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Miss Diva 2020
Date22 February 2020
PresentersMalaika Arora Khan
Sachin Kumbhar
EntertainmentJacqueline Fernandez
Ishaan Khattar
Hari & Sukhmani
VenueYash Raj Studio, Andheri West, Mumbai
BroadcasterMTV India
Entrants20
Placements10
WinnerAdline Castelino
CongenialityNishi Bharadwaj
Best National CostumeMalashya Kashyap
PhotogenicRoshni Sharma
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Miss Diva 2020 was the 8th edition of Miss Diva contest held on 22 February 2020. A total of twenty contestants were shortlisted from various auditions across the country. Vartika Singh crowned Adline Castelino as her successor. She will represent India at Miss Universe 2020. Shefali Sood crowned Aavriti Choudhary as her successor and she will represent India at Miss Supranational 2021. Miss Diva 2018 Runner up Roshni Sheoran crowned Neha Jaiswal as her successor. Anntonia Porsild, Miss Supranational 2019 graced the event. This was the first edition of Miss Diva under Liva Fluid Fashion.[1][2]

Final results

Color keys
  •   Declared as the winner in an International pageant.
  •   Ended as Runner-up in an International pageant.
  •   Ended as finalist or semifinalist in an International pageant.
  •   Unplaced.
Final Results Candidate International Placement
Miss Universe India 2020 TBA
Miss Diva - Supranational 2021 TBA
Runner Up
  • Neha Jaiswal
Top 5
  • Anisha Sharma
  • Roshni Sharma
Top 10
  • Archana Ravi
  • Arshina Sumbul
  • Malashya Kashyap
  • Rushali Yadav
  • Vaishnavi Ganesh

Special Awards

Award Winner
Grand Finale
Miss Multimedia Archana Ravi
Preliminary shows
Best National Costume Malashya Kashyap
Miss Body Beautiful Malashya Kashyap
Miss Congeniality Nishi Bharadwaj
Miss Glowing Skin Rashalika Sabharwal
Miss Lifestyle Nishi Bharadwaj
Miss Photogenic Roshni Sharma
Miss Radio Jockey Anisha Sharma
Miss Shinning Star Rashalika Sabharwal
Miss Sudoku Rushali Yadav
Miss Talented Lavanya Gunasekar
Malashya Kashyap
Miss Top Model Rushali Yadav
Bennett University Sports day
Miss Smasher - Badminton Adline Castelino
Miss Iron Maiden Lavanya Gunasekar
Miss Active Farhat Firoza
Miss Hopper - Basketball Roshni Sharma
Miss Pool Shark Shivangi Sharma
Table Tennis

Background

In 2019, Liva Fluid Fashion[3] acquired the title sponsorship rights for Miss Diva. On 11 November 2019, the organization announced in a press conference that the pageant will be held in February 2020.[4] Contestants will be selected through auditions in various cities across the country. Those shortlisted contestants will go through final round of auditions in Mumbai to get top finalists who will compete at pageant. Miss Universe 2000, Lara Dutta will serve as the mentor.[5]

Format

A new format was introduced by the Organization this year. Top 10 candidates would be selected based on their performance in the preliminary segment and closed door interview. The Top 10 delegates will have an opportunity to speak about themselves in an opening statement. They would further compete in swimsuit and evening gown rounds to determine the Final 5. A common question would be asked to all the Top 5 delegates. They would be finalized into Top 3.

Contestants

The following are the 20 contestants participating in the Liva Miss Diva 2020:[6]

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Nu. Contestant Age[a] Height Hometown Placement
1 Aavriti Choudhary 21 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Jabalpur Supranational
2 Adline Castelino 21 5 ft 6.4 in (1.69 m) Udupi Universe
3 Anisha Sharma 23 5 ft 5.6 in (1.67 m) Nagpur Top 5
4 Archana Ravi 23 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Changanassery Top 10
5 Arshina Sumbul 21 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jaipur Top 10
6 Farhat Firoza 24 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Bilaspur
7 Lavanya Gunasekar 24 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Salem
8 Malashya Kashyap 18 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Udalguri Top 10
9 Megha Sachdeva 22 5 ft 5.25 in (1.66 m) Moradabad
10 Neha Jaiswal 23 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) Bhopal Runner-up
11 Nishi Bharadwaj 25 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) Mahendragarh
12 Payal Sharma 24 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Nagpur
13 Rashalika Sabharwal 25 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Patiala
14 Roshni Sharma 21 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Mumbai Top 5
15 Rushali Yadav 22 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Ajmer Top 10
16 Shivangi Sharma 20 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) Dehradun
17 Shreya Poonja 19 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) New Delhi
18 Suruthi Periyasamy 25 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Salem
19 Tanya Subramanian 23 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) New Delhi
20 Vaishnavi Ganesh 18 5 ft 9.6 in (1.77 m) Bangalore Top 10

Grand Finale Judges

Selection of participants

Twenty delegates would be selected to compete in the grand finale.[7] Among them, thirteen participants were selected from various rounds of city audition.[8] Five finalists were selected through Campus Princess 2019 auditions. The winner of Miss North-East Diva, a regional contest conducted by the Miss India Organization, for aspirants from the Northeast India gets direct entry in the Top 20. This competition was won by Malashya Kashyap.[9][10] One delegate got a Wildcard entry, whose winner was decided on the basis of public vote.[11] Vaishnavi Ganesh won the Wild Card entry.

