Femina (India)
Encyclopedia
Femina is a magazine, published fortnightly in India. It is owned by Worldwide Media, a 50:50 joint venture
between BBC Worldwide
and The Times Group
. It is primarily a women's magazine and features articles on relationships, beauty and fashion,travels,women fight back, cuisine, and health and fitness. It also features articles on celebrities and cultural facets of Indian women.
Femina was first published in July 1959. It has organized and sponsored the Femina Miss India beauty pageant since 1964. From 1994 to 1999, it also sponsored the Femina Look of the Year
contest to send an Indian contestant to the Elite Model Look
competition.
In 2009, Femina published Femina Handy Hints: The A-Z of household solutions, a collection of useful and practical tips from Femina’s long-lived and popular column.
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
between BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
and The Times Group
The Times Group
The Times Group is the largest media conglomerate in India and is headed by brothers Samir and Vineet Jain.The company has eleven publishing centres, fifteen printing centres, fifty-five sales offices, Over 7000 employees, five dailies, including two of the largest in the country with approx 4.3...
. It is primarily a women's magazine and features articles on relationships, beauty and fashion,travels,women fight back, cuisine, and health and fitness. It also features articles on celebrities and cultural facets of Indian women.
Femina was first published in July 1959. It has organized and sponsored the Femina Miss India beauty pageant since 1964. From 1994 to 1999, it also sponsored the Femina Look of the Year
Femina Look of the Year
Femina Look of the Year was held for 5 years from 1994 to 1999 by Femina magazine to select an Indian contestant at the Elite Model Look contest. It was discontinued after 1999 for unknown reasons. Winners include Sheetal Mallar and Carol Gracias who are both noted supermodels in the country...
contest to send an Indian contestant to the Elite Model Look
Elite Model Look
Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is the premiere and most prestigious modeling contest used to discover and launch fashion models in the international fashion marketplace...
competition.
In 2009, Femina published Femina Handy Hints: The A-Z of household solutions, a collection of useful and practical tips from Femina’s long-lived and popular column.