Miss Diva 2020 Explained

Date:22 February 2020
Venue:Yash Raj Studio, Andheri West, Mumbai
Entrants:20
Placements:10
Winner:Adline Castelino
Aavriti Choudhary
Before:2019
Next:2021
Miss Diva 2020

Miss Diva 2020 was the 8th edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant held on 22 February 2020. A total of 20 contestants were shortlisted from various auditions across the country. Vartika Singh crowned Adline Castelino as her successor and she represented India at Miss Universe 2020. Shefali Sood crowned Aavriti Choudhary as her successor and she represented 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]

On 16 May 2021, Adline Castelino represented India at Miss Universe 2020 held at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, United States and placed 3rd runner-up. This was India's highest placement in Miss Universe since Lara Dutta who won the competition in 2000 and broke the 20-year drought placing the Runner-up ever since Celina Jaitley placed the 4th Runner-up in 2001.[3]

Final results

Color keys
  • 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 ResultsCandidateInternational Placement
Miss Universe India 2020 3rd Runner-Up
Miss Diva Supranational 2021 Top 12 (Placed 10th)
Runner Up
  • Neha Jaiswal
Top 5
  • Anisha Sharma
  • Roshni Sharma
Top 10

Special Awards

AwardWinner
Grand Finale
Miss MultimediaArchana Ravi
Preliminary shows
Best National CostumeMalashya Kashyap
Miss Body BeautifulMalashya Kashyap
Miss CongenialityNishi Bharadwaj
Miss Glowing SkinRashalika Sabharwal
Miss LifestyleNishi Bharadwaj
Miss PhotogenicRoshni Sharma
Miss Radio JockeyAnisha Sharma
Miss Shinning StarRashalika Sabharwal
Miss SudokuRushali Yadav
Miss TalentedLavanya Gunasekar
Malashya Kashyap
Miss Top ModelRushali Yadav
Bennett University Sports day
Miss Smasher - BadmintonAdline Castelino
Miss Iron MaidenLavanya Gunasekar
Miss ActiveFarhat Firoza
Miss Hopper - BasketballRoshni Sharma
Miss Pool SharkShivangi Sharma
Table Tennis

Background

In 2019, Liva Fluid Fashion[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Format

A new format was introduced by the organization for this edition. Top 10 candidates were selected based on their performance in the preliminary segment and closed door interview. The Top 10 delegates had an opportunity to speak about themselves in an opening statement. They further competed in swimsuit and evening gown rounds to determine the Final 5. A common question was asked to all the Top 5 delegates. They were finalized into Top 3.

Contestants

The following are the 20 contestants participating in the Liva Miss Diva 2020:[7]

Color key
  • Declared as Winner
  • Ended as Runner-up
  • Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Nu.ContestantAgeHeightHometownPlacement
1Aavriti Choudhary21JabalpurMiss Supranational India 2021
2Adline Castelino215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[8] UdupiMiss Universe India 2020
3Anisha Sharma23NagpurTop 5
4Archana Ravi23ChanganasseryTop 10
5Arshina Sumbul21JaipurTop 10
6Farhat Firoza24Bilaspur
7Lavanya Gunasekar24Salem
8Malashya Kashyap18UdalguriTop 10
9Megha Sachdeva22Moradabad
10Neha Jaiswal23PuneMiss Diva Runner-up
11Nishi Bharadwaj25Mahendragarh
12Payal Sharma24Nagpur
13Rashalika Sabharwal25Patiala
14Roshni Sharma21MumbaiTop 5
15Rushali Yadav22AjmerTop 10
16Shivangi Sharma20Dehradun
17Shreya Poonja19New Delhi
18Suruthi Periyasamy25Salem
19Tanya Subramanian23New Delhi
20Vaishnavi Ganesh18BangaloreTop 10

Grand Finale Judges

Selection of participants

Twenty delegates would be selected to compete in the grand finale.[9] Among them, thirteen participants were selected from various rounds of city audition.[10] 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.[11] [12] One delegate got a Wildcard entry, whose winner was decided on the basis of public vote.[13] Vaishnavi Ganesh won the Wild Card entry.

