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{{Short description|Indian beauty pageant}}
{{Sources exist|date=November 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest
| image = gladrags manhunt2.jpg
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| founder = Maureen Wadia
| caption = 2008 contest winners
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| formation = 1994
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| purpose = Beauty pageant
| headquarters = [[Mumbai]]
| location = India
| membership = 
| affiliations = {{ubl|[[Manhunt International]]|Best Model of the World Miss Intercontinental|[[Miss Tourism International]]}}
| language = [[Hindi]], English
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Maureen Wadia
| parent_organisation = [[Gladrags (India)|Gladrags India]]
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| website = {{URL|www.gladrags.in/}}
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The '''Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest''' is an annual unisex pageant conducted by the Indian [[Gladrags]] magazine. The most appealing male and female models are selected and promoted by the magazine.

They first conduct a round of selection from the regions and then post all the elimination rounds for the final contestants. The group undergoes training including physical fitness, grooming, catwalk, diction and speech.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-04-02 |title=Contestants get teased by stream of questions at Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt Contest |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20010402-contestants-get-teased-by-stream-of-questions-at-gladrags-mega-model-and-manhunt-contest-775412-2001-04-01 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Gladrags Manhunt Contest==

===History===
The Gladrags Contest is an annual modeling event established in the early 1990s by [[Maureen Wadia]], wife of industrialist [[Nusli Wadia]], who owns [[Bombay Dyeing]], one of India's oldest textile companies.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharjya |first=Manjima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvdgDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Gladrags+Manhunt%22&pg=PT30 |title=Mannequin: Working Women in India's Glamour Industry |publisher=Zubaan |isbn=978-93-85932-58-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-03-08 |title=Model manners |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/model-manners/article6969473.ece |access-date=2024-11-10 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Initially started to support Bombay Dyeing's promotional efforts, Maureen Wadia created the [[Gladrags|Gladrags magazine]], which functioned both as a fashion publication and a men's magazine, featuring swimsuit images of models.<ref name=":4" /> The contest later expanded to include Mrs. India and Little Miss and Master contests.<ref name=":4" />

The contest provided Bombay Dyeing with a source of models for its products, including bath and bed linens, while winners gained visibility that could launch careers in modeling or film.<ref name=":4" /> Unlike other beauty pageants, Gladrags contest was notable for its focus on the swimsuit round, with winners often featured on the magazine cover.<ref name=":4" />

The first Gladrags Manhunt Contest India was held in 1994.<ref name="baddieraju">{{cite news |date=26 July 2004 |title=Baddie cool |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/26/stories/2004072601040400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930134011/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/26/stories/2004072601040400.htm |archive-date=30 September 2004 |access-date=11 November 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> [[Rajat Bedi]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] was the first winner.<ref name="baddieraju" /> He represented India at [[Manhunt International 1994]] held in Greece and was fourth runner up.

At the 2017 contest was held at the [[Mahalaxmi Racecourse]] in [[Mumbai]]<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=16 March 2017 |title=WHERE STARS ARE BORN |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/ht-cafe/20170316/281565175572765 |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> In the Little Miss & Master India Pageant, Mishika Sonkar and Shaurya Saraswat won the juniors’ division, and Tithi Surti and Nikhil Chhabria won in the seniors’ category.<ref name=":5" /> Arni Sapkal won the Mrs. India Mumbai title, and Hina Azad and Bobby Vij were named winners of the Megamodel Manhunt Mumbai pageant.<ref name=":5" />

===International achievements===
In 2001, [[Rajeev Singh]] of [[Rajasthan]] became the first Asian and Indian{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} to win the [[Manhunt International]] contest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-11-12 |title=I am not a typical model-model, says Gladrags Manhunt 2001 winner Rajeev Singh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20011112-i-am-not-a-typical-model-model-says-gladrags-manhunt-2001-winner-rajeev-singh-774618-2001-11-11 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He also won two sub-awards at the contest including Sharmoon Best Dressed Gentleman Award and Best in National Costume.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

