1. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE:  Any woman of Indian origin (regardless of her place of birth) between the ages of 17 and 27 inclusive (on December 31st of the year she participates), never married and never having had a child, is eligible to participate. The delegate must be a resident, citizen or born in the country she will be representing. Minimum of one year residency is required. Appropriate documentation regarding the age and residency status of the delegate must be submitted in order to meet the eligibility requirements.
2. DELEGATE REGULATIONS:  The delegates must behave in a manner befitting the title of Miss India Malaysia Beauty Pageant. The PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT is not responsible for the delegate or any of her personal belongings. The PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT is only responsible for the lodging and boarding of the delegate.
3. NATIONAL CONTESTS: Each year the Paramount Entertainment selects reputable individuals and organizations to hold various national contests.  The PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT has the exclusive right to select the State Directors that are authorized to conduct the state contests.  When a State Director has been selected, said Director is responsible for the judging of the national contest, in accordance with these rules and regulations.  The National Director is responsible for the selection of the National Winner and the awarding of all prizes to the National Winner. The National Director must provide the PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT with a list of all contestants in its region and must certify the National Winner that it is sending to the Miss India Worldwide Pageant. The National Director will also provide the PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT with the appropriate release documentation which has been signed by the National Winner. In addition, the National Director will invite a representative from PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT to attend the National Pageant as an observer/judge.  The PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT can select a contestant-at-large to represent a country where there is no national pageant.
4. MISS INDIA WORLDWIDE PAGEANT:  National Winners who are selected for the Miss India Worldwide will be judged in the following categories: (A) INDIAN DRESS (B) EVENING GOWN (C) TALENT AND (D) QUESTION AND ANSWER.  Since Miss India Worldwide is a conservative pageant, proper attire for all segments is mandatory.  No indecent attire will be permitted.  The PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT, in its sole discretion, retains the right to alter the format of the pageant.  Currently, the format involves pre-judging of talent.  The contestant’s scores in the pre-judged talent segment are combined with her scores in the Indian and Evening Wear segment on the day of the function to determine eligibility for top ten.  Only the top ten contestants will perform their talent on the day of the function.  The top five scorers out of these top ten contestants will graduate to the Question-and-Answer round.  Upon the completion of the Question-and-Answer round, a winner will be determined.
5. TIME CONSTRAINTS: Due to time constraints, each delegate will only be allowed 3 minutes for the talent category (NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE ALLOWED TO THIS RULE).  The delegates must notify the PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT of any special technical need at least two weeks prior to the pageant.  THE DELEGATE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY ON-STAGE ACCOMPANIMENT DURING THE TALENT SEGMENT (I.E. MODELS, BACKUP SINGERS, ETC.)
6. JUDGES: Judges will be selected for the Miss India Malaysia Beauty Pageant by the PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT.  They will be eminent, respected members of the Indian, American and International Community.  The PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT reserves the right to appoint all such judges.  The National Directors will appoint their own judges.   THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES, ONCE TABULATED, IS FINAL.  THE PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT BEARS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES.
7. PRIZES:  Miss India Malaysia Beauty Pageant winners will receive round-trip tickets from Malaysia to India, an expense paid trip to Suriname, Carribean Island to be Malaysia contestant for the Miss India Worldwide 2012 on February 19th-25th,2012 plus various gifts (i.e., jewelry, watches, electronic items, gifts certificates, screen tests, picture portfolio, modeling scholarships and cash). This year, PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT will award the winner with RM5000.00 cash prize at the completion of her reign, RM3000.00 to the first runner-up, RM1000.00 to the second runner-up and RM500.00 for the Best Talent.

The foregoing rules are subject to change by the PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT.  All decisions regarding the eligibility of the delegate and the conduct of the Miss India Worldwide, in general, are subject to the ultimate approval of the PARAMOUNT ENTERTAINMENT.