<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Beauty pageant titleholder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Major competition (s) </Th> <Td> Miss Bombay 1966 (Winner) Eve's Weekly Miss India 1966 (Winner) Miss World 1966 (Winner) (Best in Eveningwear) </Td> </Tr> <P> Reita Faria Powell (born August 23, 1943) born to Goan parents in British Bombay (now Mumbai) is an Indian model, doctor and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss World title in the year 1966, making her the first Asian woman to win the event . She is also the first Miss World winner to qualify as a Doctor . </P> <P> Faria was born in Goa . After winning the Miss Mumbai Crown, she won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest (not to be confused with the Femina Miss India competition, won that year by Yasmin Daji). </P>

First indian woman to win the miss world title in 1966