |
2007  | Cassandra Fernandez  | Unplaced  | Miss Congeniality
2008  | Kanchan Verma[29] | 1st Runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2009 | Most Beautiful Skin
2010  | Pallavi Sharda | Unplaced  | Fresh Look
2011  | Ankita Cheryl Ghazan  | Miss India Worldwide 2011  | Miss Beautiful Hair
2012  | Olivia Rose  | 2nd Runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2012 |
2013  | Zenia Starr  | Unplaced  |
2014  | Swetha Raj[30] | Unplaced  |
2015  | Nibedita Pal[31] | Unplaced  |
2016  | Sukhmani Khaira[32] | Unplaced  |
2017  | Aarzu Singh[33] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2017 | Miss Photogenic
2018  | Sakshi Singh[34] | 1st Runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2018  |
2019  | Srishti Aggarwal[35] | Top 10 at Miss India Worldwide 2019  |

## References[edit]

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16. ^ "About National Director". Official website of Miss India Australia Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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18. ^ a b Roberts, Stacey (April 10, 2018). "Bollywood star to shine in Blacktown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
19. ^ a b c Ranke, Angela (20 September 2016). "Bollywood superstar and Miss Lebanon winner to judge Indo-Australian beauty pageant". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
20. ^ a b c Friends world tv (2013-02-24), Miss:Mrs india Au Grand Final Results video by Friends Audio Video, retrieved 2018-04-22
21. ^ a b c "Miss/Mrs/Mr India Australia – Touch the Soul Beauty Pageant 2016 'Redefines Beauty'". Indusage. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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23. ^ "Indo-Pacific woman wins Miss Congeniality 2018". The Indian Newslink. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
24. ^ "Saroni Roy receives the India Australia Goodwill Ambassador 2018 award". sbs.com.au. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
25. ^ "Called out for her weight, Sydney student goes on to win beauty pageant". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
26. ^ Parasher, Paritosh (September 5, 2003). "Sydney girl is Miss India Australia". The Tribune India. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
27. ^ "Vimala Raman crowned Miss India Australia". The Tribune India. October 28, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
28. ^ "I'm very good at working hard: Tahira". The News Nation. January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
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30. ^ "Swetha Raj – Miss India Australia 2014 wins Miss Asia Pacific Supertalent in Seoul". Australia: Missindia.com.au. December 19, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
31. ^ Hansen, Inge (September 9, 2015). "Brisbane local titled Miss India Australia". The Source News. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
32. ^ Grewal, Preetinder (October 25, 2016). "Sukhmani Khaira crowned Miss India Australia 2016". SBS.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
33. ^ "Aarzu Singh of Queensland Wins Miss India Australia 2017". India West. September 28, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
34. ^ Kumud, Merani (December 10, 2018). "Sakshi Singh Miss India Australia 2018". SBS Hindi. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
35. ^ "Miss India Australia 2019 Srishti Aggarwal". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2019-09-14.