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ABOUT THE
MISS
INDIA WORLDWIDE PAGEANT
Miss India Worldwide Pageant is produced
by the IFC, based in New York City.
The IFCis a pioneer organization in conducting
Indian pageants and fashion shows in the USA and worldwide.
The committee has also been conducting the Miss India New
York and the Miss India USA Pageants annually
since 1980.
In 1990, Mr. Dharmatma Saran, Chairman and Founder
of the IFC, decided to take the pageant one step further
to an international level and started The First Miss India
Worldwide Pageant. For the first time ever, Asian-Indian
communities from all over the world came together in New York
for this event. The pageant was an instant success and was
acclaimed as ‘the most glamorous Indian function in the world.”
To the best of our knowledge, no other ethnic organization
has ever conducted a pageant of this magnitude on an international
level.
In line with other prestigious international pageants,
we have also started staging Miss India Worldwide
in various parts of the world. In 1997, the pageant was
organized in Bombay to salute India on its 50th anniversary
of independence. In the year 1998, the pageant was organized,
in association with UTV International, in the exotic and
beautiful city of Singapore.
The IFC selects distinguished local organizations
in various parts of the world and authorize them to conduct
national pageants in their respective countries. At this time
we have affiliates in over twenty five countries.
The contestants in all the pageants are of Indian origin,
between the ages of 17 and 27, never married, and are citizens,
residents, or born in the country which they represent. The
pageant consists of four segments - Evening Gown, Indian Dress, Talent and Question-Answer.
The winners of all the various national pageants
from all over the world vie for the glamorous and prestigious
title of the Miss India Worldwide.
The IFCmotivates and guides its winners and contestants
to take up charitable causes. Many of our past winners have
raised substantial amount of money for various charities,
especially for handicapped children.
The name Miss India Worldwide was registered
under the trademark act of USA and has been granted Trade
Mark by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks of
the United States Government.
IFC
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