About Reita Faria (in short)
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Reita Faria Powell, born on 23 August 1943 to Goan parents in British Bombay (now Mumbai), is an Indian physician and former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss World title in 1966, making her the first Asian woman to win the event.
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Reita Faria Powell (born 23 August 1943) is an Indian physician, former model and the winner of the Miss World 1966 contest. Born in Bombay (Mumbai) to Goan parents, making her the first Asian woman to win the beauty contest. She is also the first Miss World winner to be qualified as a physician
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Faria was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). After winning the Miss Bombay Crown, she won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest 1966 competition (not to be confused with the Femina Miss India, won by Yasmin Daji).
During the Miss World 1966 contest, she won the sub-titles 'Best in Swimsuit' and 'Best in Eveningwear' for wearing a saree. She eventually went on to win the Miss World 1966 crown at the climax of the event, beating 51 competing delegates from other countries.
After her one-year tenure as Miss World, she began receiving various offers to act in films. Faria refused lucrative modelling and acting contracts, and instead concentrated on medical studies. She was a student at the Grant Medical College & Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, where she completed her M.B.B.S. degree. Thereafter she went on to study at King's College Hospital, London. She married her mentor David Powell, in 1971, and in 1973, the couple shifted to Dublin, where she started her medical practice.