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February 21, 2024 10:53

Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World.

In 1966.

Reita Faria was India's first Miss World.

Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.

Read the interview here.

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