India has produced many runners-up at the pageant, most notably [[Dino Morea]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-22 |title=Dino Morea on why models looking for a Bollywood career have it tough now: 'There was a craze, at par with actors' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/dino-morea-recalls-how-models-were-at-par-with-actors-during-his-modeling-days-thats-not-the-case-anymore-8567815/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> [[Zulfi Syed]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sondhi |first=Aditya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGDiBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Gladrags+Manhunt%22&pg=PT212 |title=The Order of the Crest: Tracing the Alumni of Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore (1865–2015) |date=2014-12-18 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-5118-905-3 |language=en}}</ref> and [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-07 |title=Only actors get ads now, not supermodels: John Abraham |url=https://www.dtnext.in/entertainment/cinema/only-actors-get-ads-now-not-supermodels-john-abraham-802702 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref> all of whom have since established themselves in the [[Bollywood]] industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The John Abraham Interview |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/14john.htm |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref> The contest has also given India some of the finest models ever seen by Indian fashion industry like supermodel [[Muzamil Ibrahim]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Muzamil Ibrahim wants to help restore peace in Kashmir |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/muzamil-ibrahim-wants-to-help-restore-peace-in-kashmir-596537 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.ndtv.com |language=en}}</ref> actor and model [[Sidharth Shukla]],<ref name=":3" /> model [[Farhad Shahnawaz]], actor and model Abhimanyu Jain, 4th runner up [[Manhunt International 2006]] and Arry Dabas, semifinalist in 2012. Other notable winners include Romeo Gates,<ref>{{cite web|title=Romeo Gates, Mahima Chaudhary win Gladrags Megamodel and Manhunt Contest|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2007/04/08/mahima-choudhury-romeo-gates-win-gladrags-megamodelmanhunt-contest-1176141140.html|work=oneindia.com|access-date=24 Jan 2014}}</ref> Ahran Chaudhary and Ravi Awana.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

In 2005, [[Sidharth Shukla]], runner-up of Gladrags Manhunt 2004, represented India at the Best Model Of The World contest held in Turkey and became the first Indian to win the title. Later Shukla became a model in India and starred in [[Bollywood]] films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Payal Tarafdar (L), and Karan Ambardar (R) are the winners of Gladrags mega model and manhunt held at Spring Mill ground Wadala in Mumbai - Photogallery |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/beauty-pageants/miss-india/gladrags-megamodel-and-manhunt/articleshow/2949329.cms |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=photogallery.indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-03 |title=One and only |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/one-and-only/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gladrags Mega model and Manhunt contest 2007 |url=https://www.indiaforums.com/gallery/gladrags-mega-model-and-manhunt-contest-2007_526 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=India Forums |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110116/ttlife1.htm |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>

===Winners of Gladrags Manhunt India===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!State
!Ref
|-
|1994
| [[Kelly Dorji]], Rishabh Loomba, [[Rajat Bedi]]
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Let's Talk Sex {{!}} Wedding Season is Here! Premarital Medical Tests for Ensuring a Healthy Marriage |url=https://www.news18.com/lifestyle/lets-talk-sex-wedding-season-is-here-premarital-medical-tests-for-ensuring-a-healthy-marriage-9107664.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1995
| [[Dino Morea]]
| [[Karnataka]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1996-97
|[[Zulfi Syed]]
|[[Karnataka]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-07 |title=Imran Khan had a gala time meeting his old friends |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/imran-khan-had-a-gala-time-meeting-his-old-friends/articleshow/53583527.cms |access-date=2024-11-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|[[Tarun Arora]]
|[[Assam]]
|
|-
|1999
| [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|2000
| Regi Verghese
|[[Hyderabad]]
|
|-
|2001
|[[Rajeev Singh]]
|[[Rajasthan]]
|
|-
|2002
| Nitin Singh
|[[Maharashtra]]
|
|-
|2003
|Muzamil Ibrahim
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|2004
|[[Hrishant Goswami]]
|New Delhi
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-24 |title='Badhaai Do' fame Chum Darang dating former Bigg Boss contestant Hrishant Goswami |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/badhaai-do-fame-chum-darang-dating-former-bigg-boss-contestant-hrishant-goswami/articleshow/98207937.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-11-08 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|Pawan Setpal
|[[Maharashtra]]
|
|-
|2006
|Abhimanyu Jain
|[[Rajasthan]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sporting a crown to conquer |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/sporting-a-crown-to-conquer/cid/1657552}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|Romeo Gates
|London
|
|-
|2008
|Karan Ambardar
|New Delhi
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khatoon |first=F. |date=2019-06-18 |title=Model turned anchor Karan Ambardar is living his dreams by hosting ICC World Cup 2019 |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/sports-entertainment/2019/Jun/18/model-turned-anchor-karan-ambardar-is-living-his-dreams-by-hosting-icc-world-cup-2019-15776.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Indulgexpress |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|Prateek Balhara
|Haryana
|
|-
|2010
|Aaran Chaudhary
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|
|-
|2011-12
|Sam Kapoor
|London, UK
|
|-
|2013-14
|Ravi Awana
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|
|-
|2016-17
|Ansh Duggal
|New Delhi
|
|-
|}

