2000 Miss Asia-Pacific Diya Mirza

2000 Miss Asia-Pacific Diya Mirza

Diya Mirza was born December 9, 1981 in Hyderabad, India. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer from Munich and her mother, Deepa is a Bengali Indian who is also an interior designer, they separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She retained a Muslim surname (Mirza). Later she adopted the last name of her birth-father and became Dia Mirza Handrich.


Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years. The final and decisive question that was put to Diya was, "What are the three most important values that matter to you?", to which she replied, "Love, Honesty and Friendship", and with that answer, she had almost the entire audience rooting for her.


Diya Mirza is now a famous celebrity and an Indian Actress, Dee which is the nickname of Diya Mirza is known to very less people. Diya Mirza holds two awards in Year 2000 one is Femina Miss India 2000 Award and second is Miss Asia Pacific 2000 Award. Diya Mirza’s first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein.


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1973 Miss Asia Pacific Tara Anne Fonseca

1973 Miss Asia Pacific Tara Anne Fonseca

Tara Anne Fonseca second Miss India, and the second Miss India Participated of Asia Pacific Contest. Miss Asia Pacific in 1973, Tara Anne Fonseca Participated the Contest and won the Miss Asia Pacific International Crown.

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1970 Miss Asia-Pacific Zeenat Aman

1970 Miss Asia-Pacific Zeenat Aman

Zeenat Aman was born 19 November 1951 in Mumbai to a Muslim father Amanullah Khan and a Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmin mother Scinda. Her father, Amanullah, was one of the writers for the blockbuster movie Mughal-e-Azam & Pakeezah. He died when Zeenat was just 13.

Zeenat Aman graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and went to Los Angeles for her studies. Upon returning to India, she first took a job as a journalist for Femina and then later on moved on to modeling. One of the first few brands that she modeled for was Taj Mahal Tea. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970.
Zeenat Aman is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bollywood films, notably in the 1970s and 1980s. Zeenat Aman Nick Name is ‘Babushka’.

In 1985, she got married to Mazhar Khan and had two sons Azaan and Zahaan. Mazhar Khan died in September 1998.Today, Zeenat Aman lives with her two sons and makes many social appearances and film awards functions.
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Miss Asia Pacific List

Miss Asia Pacific List

1968 - Anabella Crawford

1970 - Zeenat Aman - Miss Asia Pacific 1970

1971 - Urmila Sanandan

1972 - Samita Mukherjee - Earlier competed in Miss
International 1971.

1973 - Tara Anna Fonseca - Miss Asia Pacific 1973

1974 - Marilyn Theresa Ferreira

1975 - Seema Marwaha

1976 - Anna Adriane Bredemeyer - 2nd Runner -up

1977 - Marianne De Souza - 1st Runner up

1978 - Preeti Koppikar

1979 - Maureen Mary Lestourgeon - 1st Runner -up

1980 - Upneet Pannu

1981 - Mehjabeen Ayub Khan

1982 - Aparna Sharma

1983 - Monica Lakshmana

1985 - Seema Malhotra

1986 - Ana Vasan

1987 - Jasleem Kaur

1988 - Viola Antony

1989 - Anuradha Ramani

1992 - Mehroo Jal Mistry

1993 - Namrata Shirodkar - 1st Runner up

1994 - Shweta Menon

1995 - Ruchi Malhotra - 1st Runner -up

1996 - Mini Menon

1997 - Divya Chauhan - 1st Runner-up

1998 - Vikkitha Aggarwal

1999 - Shivangi Parikkh

2000 - Dia Mirza - Miss Asia Pacific 2000

2001 - Maheshwari

2002 - Tina Chatwal

2003 - Shonal Rawat

2005 - Simran Chandok

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Vietnam to host Miss Asia 2008

Vietnam to host Miss Asia 2008

On behalf of the government, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan approved the organisation the Miss Asia 2008 pageant Thursday.

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to collaborate with the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam and other relevant agencies to manage the pageant.


Tran Thi Huong Giang, one of the 10 finalists at Miss Vietnam 2006, is now representing Vietnam at Miss Asia 2007 in Hong Kong from September 24 to October 28.

Miss Asia was established by Hong Kong’s ATV television channel. Since 1985, this annual contest has attracted contestants from Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, and, of course, China.

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Hangzhou girl crowned Miss Asia 2004

Hangzhou girl crowned Miss Asia 2004

Hangzhou girl Lv Jingjing(C) is joined by the runner-up and second runner-up as she is crowned Miss Asia at the 2004 Miss Asia Campaign in HK on Sunday night, Oct. 24, 2004. The 2004 Miss Asia Campaign has attracted ladies from such Asian nations as China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and India.

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Miss Asia Pageant winner Daryna Shevchenko

Miss Asia Pageant winner Daryna Shevchenko

Miss Asia Pageant 2006 winner Daryna Shevchenko poses after winning the Miss Asia Pageant in Macau, Monday, Oct. 30, 2006.

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Miss Asia 2005 Pageant

Miss Asia 2005 Pageant

Winner of the Miss Asia 2005 Pageant Wang Lei (R) from Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, is crowned in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 4, 2005. Hong In Young from South Korea and Zhai Xiangping from northeast China's Liaoning Province ranked respectively the second and the third of the contest, organized by Asia Television of Hong Kong.

Zhai Xiangping (R) from northeast China's Liaoning Province is crowned after winning the third place of the Miss Asia 2005 Pageant in Hong Kong, south China, on Oct. 4, 2005. The Miss Asia 2005 was taken by Wang Lei from Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

Runner-up Hong In Young from South Korea poses at the Miss Asia Pageant 2005 in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 4, 2005. Miss Asia 2005 was taken by Wang Lei from Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

Contestants perform during the Miss Asia Pageant 2005 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 4, 2005. Wang Lei from Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, took the crown of the Miss Asia Pageant 2005, Hong In Young from South Korea and Zhai Xiangping from northeast China's Liaoning Province ranked respectively the second and the third of the contest, organized by Asia Television of Hong Kong.

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