This year Femina Miss India org brought a
lot of changes to it’s format of selecting the finalists. For a change,
this year contestants were selected state wise where one girl would be
representing her state. So in total we had 30 girls representing 30
states including the half state-half union territory, Delhi. This was
very much welcomed by fans across India and it particularly gave a fair
representation of the 8 Northeast states. This year saw the highest
number of North-eastern women participating in Femina Miss India with
the introduction of State wise crowning. Everything started in a good
note.
The Cox & King Miss Getaway Goddess video of each contestants
showcasing their state was fabulous. The bonding of the girls was truly a
representation of the India’s unity in diversity. In fact, the
pre-pageant finale activities were exceptionally good. This gave us hope
that the finale will be grand too since the coverage of each
contestants was the highlight of the pageant.
Then the Miss India 2017 finale happened.
There were confusions among the fans that whether the contest would be
live streamed on Jio TV app. Expectation were high since Femina promised
to bring a lot of changes which they did. In the end, one had to rely
on their Twitter account and Facebook page for live updates. Thankfully,
some fans present at the contest shared videos of the contest. The
contest lasted more than 4 hours.
The highlight of the finale was telecast
on July 9th, 2017 after almost two weeks. Watching the highlight and
watching the actual live show through videos available part by part.
There was a big difference. As expected, the highlights had many cuts
and edits. Even the top 15 question and answer round were edited and
done in a Fast and Furious. Femina Miss India has been doing this way
since many years. Maybe some day it might break the records of Fast and
Furious sequels which currently stands at 8 sequels. All I could think
was, “Were they were also censored by India’s Central Board of Film
Certification?”
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