She The First Ep 4 | Reita Faria: First Indian To Win Miss World | The Quint

Entered a beauty contest as a joke, with a suitcase full of borrowed clothes and shoes. On 17 November 1966, at London's Lyceum Ballroom, when bookies were betting on who would win the MissWorld crown, her odds were 1:66. But she created history as the first Asian to win the crown. She won over judges with a sensational repartee on need for population control in India. She eventually turned down all modelling and acting offers to become a gynaecologist. This is the story of Reita Faria.
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00:00:12 - Making of history. How a girl walked the ramp in a swimsuit, taking the world by storm.
00:00:51 - #Reita was a student of #GrantMedicalCollege in #Mumbai, when she entered a beauty contest as a joke
00:01:07 - Reita Faria recalling how she entered the #MissBombay contest, organised by the #EvesWeekly magazine.
00:01:20 - Reita won the Miss Bombay contest as well as #MissIndia contest.
00:01:56 - Reita recalls how when she was chosen to represent #India at the Miss World contest, she didn't even have a passport.
00:02:10 - Reita arrived in #London with a suitcase full of borrowed clothes, a purse and a small makeup kit.
00:02:32 - Reita recalls how she borrowed clothes and heels for the contest, from her friends and peers.
00:02:53 - Reita recalls that when bookies were betting on who would win the #MissWorldCrown, her odds were 1:66
00:03:07 - Reita created history as the first Asian to win Miss World. And also chosen as best in swimsuit and best in evening wear.
00:03.25 - Watch Reita's final answer in the question and answer round that won over the judges.
00:03:42 - After winning the crown, Reita turned down all #acting and #modelling offers. Here's why.
00:04:24 - Reita became the first Miss World to become a #doctor.
00:04:34 - Reita married her mentor #DavidPowell and shifted to #Dublin.
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[@anonymouslyfamous8732]

Not only the first Indian but also the first Asian to win Miss World.

[@manoharsamuel8203]

Inspirational indeed. She fulfilled her ambition to become a doctor, even after the world recognized her.

[@jasodhara1]

Indeed her journey is inspirational. I'm glad you liked the video. You can watch the incredible stories of other first Indian women on the previous episodes of the series.

[@debashishdas2068]

The only Miss World who didn't need Bollywood to stay afloat!

[@zainsayed5363]

Absolutely right.

[@shalini7315]

First Indian as well as First Asian to become Miss World. Ma'am you're empowerment and inspirational. 😊❤️🥰

[@francisgomes7203]

Although she became the first lady from India to win " Miss World ", she was very good and modest. Hats off to her. 👍🇮🇳

[@PageantryIndia]

Femina should invite her..we wish to hear her someday. ✨

[@thatcoolladyboss]

she was invited many times.But she denied gracefully

[@pritampatra7859]

@@thatcoolladyboss can you tell me the year ?

[@NareshKumar-pc8yb]

@@pritampatra7859 : Reita Faria was a judge at miss india 1998..

[@lol311]

Old generation women had a better fashion sense.

[@Blue_Arcade]

agree

[@Vanessa-ts2xh]

Agree

[@buzeebeezz6073]

So proud of such women with wisdom and dedication

[@pritampatra7859]

So glad to see our media giving equal recognition to our beauty queens 🤍

[@jasodhara1]

I'm glad you liked the video. Reita Faria's journey is incredible and inspirational.

[@TheQuint]

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[@saviofernandes1307]

Goans are proud of her

[@poushalichakma1614]

Even her thoughts are so beautiful

[@abhinavnaithani7344]

That time she wore saree so gracefully and thesedays it's such a overdo when it comes to traditional wear. A saree's grace has literally been forgotten !

[@swastikajaiswal2608]

First time it was something that I know already ! ✌🏻

[@DhruvMalikk]

I reckon she did medicine after her win

[@lorettarebelo5395]

Hope I can meet our Goan beauty one day

[@eatery7655]

Happy how she became what she wanted even before Miss World but unfortunately what India needed wasn't available for Indians..

[@ryanfernandes6652]

Goan beauty from Bombay (now Mumbai)❤

[@akshatagaonkar4788]

i wish my goan parents would b so supportive like her parents ..

[@thegujaratibhomiyoum3576]

Reita Fariya is an inspiration ❤️

[@carolinepeter6729]

A graceful woman.

[@MerrilDiniz]

Such a grounded, progressive young woman in a difficult decade

[@chaitanyapandey9927]

Plainly proud of her & her sorts to have chosen such professions.....v 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@user-qy8zi8hq4v]

So elegant

[@priyankagohel6454]

Comments dlt kyu hue hain?? I mean kya tha? Anyone pls

[@kidstvIndiaYT]

What a inspirational journey

[@jasodhara1]

Indeed, her journey is inspirational. I'm glad you liked the video. You can watch other stories of first Indian women on the previous episodes of the series.

[@kidstvIndiaYT]

@@jasodhara1 ofcourse I will do.

[@pradipkarmakar7288]

So Beautiful lady. India should be proud of her.