===Representatives to Manhunt International===
* The winner of the Gladrags Manhunt represents India at Manhunt International, but if for any reason the winner is unable to compete then a runner up is sent to the pageant.
{| class="wikitable"
! width=63|Year !!width=200| Representative !!width=200| State !!width=250| Ranking !!width=300|Special awards
|-
| style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Manhunt International 1994|1994]]
| style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Rajat Bedi]]
| style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|4th Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Manhunt International 1995|1995]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Dino Morea]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Karnataka]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|1st Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Manhunt International 1997|1997]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Zulfi Syed]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Karnataka]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|4th Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|
|-
| style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Manhunt International 1998|1998]]
| style="background:lightyellow;"|Balbir Meena
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Rajasthan]]
| style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Manhunt International 1999|1999]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|1st Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"| [[Manhunt International 2000|2000]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"| Regi Verghese
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Hyderabad]]
| style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Manhunt International 2001|2001]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Rajeev Singh]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Rajasthan]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|{{center|[[Manhunt International 2001]]}}
|style="background:palegreen;"|{{center|Sharmoon Best Dressed Gentleman Best National Costume}}
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Manhunt International 2002|2002]]
|style="background:lavender;"|Nitin Singh
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 15}}
|style="background:lavender;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Manhunt International 2005|2005]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"| Pawan Setpal
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|Mr. Photogenic - 1st Runner Up}}
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Manhunt International 2006|2006]]
|style="background:lavender;"|Aryan Baruah
|style="background:lavender;"|
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 15}}
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Mister Personality - 2nd Runner Up}}
|-
|2007
|[[Vivian Dsena]]
|[[Ujjain]]
|Top 10
Finalist
|
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Manhunt International 2007|2007]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|Abhimanyu Jain
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Rajasthan]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|4th Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Manhunt International 2008|2008]]
|style="background:lavender;"|Romeo Gates
|style="background:lavender;"|London
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 15}}
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Mister Internet Popularity}}
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|2010
|style="background:lavender;"|Ahran Chaudhary
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 16}}
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Mister Internet Popularity}}
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Manhunt International 2011|2011]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"| Shashvath Seth
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|2012
|style="background:lavender;"|Arry Dabas
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Karnataka]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 15 }}
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Mister Photogenic }}
|-
|2014
|Gaurav Kumar
|New Delhi
|
|
|-
|}

===Representatives to Best Model of the World===
* The winner of the Gladrags Manhunt represents India at the Best Model of the World contest, but if for any reason the winner is unable to compete then a runner up is sent to the pageant.
{| class="wikitable"
! width=63|Year !!width=200| Representative !!width=200| State !!width=250| Ranking !!width=300|Special awards
!Ref.
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2000
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Shabbir Ali
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Karnataka]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|Best Asian Model}}
|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2001
|style="background:lightyellow;"| [[Abhinav Gautam]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|Best Asian Model}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-09-16 |title=Abhinav Gautam is truly a star in the making, here's why! |url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/tv/160919/abhinav-gautam-is-truly-a-star-in-the-making-heres-why.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.asianage.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|2002
|style="background:#fadadd;"|Vijay Balhara
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|4th Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|Best Gentleman}}
|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2003
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Ganesh Venkatraman]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|
|-
|style="background:palegreen;"|2005
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Sidharth Shukla]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|{{center|Best Model of the World}}
|style="background:palegreen;"|
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 September 2021 |title=Abhinav Shukla participated with Sidharth Shukla in Gladrags 2004 contest, shares pic as he mourns his death |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/abhinav-shukla-participated-with-sidharth-shukla-in-gladrags-2004-contest-shares-pic-as-he-mourns-his-death-101630587095777.html}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=Sidharth Shukla Defines Beauty Marvelously In This Old Video From Gladrags Manhunt Contest |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/sidharth-shukla-defines-beauty-gladrags-manhunt-video-578692.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Indiatimes |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|2006
|style="background:#fadadd;"|Abhimanyu Jain
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Rajasthan]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|3rd Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|Mister Photo-model}}
|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2007
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Romeo Gates
|style="background:lightyellow;"|London
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|
|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2009
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Prateek Balhara
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|
|-
|}

