Miss India winners: 1987

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Miss India 1987 the winning trio
Priyadarshini Pradhan is in the centre. On our left is Manisha Kohli. Apparently the glum, disappointed looking lady on our right is Jasleen Kaur

Miss India winners: 1987

Priyadarshini Pradhan

Miss India Universe- Priyadarshini Pradhan

Miss India World - Manisha Kohli

Miss India International - Erika Maria d'Souza

Miss India Asia Pacific - Jasleem Kaur

Priyadarshini Pradhan

Manisha Kohli

Miss India 1987: Priyadarshini Pradhan won the best national costume award at the Miss Universe pageant. She achieved great heights as a ramp model and even had the honour of serving as a UN Peace Ambassador for a year.

Miss India 1987: If she had not won the Miss India title, she would have been an architect. She won the best national costume award at the Miss Universe pageant. Later, she obtained a management degree too. on the insistence of her parents, but finally flew as an air hostess with Kuwait Airways.

She achieved great heights as a ramp model and even had the honour of serving as a U.N. Peace Ambassador for a year.

Manisha Kohli

Miss India World - Manisha Kohli

Best National Costume Award 1987

Manisha is now the British Airways ambassador.

Erika Maria d'Souza

India’s representative for Miss International, selected by Eve’s Weekly: Erika Maria D'Souza She was a Semifinalist at Miss International

Jasleen Kaur

Miss India Asia Pacific - Jasleen Kaur

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