[@INDIAN-ce6oo]

Legendary ❤️

[@ankitaroy5964]

She said India needs more doctor but she carried forward her medical career in a foreign land

[@priyankaghosh9463]

I'd really like to see more women even in this day and age, if they are married to non Indian/ Indians settled abroad to persuade their partners to settle in India for any nationalistic purpose(related to cause or professionally), because it is applaudable. But this rarely happens, and I am sure this was much more difficult to do 50+ years ago. For that time, I think she did what she could do to her best abilities and I would be happier to see if our society has grown over 50 years to accept this.

[@mahalakshmisubramanian8656]

Looks sooo beautiful

[@ncertscience1519]

History Reita Faria aur Susmita Sen Ko hi yaad karegi.

[@PungiFungi]

Interesting that even though India won Miss World first, Femina India for years still acknowledged Miss Universe as the premier pageant and send the winners to MU and the runner-ups to MW.

[@siralaraikhan4298]

Genuinly baeutiful.

[@prettystefina1100]

❤️

[@aashu_tosh]

Rohit shetty ne Quint walo ki "Keh ke leli " 😂😂😂

[@MS-Hussain]

Today beauty is nudity. Shameful. If u wear full, u cannot participate.

[@tansok4537]

That’s a true beauty queen. Not all these fake ass cloud chasers .

[@shermz8888]

Beauty and Brains!

[@antrikshachatterjee368]

True and what good values

[@786salmay]

💜💙💛❤❤

[@MrRichardlobo]

Goan ☺️☺️

[@Prajnakotian76]

Her voice is like Aishwarya rai

[@govikris748]

Yes, she became a doctor through her sheer will and determination but not sure if she practiced in India and tried to follow up on her answers about India's population. Dublin is not India. She deserves to be applauded as an Individual contestant but not as first Indian doing so.

[@deepikastraveldiaries]

Well as much as we don't know about her follow up on the population control in India, which possibly was not tat years agenda of work for the woman holding the crown. And also she didn't say her agenda of service was to bring the population down she just commented that she didn't support it. Her determination to pursue n complete her dream of becoming a doctor is more important. And about Dublin not being India. A woman back then or now or in any part of the world is expected to live with her husband, n not many men shift ways as per the woman's schedule n wish of moving borders.

[@justiceforinnocentfamily7238]

@@deepikastraveldiaries indeed very impressive response, but that doesn’t justify the statement “” India needs more gynaecologist & obstetrician “” does it? Why talk big if you can’t commit . Again Dublin is not India & will never be India.

[@deepikastraveldiaries]

@@justiceforinnocentfamily7238 Gynaecologist n obstetrician are not just for delivering babies. They have many other responsibility of understanding female hygiene, weight loss or gain, women related diseases and many more. So she possibly meant wellness of women, n judge would have interrupted with just wat he knew of Gynaecologist.

[@ravindertalwar553]

SAB SE AAGEY HONGE HINDUSTANI YEH BAAT HAI SAB NE MAANI

[@user643_11]

Nowadays women are joining pegeants to start their career as an actress, to enter bollywood.

[@shaloms6811]

What a fake lady she is....in her Miss World final winning answer she said "I want to be Doctor because India needs Doctors" and after she won she completed her studies, she got married and went to Dublin and worked there and lived there all her life.... horrible 😭

[@justiceforinnocentfamily7238]

@Muskaan Really? You are very smart!!!!

[@justiceforinnocentfamily7238]

@Muskaan Mention not.😇

[@Vanessa-ts2xh]

& in present day Manusi chiller is artificial enough to throw the degree & become a part of bollywood circus !

[@excalibur6159]

That's her choice. You can't compare two professions. What's circus to you is means of livelihood to many and serves as a souce of cultural exchange to foreign countries. People outside know and connect to India through these films eventually helping us form a better rapport with those countries...

[@SingerKeyaa]

Knowledge can't be thrown away. The shelf life of Female actors is very small. She can certainly use her knowledge whenever she wants .

[@sathvikamedaboina332]

She said she wants to be a doctor to serve in India.... Later she moved to abroad.... And that's her choice.... So is manushi chillar's

[@justiceforinnocentfamily7238]

What happened to her own statement to the miss world pageant ‘’’ India needs more gynaecologist & obstetricians””??? What a Hippocrates!!! At the end she end up her practice in London.

[@justiceforinnocentfamily7238]

@Muskaan What so ever!🤮

[@priyankaghosh9463]

@@justiceforinnocentfamily7238 I love when people like you love being hateful, it serves for good entertainment in comment section, thanks for that :) Edit: It is also helpful to know how to spell hypocrite

[@justiceforinnocentfamily7238]

@@priyankaghosh9463 Thanks for correcting my spelling for ( hypocrite). Well I just wish that you know the real meaning of that WORD. People like you liked to talk and write wonderful words, but don’t know how to put it in practical and this is the reason why many new generation youths don’t believe in people like you . Nobody in this world is born with hatred. It just get developed gradually when you see people being selfish. Reminder: there is a reason why people like my comment despite your dislike as I can clearly see that they are also as frustrated as I’m. SORRY!!!😗