Vanya Mishra Miss India 2012

It is the time of the year when beauty contests become front page news. 

Miss India 2012

Since the times Aishwarya Rai, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra, and Dia Mirza have climbed the pedestal of international beauty contests, ordinary Indians started taking interest in such events. However, in the past few years, India has failed to produce a beauty queen who excelled on the international stage.

Vanya Mishra

Formal contests apart, Indian women continue to mesmerize people all over the world.

And it looks like they may once again gain prominence on the international contest stage - courtesy the Miss India winners 2012.

Miss India 2012

Just yesterday, in the Miss India contest held in Mumbai, India, Vanya Mishra was crowned Miss India World 2012. Prachi Mishra was crowned Miss India Earth 2012 and Rochelle Maria Rao was crowned Miss India International 2012.

In a competition that had spanned more than 4 months, Vanya Mishra was chosen as the winner among 20 other contestants. Vanya was a wild card entry into the Miss India Finals since she won Dabur Gulabari Miss Rose Glow 2011. She proves that wild cards can be winners too.

Vanya Mishra Miss India 2012

Vanya is 19 years old, comes from Chandigarh and is a Technology student. This is bound to create some interest among Engineering students, both in terms of aspirations and dreams :-)

Vanya Mishra Miss India 2012

In the final round, she was asked a question - "If you have an option, will you create thousand jobs or feed thousand children daily?". Vanya replied, "Little children are innocent and anybody's heart will melt. I will also try to give them education so that they can feed themselves and their family too."

This intelligent answer set the dice rolling in favor of Vanya and within moments, she went from Vanya Who to Vanya Mishra - The Miss India 2012.

The name Vanya is of Russian and Hebrew origin, and means gracious gift of God.

And yes, Vanya Mishra has a striking resemblance to super star actress Chitrangada Singh. This picture says it all and we all hope that she is as successful as Chitrangada.

Vanya Mishra Chitrangada Singh

Prachi Mishra, all of 24, from Allahabad, UP, was crowned Miss India Earth 2012. 

She was the runner up in this marathon competition. She is an investment advisor and is inspired by Aishwarya Rai.

Prachi Mishra Miss India 2012

Rochelle Maria Rao, from Chennai, was crowned Miss India International 2012.

Rochelle Maria Rao Miss India 2012

All in all, these ladies have been catapulted to instant stardom. We all hope that these gals enjoy tremendous success.

P.S. If there is one contestant who caught my eye among the ladies who also ran, it is the lady below - Erica Fernandez. Lets hope that she is also equally successful as the other gals.

Erica Fernandez