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.
Results Placements Color keys
Placement Contestant International Placement Miss Diva Universe 2023 Shweta Sharda Miss Diva Supranational 2024 Sonal Kukreja 1st Runner Up• Trisha Shetty 2nd runner up• Daisy Khound 3rd runner up• Nickita Arora 4th runner up • Zuchobeni Tungoe Top 7 • Aruna Beniwal
Sub-Contests Sub-Contest Winner Miss Popular Choice Zuchobeni Tungoe Miss Glamorous Arushi Singh Miss Photogenic Nickita Arora Miss Talented Zuchobeni Tungoe Shweta Sharda Miss Body Beautiful Shweta Sharda Miss Rampwalk Daisy Khound Miss Sudoku Arushi Singh
Format 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.
Selection Committee Harnaaz Sandhu - Miss Universe 2021 Srinidhi Shetty - Miss Supranational 2016 Sangeeta Bijlani - Femina Miss India Universe 1980 Pratik Gandhi - Actor Jatin Kampani - Celebrity Photographer Nikita Mhaisalkar - Celebrity & Grand Finale Gown Designer Abhishek Sharma - Celebrity Designer
Contestants The following are the official contestants: Nu. Contestant Age Height Hometown Placement 1 Aishwarya Dikshit 27 Mumbai 2 Aayushi Tiwari 25 Balaghat 3 Apurva Chavan 26 Pune 4 Archana Bhavsar 22 Mumbai 5 Arushi Singh 22 Jaipur 6 Aruna Beniwal 21 JaipurTop 7 7 Daisy Khound 22 JorhatTop 7 8 Devyani Jagtap 23 Pune 9 Gopika Suresh 24 Kannur 10 Nickita Arora 24 FaridabadTop 7 11 Sarannya Sharma 19 Delhi 12 Sonal Kukreja 25 JaipurMiss Diva Supranational 2024 13 Shweta Sharda 22 ChandigarhMiss Diva Universe 2023 14 Trisha Shetty 22 MumbaiRunner-up 15 Vidhi Giri 22 Chandigarh 16 Zuchobeni Tungoe 25 KohimaTop 7
Crossovers The following are contestants who have competed in other national beauty pageants: Pageant Year Delegate PlacementFemina Miss India 2019 Vidhi Giri Regional Finalist (Top 3 from Punjab)2020 Aruna Beniwal Top 15 Trisha Shetty Zuchobeni Tüngoe Top 152022 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-upGlamanand Supermodel India 2019 Trisha Shetty 1st Runner-up2021 Aishwarya Dikshit Top 15 Arushi Singh Top 8
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