Women from India achieved a rare triple when Diya Mirza of Hyderabad won the Miss Asia Pacific 2000 title, making a clean sweep of the top three beauty pageants in the world in a single calendar year. At 18, a quiet, 5'6" tall, introverted girl entered the Femina Miss India Contest to have some fun. She walked away with 3 titles.

Diya,a versatile personality, inherited her enchanting eyes from her Bengali mother and her complexion and colour of hair to her German father. Dee (her nickname) is also a very philosophical person, maybe because she has seen so much at such a young age. Her parents separated when she was just six.The strongest influence in her life has been her mother, who has been like a friend, philosopher and guide.

After her 10th boards she took up a summer job with a computer firm. With this she got a good break in Marketing line and thus started her career. Soon after, modeling assignments from Emami, Lipton etc started coming to her.

Diya Mirza, reaches out to millions of people with her beautiful smile and attractive eyes. Diya is an exclusive beauty in herself. After facing great hardships of life, her determination strengthened to achieve fame and success. Her source of motivation being her own dream, have made her life different.

As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary. And now Mirza who won over a lot of hearts with her poise is poised to take on Bollywood with elan.