Miss Diva 2023 | |
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Date | 27 August 2023 |
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Entertainment |
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Venue | The LaLiT, Mumbai, India |
Broadcaster | JioCinema |
Entrants | 16 |
Placements | 7 |
Winner | |
Photogenic | Nickita Arora Faridabad |
Miss Diva 2023 was the 11th edition of the Miss Diva pageant, held at The LaLit in Mumbai, India, on 27 August 2023.
At the end of the event, Divita Rai crowned her successor Shweta Sharda, while Pragnya Ayyagari crowned her successor Sonal Kukreja. Sharda represented India at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador on 18 November 2023, where she finished in the top 20, and Kukreja represented India at Miss Supranational 2024 in Poland on 17 July 2024, where she finished in the top 12. [1]
Placement | Contestant | International placement |
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Miss Diva Universe 2023 | Top 20 – Miss Universe 2023 | |
Miss Diva Supranational 2024 | Top 12 – Miss Supranational 2024 | |
Runner Up |
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Top 7 |
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Sub-Contest | Winner |
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Miss Popular Choice |
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Miss Glamorous |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Miss Talented |
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Miss Body Beautiful | |
Miss Rampwalk |
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Miss Sudoku |
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In contrast to the competition's previous year's model, where the representatives were appointed, this year will see a return to the competition's standard format, with the initial process beginning with registration and auditions and ending with the shortlisting of candidates to the grand finale.
For the first time in its history, the pageant accepts applications from participants of all relationship statuses - married, divorced, pregnant, engaged, widowed and trans women. Additionally, the height standard has been changed to a reduced format. [2]
The following are the official contestants: [3]
Nu. | Contestant | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Height | Hometown | Placement |
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1 | Aishwarya Dikshit | 27 | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | Mumbai | |
2 | Aayushi Tiwari | 25 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Balaghat | |
3 | Apurva Chavan | 26 | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | Pune | |
4 | Archana Bhavsar | 22 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Mumbai | |
5 | Arushi Singh | 22 | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Jaipur | |
6 | Aruna Beniwal | 21 | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Jaipur | Top 7 |
7 | Daisy Khound [lower-alpha 2] | 22 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Jorhat | Top 7 |
8 | Devyani Jagtap | 23 | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Pune | |
9 | Gopika Suresh | 24 | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | Kannur | |
10 | Nickita Arora | 24 | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Faridabad | Top 7 |
11 | Sarannya Sharma | 19 | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Delhi | |
12 | Sonal Kukreja | 25 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Jaipur | Miss Diva Supranational 2024 |
13 | Shweta Sharda | 22 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Chandigarh | Miss Diva Universe 2023 |
14 | Trisha Shetty | 22 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Mumbai | Runner-up |
15 | Vidhi Giri | 22 | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Chandigarh | |
16 | Zuchobeni Tungoe | 25 | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Kohima | Top 7 |
The following are contestants who have competed in other national beauty pageants:
Pageant | Year | Delegate | Placement |
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Femina Miss India | 2019 | Vidhi Giri | Regional Finalist (Top 3 from Punjab) |
2020 | Aruna Beniwal | Top 15 | |
Trisha Shetty | |||
Zuchobeni Tüngoe | Top 15 | ||
2022 | Aishwarya Dikshit | Regional Finalist (Top 19 from Maharashtra) | |
Daisy Khound | Regional Finalist (Top 10 from Assam) | ||
2023 | |||
Apurva Chavan | Top 7 | ||
Devyani Jagtap | Regional Finalist (Top 25 from Maharashtra) | ||
Gopika Suresh | Regional Finalist (Top 10 from Kerala) | ||
Miss Diva | 2018 | Apurva Chavan | Top 10 |
2021 | Sonal Kukreja | 1st Runner-up | |
Glamanand Supermodel India | 2019 | Trisha Shetty | 1st Runner-up |
2021 | Aishwarya Dikshit | Top 15 | |
Arushi Singh | Top 8 |
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