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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