===Photographs of some notable winners of Gladrags Manhunt Contest===
<gallery>

File:DinoMorea.jpg|[[Dino Morea]], Gladrags Manhunt India 1995 and [[Manhunt International 1995]] - 1st Runner Up
File:Zulfi Syed at the opening of Fluke store.jpg|[[Zulfi Syed]], Gladrags Mahnunt India 1996-97 and [[Manhunt International 1997]] - 4th Runner Up
File:JohnAbraham.jpg|[[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]], Gladrags Manhunt India 1999 and [[Manhunt International 1999]] - 1st Runner Up

File:Sidharth Shukla (cropped).jpg|[[Sidharth Shukla]], Best Model of the World 2005 and Gladrags Best Model 2004 runner-up
</gallery>

==Gladrags Mega model Contest==

===History===
The first Mega model contest was held in 1994, and girls all across the country competed for the coveted title. [[Shweta Menon]] of [[Kerala, India|Kerala]] was declared the winner.

Lara Dutta later established herself as a leading [[Bollywood]] actress.

===Winners===
{|class="wikitable"
!year !! Winner !! Age !! Height !! State !! Country
!Ref
|-
|1994
|[[Shweta Menon]]
|
|{{height|m=1.69}}
|[[Kerala, India|Kerala]]
|India
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-05-03 |title=Shwetha Menon competed in Miss India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/did-you-know/shwetha-menon-competed-in-miss-india/articleshow/15312837.cms |access-date=2024-11-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
|1995
|[[Lara Dutta]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-04-13 |title=Lara Dutta wins Gladrags battle |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lara-dutta-wins-gladrags-battle/articleshow/1076583.cms |access-date=2024-11-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
| 16
| {{height|m=1.73}}
|[[Karnataka]]
|India
|
|-
|1996
|[[Aditi Gowitrikar]]
| 22
| {{height|m=1.70}}
| [[Maharashtra]]
|India
|
|-
|1997-98
| Tora Khasigar
| 17
| {{height|m=1.77}}
|[[Assam]]
|India
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Aanchal Kumar]]
| 19
| {{height|m=1.79}}
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|India
|
|-
|2000
|[[Candice Pinto]]
|19
|{{height|m=1.78}}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|India
|
|-
|2001
|[[Koena Mitra]]
|16
|{{height|m=1.73}}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|India
|
|-
|2002
|[[Mugdha Godse]]
|16
|{{height|m=1.75}}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|India
|
|-
|2003
|Deepti Gujral
| 17
|{{height|m=1.75}}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|India
|
|-
|2004
|Deepa Chari
|19
|{{height|m=1.75}}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|India
|
|-
|2005
|Niki D Souza
|20
|{{height|m=1.74}}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|India
|
|-
|2006
|Arti Sharma
|23
|{{height|m=1.74}}
|[[Haryana]]
|India
|
|-
|2007
|Mahima Chaudhary
|17
|{{height|m=1.73}}
|[[Pune]]
|India
|
|-
|2008
|Payal Tarafdar
| 20
|{{height|m=1.71}}
|[[Assam]]
|India
|
|-
|2009
|Ankita Mohapatra
|23
|{{height|m=1.77}}
|[[Odisha]]
|India
|
|-
|2010
|Arshina Trivedi
|21
|{{height|m=1.80}}
|London
|United Kingdom
|
|-
|2011-12
|Sakshi Chaudhary
|19
|{{height|m=1.75}}
|New Delhi
|India
|
|-
|2013-14
|Charlotte Claire
|23
|{{height|m=1.74}}
| [[Mumbai]]
|India
|
|-
|2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|2016-17
|Karuna Singh
|20
|
|[[Chandigarh]]
|India
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===Representatives to Miss Intercontinental===
* The winner of Gladrags Mega model represented India at Miss Intercontinental from 1997 to 2003.
* Earlier Femina Teen Princess held the franchise of Miss Intercontinental pageant in India.
* From 2011, Indian Princess holds the franchise of Miss Intercontinental in India.
{| class="wikitable "
|-
! width=63|Year !!width=200| Representative !!width=200| State !!width=250| Ranking !!width=300|Special awards
|-
|style="background:palegreen;"|1997
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Lara Dutta]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Karnataka]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|{{center|Miss Intercontinental 1997}}
|style="background:palegreen;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|1998
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Tora Khasigar
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Assam]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|1999
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Aanchal Kumar]]
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Semi-finalist}}
|style="background:lavender;"|
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|2001
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Koena Mitra]]
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 12}}
|style="background:lavender;"|
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|2002
|style="background:lavender;"|Rakhee Chaudhary
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Karnataka]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Semi-finalist}}
|style="background:lavender;"|
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|2003
|style="background:#fadadd;"|Deepti Gujral
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|3rd Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|
|}

