Miss Diva 2020


Miss Diva 2020 was the eighth edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant held on 22 February 2020. A total of 20 contestants were shortlisted from auditions in India. Vartika Singh crowned Adline Castelino as her successor and she represented India at Miss Universe 2020. Shefali Sood crowned Aavriti Choudhary as her successor and she represented India at Miss Supranational 2021. Miss Diva 2018 runner up Roshni Sheoran crowned Neha Jaiswal as her successor. Anntonia Porsild, Miss Supranational 2019 attended the event. This was the first Miss Diva pageant under Liva Fluid Fashion.

Background

In 2019, Liva Fluid Fashion acquired the title sponsorship rights for Miss Diva. On 11 November 2019, the organization announced in a press conference that the pageant will be held in February 2020. Contestants were selected through auditions in various cities across the country. Shortlisted contestants went through a final round of auditions in Mumbai where the top finalists were selected. Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta served as the mentor.

Format

A new format was introduced by the organization. Top 10 contestants were selected based on their performance in the preliminary segment and closed door interview. The top 10 contestants had an opportunity to speak about themselves in an opening statement. They further competed in swimsuit and evening gown rounds to determine the final five. A common question was asked to all the top five contestants. They were finalized into top three.

Contestants

The following were the 20 contestants participating in the Liva Miss Diva 2020:
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Nu.ContestantAgeHeightHometownPlacement
1Aavriti Choudhary21JabalpurMiss Supranational India 2021
2Adline Castelino215 ft 6 in UdupiMiss Universe India 2020
3Anisha Sharma23NagpurTop 5
4Archana Ravi23ChanganasseryTop 10
5Arshina Sumbul21JaipurTop 10
6Farhat Firoza24Bilaspur
7Lavanya Gunasekar24Salem
8Malashya Kashyap18UdalguriTop 10
9Megha Sachdeva22Moradabad
10Neha Jaiswal23PuneMiss Diva Runner-up
11Nishi Bharadwaj25Mahendragarh
12Payal Sharma24Nagpur
13Rashalika Sabharwal25Patiala
14Roshni Sharma21MumbaiTop 5
15Rushali Yadav22AjmerTop 10
16Shivangi Sharma20Dehradun
17Shreya Poonja19New Delhi
18Suruthi Periyasamy25Salem
19Tanya Subramanian23New Delhi
20Vaishnavi Ganesh18BangaloreTop 10

Grand finale judges

Selection of participants

Twenty delegates would be selected to compete in the grand finale. Among them, thirteen participants were selected from various rounds of city audition. Five finalists were selected through Campus Princess 2019 auditions.
The winner of Miss North-East Diva, a regional contest conducted by the Miss India Organization, for aspirants from the Northeast India gets direct entry in the Top 20. This competition was won by Malashya Kashyap.

City Finalists

Following are the finalists selected in auditions conducted at various cities of India. They would be further shortlisted and finalized as the contestants of Liva Miss Diva 2020 pageant. Few delegates selected by the Miss India Organization competed in the Wildcard round in Mumbai. The winner of this round would be selected with a combination of public voting & internal jury members.
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LucknowHyderabadChennaiKolkataIndorePuneBangaloreJaipurChandigarhDelhiMumbai
Anushka KumarAishwarya SAdline CastelinoAkshita SinghAavriti ChoudharyMehek VinayakAnjali AnishAnkita TrivediDevianna AhluwaliaAkanksha ChoudharyAlankrita Shahi
Ishika BishtBella LolageAishwarya DineshMeghna BoseAlisha KhanNaina SharmaLavanya GunasekarKanchan KhatanaJasmine SinghArshiya SharmaAneesha Rane
Komal KhillareBhavna SirpaFarhat FirozaMegna MukherjeeAnisha SharmaNatasha DasManmeet KaurRubal ShekhawatShreya SuriDevika MahajanArchana Ravi
Rashalika SabharwalHarshita SharmaNeha JhaRashmi MadhuriMonika DwivediNimisha ChavanRashmitha RRushali YadavShynaElix ChaudharyNaveli Deshmukh
Simran SinghMadhushree GuptaPrithivee×Ridhima FirkeNiyamat NilgiriwalaR VishnupriyaSamridhi AhlawatSimran KapoorIlika TyagiPayal Sharma
Sukraty SaxenaSri LakshmiRubeiya SK×Senhapriya RoySachi KudaleSimran PareekSimran SharmaUshtu ChiberLavanya JohnRitika Nayak
×Sri Sai Reddy××Tanya MittalSakshi BhosaleVaishnavi Ganesh××Lavanya SangwanRoshini Sharma
×Soundarya Gowda××Tejal PatilTanisha Pal×××Ritika NayakShivangi Sharma
×Taruna Choudhary×××Vaibhavi Sharma×××Shreya BahukhandiSruthi Periyasamy
×××××××××Tanya Subramanian×