Indian beauty queens have failed to make a mark at the international beauty pageants during past decade. Miss India Universe 2011 Vasuki Sunkavalli joins the long list.


Lara Dutta was the last to be crowned Miss Universe and after Priyanka Chopra none of the contestants has won the title of Miss World. This time even tips from India’s first Miss Universe Sushmita Sen failed to help Vasuki Sunkavalli. The lawyer from Andhra Pradesh failed to impress the judges. She was crowned I Am She Miss Universe India in July. The pageant was organised by Sushmita Sen. The list of beauty queens who failed to bring the Miss Universe crown home since 2001 goes like this2011 Vasuki Sunkavalli, Andhra PradeshVasuki Sunkavalli  represented India at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant  held in Sao Paolo, Brazil on September 12, 2011 but couldn't make it to the top 16.2009 Ekta Chowdhary, Haryana


Ekta represented India at the Miss Universe 2009 competition on August 23, 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas but failed to make the final cut as one of the top 15 contestants.2008 Simran Kaur Mundi, Maharashtra Simran was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2008 in Mumbai on 5 April 2008. She then represented India at Miss Universe 2008, held in Diamond Bay Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 13, 2008 but failed to win the title.2007 Puja Gupta, Delhi

Puja is an Indian Model and actress. She was the winner of Miss India Universe in 2007 and later went to Mexico to participate in Miss Universe 2007, finishing in 9th place.2006 Neha Kapur, Delhi Neha represented India at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant held on July 23 in Los Angeles, California, United States. She made the semis to the top 20 and competed in the swimsuit round. 2005 Amrita Thapar, Maharashtra Amrita from Pune won the Miss India crown in the year 2005, she went on to represent India at the Miss Universe pageant but failed to make the last cut.2004 Tanushree Dutta, Jharkhand She won the Femina Miss India 2004 competition held in Mumbai, and was placed in the top ten in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant held in Quito, Ecuador. 2003 Nikita Anand, Delhi She won Femina Miss India contest in 2003. She was crowned by preceding winner Neha Dhupia, and given the chance to represent India at the Miss Universe pageant in Panama City, Panama. However, she failed to place breaking India's 11 year streak of placing in the Top 10 from 1992 to 2002.2002 Neha Dhupia, Delhi

In 2002 she entered the Femina Miss India pageant finishing in first place, winning the Femina Miss India Universe title, and was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Puerto Rico. She was placed in the top 10. 2001 Celina Jaitley, West Bengal Jaitley came in first place at Femina Miss India 2001 winning the title of Femina Miss India Universe 2001. She was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2001 contest to represent India where she was a finalist and finished as the 4th Runner Up.

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