City Finalists

Following are the finalists selected in auditions conducted at various cities of India.[12] They would be further shortlisted and finalized as the contestants of Liva Miss Diva 2020 pageant.[13] Few delegates selected by the Miss India Organization competed in the Wildcard round in Mumbai. The winner of this round would be selected with a combination of public voting & internal jury members.[14]

Color key
  •   Shortlisted as Miss Diva 2020 contestant.
  •   Advanced to Top 20 by winning the Wildcard public vote.
Lucknow Hyderabad Chennai Kolkata Indore Pune Banglore Jaipur Chandigarh Delhi Mumbai
Anushka Kumar Aishwarya S Adline Castelino Akshita Singh Aavriti Choudhary Mehek Vinayak Anjali Anish Ankita Trivedi Devianna Ahluwalia Akanksha Choudhary Alankrita Shahi
Ishika Bisht Bella Lolage Aishwarya Dinesh Meghna Bose Alisha Khan Naina Sharma Lavanya Gunasekar Kanchan Khatana Jasmine Singh Arshiya Sharma Aneesha Rane
Komal Khillare Bhavna Sirpa Farhat Firoza Megna Mukherjee Anisha Sharma Natasha Das Manmeet Kaur Rubal Shekhawat Shreya Suri Devika Mahajan Archana Ravi
Rashalika Sabharwal Harshita Sharma Neha Jha Rashmi Madhuri Monika Dwivedi Nimisha Chavan Rashmitha R Rushali Yadav Shyna Elix Chaudhary Naveli Deshmukh
Simran Singh Madhushree Gupta Prithivee × Ridhima Firke Niyamat Nilgiriwala R Vishnupriya Samridhi Ahlawat Simran Kapoor Ilika Tyagi Payal Sharma
Sukraty Saxena Sri Lakshmi Rubeiya SK × Senhapriya Roy Sachi Kudale Simran Pareek Simran Sharma Ushtu Chiber Lavanya John Ritika Nayak
× Sri Sai Reddy × × Tanya Mittal Sakshi Bhosale Vaishnavi Ganesh × × Lavanya Sangwan Roshini Sharma
× Soundarya Gowda × × Tejal Patil Tanisha Pal × × × Ritika Nayak Shivangi Sharma
× Taruna Choudhary × × × Vaibhavi Sharma × × × Shreya Bahukhandi Sruthi Periyasamy
× × × × × × × × × Tanya Subramanian ×

Campus Princess

The winner of Campus Princess 2019 gets direct entry to the contest. In addition, four other finalists from the auditions were finalized as Liva Miss Diva contestants. The following contestants will compete in the Liva Miss Diva 2020 pageant.

Delegates Notes
Shreya Poonja Winner
Nishi Bharadwaj Selected finalists
Neha Jaiswal
Megha Sachdeva
Arshina Sumbul

Crossovers & Returnees

Contestants who previously competed in previous editions of Liva Miss Diva and other local and international beauty pageants with their respective placements.

National Pageants

Femina Miss India 2019
  • Chhattisgarh: Anisha Sharma (Top 3)
  • Chhattisgarh: Farhat Firoza (Top 3)
  • Kerala: Archana Ravi (Top 3)
  • Tamil Nadu: Suruthi Periyasamy (Top 3)
  • Uttarakhand: Shivangi Sharma (Top 3)
Glamanand Supermodel India
  • 2018: Nishi Bhardawaj (Miss Earth India)
India's Next Top Model
  • 2018: Rushali Yadav (2nd Runner-up)
Elite Miss Rajasthan
  • 2016: Neha Jaiswal (Winner)
  • 2018: Arshina Sumbul (Winner)

International Pageants

Miss Earth
  • 2018: Nishi Bhardawaj
Miss Super Globe

References

  1. ^ "LIVA Fluid Fashion | Birla Cellulose | Clothing by Aditya Birla Group - LIVA". www.livafluidfashion.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Miss Diva: Beauty Pageant Entry Form | Apply Online for Miss Diva Beauty Contest". beautypageants.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "LIVA Fluid Fashion | Birla Cellulose | Clothing by Aditya Birla Group - LIVA". www.livafluidfashion.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Miss Diva - Miss Universe India 2020 gets tremendous response". 14 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Liva Miss Diva 2020- Strong, Dynamic and Confident is back". Femina. 10 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Miss Universe India 2020: Meet The Finalists of Miss Diva 2020!". tkop.org.
  7. ^ "Miss Diva 2020 is back for all the talented girls to make their grand career in the Glamour Industry". The Hans India. 20 November 2019.
  8. ^ "The batch of Miss Diva - Miss Universe India 2020". 26 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Malashya Kashyap wins Engage North East Diva 2019 crown". North East Live. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Malashya Kashyap, H.S. 2nd Year student is the winner of North East Diva 2019 & Top 20 finalist of Miss Diva Universe 2020". pragjyotishcollege.ac.in. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Liva Miss Diva 2020 Contestants!". 25 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Liva Miss Diva 2020 Auditions and Registration". 11 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Miss Diva is back with a new season". The Asian Age. 14 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Liva Miss Diva 2020 all set to announce Wildcard entry". Indiatimes. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
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