Indian beauties- where are they?

So this time the Miss Universe title goes to Miss Mexico.

I just couldn't help wondering why is India no more figuring in the Miss Universe or Miss World winners. There was a time when I was in school, there were Indian beauties winning these contests every year. And now I can't remember when was the last time a girl from India won these. It was really sad to hear that Miss India Ushoshi Sengupta did not even figure in the top 15 in this year's contest. Not expected from the Bong beauty.

What is the reason behind this? Surely not exposure or financial problems I believe. With so many Miss Indias already having won these contests, I don't think that there is any dearth of people looking to make money out of this business. The problem cannot be that of mentoring as well because Ash and Sush gave birth to whole new industry here. The problem could be that Indian beauties are still doing the same things what their predecessors did and hoping to make the cut.

If this is the case, then I could not help but draw an analogy to Indian hockey. Stop evolving and you stop winning, it is as simple as that. If something is not done fast, then we might have to see the day when young girls stop aspiring to become the next Miss India.