Reita Faria, Miss World from India

Reita Faria is now 72 (2014 ). She has married an endocrinologist. They worked together at Boston and then moved to Ireland. She now stays at Dublin with her husband. The couple visited Mumbai for the fiftieth reunion of her college  — Grant Medical College. Five decades ago, this Matunga girl with Goan roots submitted her photograph just casually for Eve’s Weekly contest in response to an ad when she was just six months away from becoming a doctor. She won the contest and was sent for Miss World, and won that title too. She entered the contest with a borrowed swimsuit and had to buy heels for one pound in London out of 3 pounds foreign exchange she had. She has retained her stilettos, but has not work them since then.

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