reita faria powell was the first miss world in india.
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reita faria powell (born 23 august 1943) born to goan parents in british bombay (now mumbai) is an indian model, doctor and beauty pageant titleholder who won the miss world title in the year 1966, making her the first asian woman to win the event. she is also the first miss world winner to qualify as a doctor.





























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faria was born in goa. after winning the miss mumbai crown, she won the "eve's weekly miss india" contest (not to be confused with the femina miss india 1966 competition, won by yasmin daji).
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miss trinidad & tobago registered trademark started in 1954 exclusively for miss world. the first miss trinidad and tobago contest started in 1954 where the eventual winner, seeta indranie mahabir represented the british commonwealth country at the fourth edition of the contest. trinidad and tobago have never withdrawn from the miss world contest since the 70's. it is the only international contest (miss world) that they have been consistent in sending a representative to. the miss world brand is the most established pageant brand in the country. according to google trends, t&t is ranked 4th as per most searches for miss world. the british high commissioner in trinidad and tobago (1950's to 1970's) were responsible for sending miss trinidad and tobago winner to miss world. then in 1979, they gave the rights to local socialite and businesswoman, kim sabeeny. kim sabeeny died in 1999. peter elias then took over the franchise with trinidad and tobago first miss world, giselle laronde. peter elias resigned after gabrielle walcott placed 2nd runner-up at the 58th edition of the miss world contest. he gave the directorship to micheal raghunanan and daniel seebaran in 2009. in 2013, athaliah samuel held the franchise and there was a dispute between the franchise holder and the then-titleholder, shereece villafana, who was then stripped of her title by the national franchise holder after competing in miss world. in 2014, vanessa manoo and nicaraguan businessman, gregory lewin took over the company for the next three years. the current directors of miss t&t company are brian gopaul and dr. reiaz mohammed (vice national director) who took over the franchise for miss trinidad and tobago in 2018.
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