Miss Diva 2020 was the eighth edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant held on 22 February 2020. A total of 20 contestants were shortlisted from auditions in India. 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 attended the event. This was the first Miss Diva pageant under Liva Fluid Fashion.
Background In 2019, Liva Fluid Fashion 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. Contestants were selected through auditions in various cities across the country. Shortlisted contestants went through a final round of auditions in Mumbai where the top finalists were selected. Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta served as the mentor.
Format A new format was introduced by the organization. Top 10 contestants were selected based on their performance in the preliminary segment and closed door interview. The top 10 contestants had an opportunity to speak about themselves in an opening statement. They further competed in swimsuit and evening gown rounds to determine the final five. A common question was asked to all the top five contestants. They were finalized into top three.
Contestants
The following were the 20 contestants participating in the Liva Miss Diva 2020: Color key
Nu. Contestant Age Height Hometown Placement 1 Aavriti Choudhary 21 JabalpurMiss Supranational India 2021 2 Adline Castelino 21 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) UdupiMiss Universe India 2020 3 Anisha Sharma 23 NagpurTop 5 4 Archana Ravi 23 ChanganasseryTop 10 5 Arshina Sumbul 21 JaipurTop 10 6 Farhat Firoza 24 Bilaspur 7 Lavanya Gunasekar 24 Salem 8 Malashya Kashyap 18 UdalguriTop 10 9 Megha Sachdeva 22 Moradabad 10 Neha Jaiswal 23 PuneMiss Diva Runner-up 11 Nishi Bharadwaj 25 Mahendragarh 12 Payal Sharma 24 Nagpur 13 Rashalika Sabharwal 25 Patiala 14 Roshni Sharma 21 MumbaiTop 5 15 Rushali Yadav 22 AjmerTop 10 16 Shivangi Sharma 20 Dehradun 17 Shreya Poonja 19 New Delhi 18 Suruthi Periyasamy 25 Salem 19 Tanya Subramanian 23 New Delhi 20 Vaishnavi Ganesh 18 BengaluruTop 10
Grand finale judges
Anntonia Porsild - Miss Supranational 2019 from Thailand Asha Bhat - Miss Supranational 2014 from India Anil Kapoor - Bollywood Actor Aditya Roy Kapoor - Bollywood Actor Lara Dutta - Miss Universe 2000 Nikhil Mehra - Designer Shivan Bhatiya - Fashion Designer Narresh Kukreja - Fashion Designer Gavin Miguel - Designer
Selection of participants Twenty delegates would be selected to compete in the grand finale. Among them, thirteen participants were selected from various rounds of city audition. 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.
City Finalists Following are the finalists selected in auditions conducted at various cities of India. They would be further shortlisted and finalized as the contestants of Liva Miss Diva 2020 pageant. 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.
Color key
Lucknow Hyderabad Chennai Kolkata Indore Pune Bengaluru Jaipur Chandigarh Delhi Mumbai Anushka Kumar Aishwarya SAdline Castelino Akshita SinghAavriti Choudhary Mehek Vinayak Anjali Anish Ankita Trivedi Devianna Ahluwalia Akanksha Choudhary Alankrita Shahi Ishika Bisht Bella Lolage Aishwarya Dinesh Meghna Bose Alisha Khan Naina SharmaLavanya Gunasekar Kanchan Khatana Jasmine Singh Arshiya Sharma Aneesha Rane Komal Khillare Bhavna SirpaFarhat Firoza Megna MukherjeeAnisha Sharma Natasha Das Manmeet Kaur Rubal Shekhawat Shreya Suri Devika MahajanArchana RaviRashalika Sabharwal Harshita Sharma Neha Jha Rashmi Madhuri Monika Dwivedi Nimisha Chavan Rashmitha RRushali Yadav Shyna Elix Chaudhary Naveli Deshmukh Simran Singh Madhushree Gupta Prithivee × Ridhima Firke Niyamat Nilgiriwala R Vishnupriya Samridhi Ahlawat Simran Kapoor Ilika TyagiPayal 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 BhosaleVaishnavi Ganesh × × Lavanya SangwanRoshini Sharma × Soundarya Gowda × × Tejal Patil Tanisha Pal × × × Ritika NayakShivangi Sharma × Taruna Choudhary × × × Vaibhavi Sharma × × × Shreya BahukhandiSruthi Periyasamy × × × × × × × × ×Tanya Subramanian ×
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