Femina Miss India 2010 (Winners + Contestant Spl.Photos with Full Profiles)

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Dia Mirza
Miss Asia Pacific 2000

Dia Mirza, a heavenly beauty from Hyderabad, won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held in the year 2000, in Manila.

Dia's victory created history. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years. Lara Dutta bagged the Miss Universe title and Priyanka Chopra was declared Miss World in the same year. Dia’s win completed the hat trick, a rare record to match.

Dia also won the Femina Miss Beautiful Smile title.

The final and decisive question that was put to Dia 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.

Dia always dreamt of becoming a lawyer before winning the crown. She wanted to pursue her graduation in Arts but she had to postpone that. It became difficult for to strike a balance between traveling, modeling and preparing for her international pageant. To enhance her acting s****s Dia took up a film course at the New York University.

She likes dramatics and poetry, and is fond of Hyderabadi food. She is s****ed in Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, English.

Diya Mirza after winning the crown got a number of offers from Bollywood and made her foray into films. After beginning her Bollywood career with glamorous roles, Dia wants to do offbeat films as well.

The audience really appreciated her work in films like Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, Dus, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Dus Kahaniyaan .

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Parvathy Omanakuttan
Miss World 2008, Ist runner up

Parvathy Omanakuttan represented India at the 58th Miss World pageant and finished first runner up. At the pageant, Parvathy earlier won the Miss World 2008 Beach Beauty contest.

She also stood second at the Miss World Top Model contest the same year. Even as Femina Miss India 2008, she won various accolades before being crowned the eventual Miss India World. She won sub-titles like Miss Photogenic, Miss Personality & Miss Beautiful Hair.

As the first ever Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2008, she gained direct entry into the top 10 finalists at the Femina Miss India contest. She was crowned as PFMIS 2008 by South Indian actress Ramya Krishnan.

A favourite for the Miss India title, her answer during the question-and-answer rounds in the finals won her fresh praise. When asked, "The rate of divorce in India is on a rise. Is Western influence the cause of this or something else?", Parvathy’s forthright reply was, "Divorces are not a result of Western influence. At the end of the day, it is we who decide our worth. Marriage is not when one completes the other but is when both share their completeness."

Born on 13 March 1987 at Kottayam in Kerala, her parents shifted base to Mumbai when she just seven months old. Other noted Keralites at the Miss India pageant have been Shweta Vijay (Femina Miss India Earth 2003), Annie Thomas (Femina Miss India World 1998), Nafisa Joseph (Femina Miss India Universe 1997), Mini Menon (Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1996) and Shweta Menon (Femina Miss India 1994 2nd Runner Up).

At the Miss World pageant, her reply to the question, "What does being in South Africa mean to you?" was that it was like home to her. She added that the people of South Africa were hospitable like Indians and that both nations have given the world respected leaders like Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. She also pointed out that both nations shared a wonderfully diverse culture.