Miss Diva 2021 was the 9th edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant which was held on 30 September 2021 in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Mumbai. The 20 shortlisted contestants from India competed in the pageant. Adline Castelino crowned Harnaaz Sandhu as her successor. After three months, she represented India at Miss Universe 2021 and became the 3rd Miss Universe from India to win the crown. Aavriti Choudhary crowned Ritika Khatnani as her successor. She represented India at Miss Supranational 2022 and won the title of Miss Supranational Asia 2022. Neha Jaiswal crowned Sonal Kukreja as 1st Runner-Up, whereas Kriti Sanon sashed all the remaining Runners-Up. Divita Rai was selected to represent India at Miss Universe 2022 and placed in the top 16.
This edition marked the longest period of time (20 months after Miss Diva 2020) that the organization has taken to hold an annual contest in contrast to its previous editions.
Final results Color keys
Final results Candidate International placement Miss Universe India 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu Miss Universe 2021 Miss Diva Supranational 2022 Ritika Khatnani Top 12 (Miss Supranational Asia 2022) 1st Runner Up Sonal Kukreja 2nd Runner Up Divita Rai 3rd Runner Up Tarini Kalingarayar 4th Runner Up Ankita Singh Top 10 Ayesha Assadi Nikita Tiwari Pallabi Saikia Siddhi Gupta
Sub-contests
Miss Beach Body Result Name Winner Ritika Khatnani Top 6 Ayesha Assadi Harnaaz Sandhu Lavnaya Sangwan Palomi Insan Sonal Kukreja
Miss Beautiful Hair Result Name Winner Naveli Deshmukh Top 5 Ritika Khatnani Sachi Kudale Sonal Kukreja Tarini Kalingarayar
Miss Beautiful Skin Result Name Winner Harnaaz Sandhu Top 5 Anaika Nair Ritika Khatnani Siddhi Gupta Sonal Kukreja
Miss Beautiful Smile Result Name Winner Lavanya Sangwan Top 5 Harnaaz Sandhu Ritika Khatnani Sachi Kudale Siddhi Gupta
Miss Fashion Icon Result Name Winner Ayesha Assadi Top 5 Ankita Singh Nikita Tiwari Pallabi Saikia Siddhi Gupta
Miss Photogenic Result Name Winner Anaika Nair Top 5 Ankita Singh Divita Rai Harnaaz Sandhu Sonal Kukreja
Miss Talented Result Name Winners Pallabi Saikia Palomi Insan Top 5 Harnaaz Sandhu Naina Upadhyaya Ritika Khatnani
Other sub-contest winners Sub-contest Winner Miss Top Model Pallabi Saikia Miss Congeniality Sonal Kukreja Miss Iron Maiden Palomi Insan Miss Active Sonal Kukreja Miss Lifestyle Divita Rai Miss IQ Divita Rai Miss Sudoku Divita Rai Miss Takatak Star Palomi Insan
Format The pioneer For the first time in Miss Diva's history, the organization lowered the height criteria from 5'5 "to 5'4". The organization now also allows trans women to enter the pageant meeting the criteria in certain.
Dipanjali Chhetri became the first trans woman to compete in the Miss Diva competition. She made it to the top 50 semifinalists.
Selection of candidates In light of the pandemic situation that paralyzed the nation, the Miss Diva Organization decided to limit its operations to virtual projection and online interviews, thus allowing applicants to participate from the comfort of their homes. The organization opened the application to the public on June 11, 2021, until July 20, 2021.
After the initial auditions, applicants were shortlisted to a Top 50 list, and these candidates were summoned for several rounds of interviews, chaired by an elite bench of celebrities. Later, the selected contestants shortened down to top 20 finalists, including a wild card entry, chosen by public vote. These 20 finalists took part in the contest's boot-camp and were to compete in the final event to be held in Mumbai on 30 September 2021.
Contestants Top 20 The following are the 20 official contestants: Color key
Nu. Contestant Age Height Hometown Placement 1 Aishwarya Kamal 24 New Delhi 2 Akshita Singh 21 Vadodara 3 Anaika Nair 24 Mumbai 4 Ankita Singh 22 Kolkata4th Runner-up 5 Ayesha Assadi 21 MumbaiTop 10 6 Divita Rai 23 Mumbai2nd Runner-up 7 Harnaaz Sandhu 21 ChandigarhMiss Diva Universe 2021 8 Lavanya Sangwan 22 Gurugram 9 Naina Upadhyaya 21 Mumbai 10 Naveli Deshmukh 25 Aurangabad 11 Nikita Tiwari 23 MumbaiTop 10 12 Ojasvi Sharma 24 Delhi 13 Pallabi Saikia 21 DigboiTop 10 14 Palomi Insan 24 Noida 15 Ritika Khatnani 19 PuneMiss Diva Supranational 2022 16 Ruchi Chettri 20 Darjeeling 17 Sachi Kudale 21 Pune 18 Siddhi Gupta 25 DelhiTop 10 19 Sonal Kukreja 23 Jaipur1st Runner-up 20 Tarini Kalingarayar 22 Chennai3rd Runner-up
Semifinalists As in the previous edition, the winner of the Campus Princess contest will obtain a direct place in the Top 20 of Miss Diva 2021. Below are the Top 18 finalists of Campus Princess 2020. The list of finalists was announced in two parts, Part I and Part II on July 24 and 25, 2021 respectively. Miss Diva 2021 Top 50 was announced on 16 August 2021.