===Representatives to [[Miss Tourism International]]===
* The winner of the Gladrags Mega model contest represented India at [[Miss Tourism International]] contest, but if for any reason the winner was unable to compete then a runner up was sent to the pageant.
* Earlier [[Femina Miss India]] held the franchise of [[Miss Tourism International]] pageant in India.
* From 2011 Indian Princess holds the franchise of [[Miss Tourism International]] in India.
{| class="wikitable "
|-
! width=63|Year !!width=200| Representative !!width=200| State !!width=250| Ranking !!width=300|Special awards
|-
|style="background:palegreen;"|2001
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Candice Pinto]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|{{center|[[Miss Tourism International|Miss Tourism International 2001]]}}
|style="background:palegreen;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2002
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Tejinder Kaur
|style="background:lightyellow;"|New Delhi
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2003
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Deepa Chari
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2004
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Parul Chaudhry
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:#fadadd;"|2005
|style="background:#fadadd;"|Shriya Singh
|style="background:#fadadd;"|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|style="background:#fadadd;"|{{center|2nd Runner Up}}
|style="background:#fadadd;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2009
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Anousha Chauhan
|style="background:lightyellow;"|New Delhi
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|2010
|style="background:lavender;"|Mahima Chaudhary
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Pune]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 10}}
|style="background:lavender;"|
|}

===Representatives to Miss Tourism Queen International===
{| class="wikitable "
|-
! width=63|Year !!width=200| Representative !!width=200| State !!width=250| Ranking !!width=300|Special awards
|-
|style="background:palegreen;"|2004
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Zabina Abdul Rashid Khan|Zabina Khan]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:palegreen;"|{{center|Miss Tourism Queen International 2004}}
|style="background:palegreen;"|{{center|Miss Disco Queen Miss Charm - 2nd Runner Up}}
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2005
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Neha Oberoi
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Miss Tourism Queen International 2006|2006]]
|style="background:lavender;"|Rupali Suri
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 16}}
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Miss Personality - 2nd Runner Up}}
|-
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Miss Tourism Queen International 2007|2007]]
|style="background:lavender;"|Mahima Chaudhary
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 16}}
|style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Miss Personality Best Evening Gown - 2nd Runner Up}}
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Miss Tourism Queen International 2008|2008]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Devyani Mandavgane
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|'Disco Queen}}
|-
|}

===Representatives to Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International===
{| class="wikitable "
|-
! width=63|Year !!width=200| Representative !!width=200| State !!width=250| Ranking !!width=300|Special awards
|-
| 2005
|Roopa Howaldar
|
|
|
|-
| style="background:lavender;"|2004
| style="background:lavender;"|Amanpreet Kaur Wahi
|style="background:lavender;"|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| style="background:lavender;"|{{center|Top 10 Semi-finalists}}
| style="background:lavender;"|
|}

===Representatives to Best Model of the World===
* The winner of the Gladrags Mega model contest represented India at Best Model of the World contest, but if for any reason the winner was unable to compete then a runner up was sent to the pageant.
{| class="wikitable "
|-
! width=63|Year !!width=200| Representative !!width=200| State !!width=250| Ranking !!width=300|Special awards
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2000
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Jacqueline D’souza
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Karnataka]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2001
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Zinobia Boocha
|style="background:lightyellow;"|New Delhi
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2002
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Mugdha Godse]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2003
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Deepa Chari
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2006
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Aarti Sharma
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Haryana]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2007
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Mahima Chaudhary
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Maharashtra]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Miss Friendship''}}
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2008
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Payal Tarafdar
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Assam]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|2009
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Ankita Mohapatra
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Odisha]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|{{center|''Unplaced''}}
|style="background:lightyellow;"|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100311194325/http://www.gladrags.in/contests/megamodel_manhunt/ Gladrags Megamodel Manhunt]
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Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest - Revision history

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