| Bharat Sundari | |
| Caption: | Crowning Beauty of the Nation |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Gurugram, Haryana |
| Location: | India |
| Language: | Hindi, English |
| Key People: | Rajat Singh |
| Volunteers: | ~300 |
| Footnotes: | In 2017 Rajat Singh restarted this pageant as a Private Entity |
| Staff: | ~48 |
| Region: | India, World |
| Native Name: | भारत सुंदरी |
Bharat Sundari was a national beauty pageant in India. The pageant's winner competed in the Miss World pageant from 1968 to 1975.
Bharat Sundari is in two categories:
There are two stages to become Bharat Sundari:
· Height 5'2" and above (5'0 for North East India)· Age 16-35(as of 1 December 2019)
· Height 5'2" and above (5’0 for North East India)· Age 18-50 Years(age as on 31 December 2019)
The first edition of Bharat Sundari was held in 1968. Jane Coelho was crowned the first ever winner of Bharat Sundari contest and represented India at Miss World 1968 pageant.
| 1975 | Anjana Sood | Himachal Pradesh | Semifinalist | |
| 1972 | Malathi Basappa | Karnataka | 4th Runner-up | |
| 1970 | Heather Corinne Faville | Maharashtra | Semifinalist | |
| 1969 | Adina Shellim | Maharashtra | ||
| 1968 | Jane Coelho | New Delhi |
| Year | width=200 | Representative ! | width=200 | State ! | width=250 | Ranking ! | width=300 | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Anjana Sood | Himachal Pradesh | Semifinalist | |||||
| 1972 | Malathi Basappa | Karnataka | 4th Runner-up | |||||
| 1970 | Heather Corinne Faville | Maharashtra | Semifinalist | |||||
| 1969 | Adina Shellim | Maharashtra | ||||||
| 1968 | Jane Coelho | New Delhi |
In 1967, Eve's Weekly Miss India sent India's representative to the pageant.
| Year | width=200 | Representative ! | width=200 | State ! | width=250 | Ranking ! | width=300 | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Firoza Cooper | Maharashtra |