On August 23, 2021, the Top 20 and Top 5 Wild Card aspirants were announced. The top 5 wild card contenders will face a public online vote until August 30, 2021, and the one with the most votes will enter the Top 20.
Campuss Princess 2020 finalistsMiss Diva Top 50 semifinalistsWildcard entrants - Top 5 S.No Name Hometown 1 Amrita Parihar Madhya Pradesh 2 Ananya Bist Dehradun 3 Ankita Singha Guwahati 4 Anoushka Chauhan Gandhinagar 5 Disha Patil Nagpur 6 Himali Pareek Rajasthan 7 Ishika Singh Mumbai 8 Khushi Ajwani Jaipur 9 Lavanya Sangwan Gurugram 10 Mahekdeep Kaur Amritsar 11 Mehak Vinayak Chandigarh 12 Nimisha Dhote Bhopal 13 Pankhuri Mehrotra Mumbai 14 Ritvikka Dwivedi Mumbai 15 Shibi Batar Delhi 16 Shyna Choudhary Pathankot 17 Vaibhavi Sharma Uttarakhand 18 Vanshika Dawara Jabalpur S.No Name Hometown 1 Aavya Gupta Mumbai 2 Aditi Jaswal Dehradun 3 Aishwarya Kamal Delhi 4 Akshita Shetty Mumbai 5 Akshita Singh Vadodara 6 Alankrita Shahi Ghaziabad 7 Anaika Nair Mumbai 8 Ankita Singh Kolkata 9 Atasi Sindal Bankura 10 Ayesha Assadi Mumbai 11 Bhavana Sharma Bengaluru 12 Dipanjali Chhetri Delhi 13 Disha Patil Nagpur 14 Divita Rai Mumbai 15 Harnaaz Sandhu Chandigarh 16 Heli Vyas Mumbai 17 Ishika Singh Mumbai 18 Jasmine Lazarus Delhi 19 Jhanvi Sareen Gurugram 20 Kanchan Khatana Jaipur 21 Lavanya Gunasekar Mumbai 22 Mansi Taxak Mumbai 23 Mariam Paul Thrissur 24 Marishca Rodrigues Mumbai 25 Naina Upadhyaya Mumbai S.No Name Hometown 26 Naveli Deshmukh Aurangabad 27 Nikita Thomas Kochi 28 Nikita Tiwari Mumbai 29 Nishi Bhardwaj Delhi 30 Niveditha Rajan Bengaluru 31 Ojasvi Sharma Delhi 32 Pallabi Saikia Digboi 33 Palomi Insan Noida 34 Pranshu Singh Yadav Seoni 35 Rajashree Dowarah Dibrugarh 36 Rhiya Yadav Mumbai 37 Ritika Khatnani Pune 38 Ritvikka Dwivedi Mumbai 39 Ruchi Chettri Darjeeling 40 Rushali Yadav Ajmer 41 Sachi Kudale Pune 42 Shefali Sharma Rewa 43 Shivangi Julka Delhi 44 Shraddha Surve Mumbai 45 Siddhi Gupta Delhi 46 Snehapriya Roy Mumbai 47 Sonal Kukreja Jaipur 48 Tarini Kalingarayar Chennai 49 Vaishnavi Hodalkar Pune 50 VM Mansi Kochi S.No Name Hometown 1 Mariam Paul Thrissur 2 Naveli Deshmukh Aurangabad 3 Palomi Insan Noida 4 Rushali Yadav Ajmer 5 Vaishnavi Hodalkar Pune
Judges Final night Shivan Bhatia - fashion designer Narresh Kukreja - fashion designer Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari - filmmaker, writer and author Kriti Sanon - actress Pankaj Advani - billiards and snooker player Kanika Kapoor - singer Angad Bedi - actor
For Top 20 finalists Srishti Sawhney - President & Global brand director, Pulp & Fibre Business - Aditya Birla Group Natasha Grover - National Director, Brand & Operation Head - Femina Miss India Sushant Divgikar - Mr. Gay India 2014, performing artist, drag icon, singer, equal rights champion & motivational speaker Bhawna Rao - Designer Abhishek Sharma - designer Saisha Shinde - designer Rani Mol - Head, Times Talent Supreet Bedi - TV anchor, celebrity host Bharat Gupta - fashion consultant, creative director, and stylist Noyonita Lodh - Miss Diva 2014 Neha Jaiswal - Miss Diva 2020 Runner-up
For Top 50 semifinalists The following eight judges determined the 50 semifinalists.
Bharat Gupta - fashion consultant, creative director, and stylist Srinidhi Shetty - Miss Supranational 2016 Bianca Louzado - hair and makeup expert Neha Jaiswal - Miss Diva 2020 Runner-up Jitesh Thakur - Mister Supranational 2016 2nd Runner-up Noyonita Lodh - Miss Diva 2014 Sushant Divgikar - performing artist, singer, equal rights champion, and motivational speaker Shefali Sood - Miss Diva Supranational 2019
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 Miss Diva 2015: Naveli Deshmukh (2nd Runner Up) 2018: Aishwarya Kamal
Femina Miss India 2015: Naveli Deshmukh (Top 10) 2019: Harnaaz Sandhu (Top 12) 2019: Siddhi Gupta (Top 12)
Miss Teen India 2018: Ritika Khatnani (Winner)
International pageants Miss Teen International 2018: Ritika Khatnani (1st Runner Up)
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