City Finalists

Following are the finalists selected in auditions conducted at various cities of India.[14] They would be further shortlisted and finalized as the contestants of Liva Miss Diva 2020 pageant.[15] 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.[16]

Color key
  • Shortlisted as Miss Diva 2020 contestant.
  • Advanced to Top 20 by winning the Wildcard public vote.
LucknowHyderabadChennaiKolkataIndorePuneBangaloreJaipurChandigarhDelhiMumbai
Anushka KumarAishwarya SAdline CastelinoAkshita SinghAavriti ChoudharyMehek VinayakAnjali AnishAnkita TrivediDevianna AhluwaliaAkanksha ChoudharyAlankrita Shahi
Ishika BishtBella LolageAishwarya DineshMeghna BoseAlisha KhanNaina SharmaLavanya GunasekarKanchan KhatanaJasmine SinghArshiya SharmaAneesha Rane
Komal KhillareBhavna SirpaFarhat FirozaMegna MukherjeeAnisha SharmaNatasha DasManmeet KaurRubal ShekhawatShreya SuriDevika MahajanArchana Ravi
Rashalika SabharwalHarshita SharmaNeha JhaRashmi MadhuriMonika DwivediNimisha ChavanRashmitha RRushali YadavShynaElix ChaudharyNaveli Deshmukh
Simran SinghMadhushree GuptaPrithivee×Ridhima FirkeNiyamat NilgiriwalaR VishnupriyaSamridhi AhlawatSimran KapoorIlika TyagiPayal Sharma
Sukraty SaxenaSri LakshmiRubeiya SK×Senhapriya RoySachi KudaleSimran PareekSimran SharmaUshtu ChiberLavanya JohnRitika Nayak
×Sri Sai Reddy××Tanya MittalSakshi BhosaleVaishnavi Ganesh××Lavanya SangwanRoshini Sharma
×Soundarya Gowda××Tejal PatilTanisha Pal×××Ritika NayakShivangi Sharma
×Taruna Choudhary×××Vaibhavi Sharma×××Shreya BahukhandiSruthi 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 competed in the Liva Miss Diva 2020 pageant.

DelegatesNotes
Shreya PoonjaWinner
Nishi BharadwajSelected 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
Glamanand Supermodel India
India's Next Top Model
Elite Miss Rajasthan

International Pageants

Miss Grand International
Miss Earth
Miss Super Globe

References

  1. Web site: LIVA Fluid Fashion Birla Cellulose Clothing by Aditya Birla Group - LIVA. www.livafluidfashion.com. 2020-02-06.
  2. Web site: Miss Diva: Beauty Pageant Entry Form Apply Online for Miss Diva Beauty Contest. beautypageants.indiatimes.com. 2019-10-11.
  3. Web site: Miss Universe 2020: Miss Mexico Andrea Meza crowned as the winner, Miss India Adline Castelino finishes fourth. dnaindia.com. 17 May 2021.
  4. Web site: LIVA Fluid Fashion Birla Cellulose Clothing by Aditya Birla Group - LIVA. www.livafluidfashion.com. 2020-02-06.
  5. News: Miss Diva - Miss Universe India 2020 gets tremendous response. 14 December 2019.
  6. Web site: Liva Miss Diva 2020- Strong, Dynamic and Confident is back. Femina. 10 December 2019.
  7. Web site: Miss Universe India 2020: Meet The Finalists of Miss Diva 2020!. tkop.org.
  8. Web site: Adline Castelino -. 2020-10-28. en-US.
  9. Web site: 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.
  10. Web site: The batch of Miss Diva - Miss Universe India 2020. 26 December 2019.
  11. Web site: Malashya Kashyap wins Engage North East Diva 2019 crown. 2019-08-05. North East Live. en-US. 2019-10-05.
  12. Web site: 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. 2019-10-05.
  13. News: Liva Miss Diva 2020 Contestants!. 25 December 2019.
  14. Web site: Liva Miss Diva 2020 Auditions and Registration. 11 November 2019.
  15. Web site: Miss Diva is back with a new season.. The Asian Age. 14 November 2019.
  16. Web site: Liva Miss Diva 2020 all set to announce Wildcard entry. Indiatimes. 22 December 2019.