Biography// DiaMirza.org

Introduction:
Diya Mirza Handrich or Dia Mirza, nicknamed Dee, (born 9th December 1981 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian Model and actress and Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000.At 16 she was an introvert girl working as a marketing executive at Sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15% commission on every ad revenue she fetched for her company. She however did an advertising campaign which appeared in Femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in Miss India competition.She was also second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.

Biography:
Her father Frank Handrich was a German interior designer; her mother is Deepa Mirza, a Bengali. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried: Ahmed Mirza whose surname she took, died in 2004. Though she has been brought up in a Muslim household, she does not consider herself a Muslim; and says she believes in Ganesha.When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended Vidyaranya High School For Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnama. Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai.

That's when her success story began. Diya won 3 titles at the Miss India competition - Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewer's Choice Award and Femina Miss India Asia Pacific. Life changed after that. Diya shifted to Mumbai from Hyderabad for better career prospects. Eventually Diya won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific Title at the beauty pageant held on 2 Dec 2000 in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.
Think delicacy, poise, elegance and brains. Think Diya Mirza, a heavenly beauty from Hyderabad, who won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December 2000, in Manila.

Diya´s victory has created history. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years. Her winning has scored a hat trick for India, as she is the third Indian contestant to be crowned at the international beauty pageants held this year. Earlier this year, Lara Dutta bagged the Miss Universe title in Cyprus, and Priyanka Chopra was declared Miss World in London.

And today, she´s been chosen to spread the message of love and peace and influence the people staying in the Asian -Pacific countries. A responsibility that she has accepted with characteristic grace and grit !

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