lynsey addario, photographer

India: Miss India Beauty Pageant 2001

Contestants in the Miss India pageant walk to the stage for the opening act of the contest at the Bombay Exhibition Grounds during the Miss India Beauty Pageant final Saturday, January 27, 2001 in Bombay, India.  Thirty contestants have been training and preparing steadily for the past few months in hopes of being one of three winners in the final: Miss Universe, Miss Asia Pacific, or MIss World.
Bommbay, India
Contestants in the Miss India pageant walk to the stage for the opening act of the contest at the Bombay Exhibition Grounds during the Miss India Beauty Pageant final Saturday, January 27, 2001 in Bombay, India. Thirty contestants have been training and preparing steadily for the past few months in hopes of being one of three winners in the final: Miss Universe, Miss Asia Pacific, or MIss World.