Miss Diva 2023

Miss Diva 2023
Date	27 August 2023
Presenters	Sachin Kumbhar Supreet Bedi
Entertainment	Pulkit Samrat Hari & Sukhmani Kumar Kathak Rockers
Venue	The LaLiT, Mumbai, India
Broadcaster	JioCinema
Entrants	16
Placements	7
Winner	Shweta Sharda Sonal Kukreja
Photogenic	Nickita Arora Faridabad

Miss Diva 2023 was the 11th edition of the Miss Diva pageant, held at The LaLit in Mumbai, India, on 27 August 2023.

At the end of the event, Divita Rai crowned her successor Shweta Sharda, while Pragnya Ayyagari crowned her successor Sonal Kukreja. Sharda represented India at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador on 18 November 2023, where she finished in the top 20, and Kukreja represented India at Miss Supranational 2024 in Poland on 17 July 2024, where she finished in the top 12.

Results

Placements

Color keys

•   The contestant was a Semifinalist in an International pageant.

Placement	Contestant	International placement
Miss Diva Universe 2023	Shweta Sharda	Top 20 – Miss Universe 2023
Miss Diva Supranational 2024	Sonal Kukreja	Top 12 – Miss Supranational 2024
Runner Up	Trisha Shetty
Top 7	Aruna Beniwal Daisy Khound Nickita Arora Zuchobeni Tungoe

Sub-Contests

Sub-Contest	Winner
Miss Popular Choice	Zuchobeni Tungoe
Miss Glamorous	Arushi Singh
Miss Photogenic	Nickita Arora
Miss Talented	Zuchobeni Tungoe Shweta Sharda
Miss Body Beautiful	Shweta Sharda
Miss Rampwalk	Daisy Khound
Miss Sudoku	Arushi Singh

Format

In contrast to the competition's previous year's model, where the representatives were appointed, this year will see a return to the competition's standard format, with the initial process beginning with registration and auditions and ending with the shortlisting of candidates to the grand finale.

For the first time in its history, the pageant accepts applications from participants of all relationship statuses - married, divorced, pregnant, engaged, widowed and trans women. Additionally, the height standard has been changed to a reduced format.

Selection Committee

• Harnaaz Sandhu - Miss Universe 2021
• Srinidhi Shetty - Miss Supranational 2016
• Sangeeta Bijlani - Femina Miss India Universe 1980
• Pratik Gandhi - Actor
• Jatin Kampani - Celebrity Photographer
• Nikita Mhaisalkar - Celebrity & Grand Finale Gown Designer
• Abhishek Sharma - Celebrity Designer

Contestants

The following are the official contestants:

Nu.	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Placement
1	Aishwarya Dikshit	27	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Mumbai
2	Aayushi Tiwari	25	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Balaghat
3	Apurva Chavan	26	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Pune
4	Archana Bhavsar	22	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Mumbai
5	Arushi Singh	22	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Jaipur
6	Aruna Beniwal	21	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Jaipur	Top 7
7	Daisy Khound	22	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jorhat	Top 7
8	Devyani Jagtap	23	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Pune
9	Gopika Suresh	24	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Kannur
10	Nickita Arora	24	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Faridabad	Top 7
11	Sarannya Sharma	19	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Delhi
12	Sonal Kukreja	25	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jaipur	Miss Diva Supranational 2024
13	Shweta Sharda	22	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Chandigarh	Miss Diva Universe 2023
14	Trisha Shetty	22	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Mumbai	Runner-up
15	Vidhi Giri	22	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Chandigarh
16	Zuchobeni Tungoe	25	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Kohima	Top 7

Crossovers

The following are contestants who have competed in other national beauty pageants:

Pageant	Year	Delegate	Placement
Femina Miss India	2019	Vidhi Giri	Regional Finalist (Top 3 from Punjab)
	2020	Aruna Beniwal	Top 15
		Trisha Shetty
		Zuchobeni Tüngoe	Top 15
	2022	Aishwarya Dikshit	Regional Finalist (Top 19 from Maharashtra)
		Daisy Khound	Regional Finalist (Top 10 from Assam)
	2023
		Apurva Chavan	Top 7
		Devyani Jagtap	Regional Finalist (Top 25 from Maharashtra)
		Gopika Suresh	Regional Finalist (Top 10 from Kerala)
Miss Diva	2018	Apurva Chavan	Top 10
	2021	Sonal Kukreja	1st Runner-up
Glamanand Supermodel India	2019	Trisha Shetty	1st Runner-up
	2021	Aishwarya Dikshit	Top 15
		Arushi Singh	Top 8