Miss Diva 2018

Miss Diva 2018
Date	31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
Presenters	Malaika Arora Sophie Choudhary
Entertainment	Sonakshi Sinha Tiger Shroff
Venue	NSCI, National Sports Club of India, Mumbai
Broadcaster	Colors Infinity
Entrants	19
Placements	10
Winner	• Nehal Chudasama • Aditi Hundia
Congeniality	Hannah Reji Koshy
Photogenic	Salony Narang
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The 6th edition of Miss Diva took place on 31 August 2018. ^[1] Top 19 contestants selected from India competed in the pageant, who were mentored by Miss Universe 2000, Lara Dutta. At the end of the event, Miss Universe India 2017, Shraddha Shashidhar crowned Nehal Chudasama as her successor. ^[2] She represented India at the 67th Miss Universe 2018 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 December 2018. ^[3] At the same event, Aditi Hundia was crowned as Miss Diva - Supranational 2018 and Roshni Sheoran was crowned as Runner-up. Miss Universe 2017, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was a member of the jury. Miss Supranational 2017, Jenny Kim also graced the event. ^{[4] [5]} This was also the first miss diva pageant in which the finale was telecasted on the same day.

Final results

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•   The contestant Won in an International pageant.
•   The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant.
•   The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.
•   Unplaced

Final Results	Candidate	International Placement
Miss Universe India 2018	Nehal Chudasama	Unplaced
Miss Diva Supranational 2018	Aditi Hundia	Top 25
Runner-up	Roshni Sheoran
Top 5	Hannah Reji Koshy Lavina Israni
Top 10	Aditi Shetty Apurva Chavan Preethy Prabhakaran Shefali Sood Tanvi Malhi

Special Awards

Award	Winner
Miss Spirit of Goa	Anindita Kakoti
Miss Life Style	Tanvi Malhi
Anything But Ordinary Diva	Nehal Chudasama
Miss Beautiful Body	Nehal Chudasama
Miss Talented	Apurva Chavan & Anindita Kakoti
Miss Beautiful Smile	Preethy Prabhakaran
Miss Spirit of Delhi	Vanshika Rajput
Miss Iron Maiden	Aditi Shetty
Miss Active	Aditi Shetty
Miss Water Baby	Surina Jaidka
Miss Smasher	Aditi Hundia
Miss Hooper	Venus Malik
Miss Top-Spinner	Roshni Sheoran
Miss Fascinating	Shefali Sood
Miss Spirit of Chennai	Elisha Mayor
Miss Style Icon	Aditi Hundia
Miss Photogenic	Salony Narang
Miss Congeniality	Hannah Reji Koshy
Miss Top Model	Roshni Sheoran
Best Makeover	Himanshi Bhadana
Miss Popular	Amanpreet Kaur
Miss Multimedia	Nehal Chudasama

Judges

• Lara Dutta - Miss Universe 2000 & Bollywood Actress
• Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters - Miss Universe 2017 from South Africa
• Neha Dhupia
• Shilpa Shetty
• Sushant Singh Rajput
• Faluguni Peacock - Designer
• Shane Peacock - Designer

Contestants

The following are the contestants participated in the Miss Diva 2018:

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•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as Runner-up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists

Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown	Placement	Height
Apurva Chavan [6]	21	Pune	Top 10
Anindita Kakoti [7]	19	Guwahati
Venus Malik	22	Bangalore
Aditi Hundia	21	Jaipur	Miss Supranational India	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Aditi Shetty	25	Mumbai	Top 10
Shefali Sood	23	Lucknow	Top 10	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Elisha Mayor	21	Greater Noida
Aishwarya Kamal	21	New Delhi
Amanpreet Kaur	18	Mumbai
Hannah Reji Koshy	26	Kochi	Top 5	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Himanshi Bhadana	23	Gurgaon
Lavina Israni	24	Mumbai	Top 5
Nehal Chudasama	22	Mumbai	Miss Diva Universe 2018	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Preethy Prabhakaran	25	Chennai	Top 10
Roshni Sheoran	19	Lucknow	Miss Diva Runner-up
Salony Narang	18	Indore
Vanshika Rajput	19	New Delhi
Surina Jaidka	19	New Delhi
Tanvi Malhi	19	Panchkula	Top 10

Crossovers and returnees

Miss Diva

• 2021: Aishwarya Kamal
• 2019: Shefali Sood Miss Supranational India
• 2017: Elisha Mayor
• 2023: Apurva Chavan

Femina Miss India

• 2017: Aditi Hundia RAJASTHAN (Top 15)
• 2017: Shefali Sood UTTAR PRADESH (Top 6)
• 2023: Apurva Chavan MAHARASHTRA (Too 7)

Femina Miss India Maharashtra

• 2018: Apurva Chavan (Top 3)

Femina Miss India Kerala

• 2017: Hannah Reji Koshy (Top 3)

Femina Miss India Punjab

• 2018: Surina Jaidka (Top 3)

Femina Miss India Gujarat

• 2018: Nehal Chudasama (Top 3)

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References

1. "Miss Diva launches its sixth edition in an all new avatar". Femina Beauty Pageants. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
2. "Miss Universe 2018: Mumbai girl Nehal Chudasama to represent India". Zee News. 1 September 2018.
3. "Mumbai's Nehal Chudasama is Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2018". Times of India. 1 September 2018.
4. "Nehal Chudasama wins Miss Diva Universe, to represent India at Miss Universe 2018", Gulf News, 1 September 2018
5. "Miss Universe 2018: Nehal Chudasama to represent India", Hindustan Times, 1 September 2018
6. "Congratulations Apurva Chavan on winning fbbonline Campus Princess 2018". Miss Diva Instagram. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
7. "The Winners of NorthEast Diva 2018". Anindita Kakoti Instagram. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.