Reita faria: - India's first Miss World (1966) Rita

Reita Faria - India's first Miss World (1966) Rita Faria is an Indian model. She won the title of Miss World in the year 1966 and she has also joined the first Indian and Asian-origin female Miss World competition as a judge. She currently resides in Dublin, Ireland with her endocrinologist husband David Powellke. Reita Faria is an Indian physician and model who won the Miss World title in 1966, beating 50 other contestants. She also visited Vietnam with Bob Hope during the war and faced controversy for her actions. Reita Faria is the first Indian woman to win the Miss World Beauty Pageant in 1966. She is not only the first Indian but also the first Asian to win the coveted crown. Reita Faria won the title of Miss World when many of the Indian girls and women were not even allowed to go to school or wear western dresses. She created history and set a benchmark for the forthcoming generation. It is a general thought that the beauty pageant’s winner from India has only one destination – Bollywood. But ... Reita Faria Powell, India's first woman to win Miss World, is a remarkable woman known for her ground-breaking achievements in both the world of beauty pageants and the field of medicine.