Reita Faria Powell in 1966
She was not only first Indian but first Asian to win miss world tile. Before winning miss world title in 1966 she was chosen as Miss Bombay 1966, Eve's Weekly Miss India 1966.
She was born to Goan parents in British Bombay is a qualified doctor now lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband, endocrinologist David Powell, whom she married in 1971.