Bollywood diva Dia Mirza, who was crowned Miss Asia Pacific in 2000, opened up on the frequent comparisons to the career graph of Miss India co-finalists Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra.
2000 was a big year for Indian pageantry, as all three finalists of Miss India, Dia Mirza, Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta went on to win three international beauty crowns, i.e. Miss Asia Pacific, Miss World and Miss Universe respectively.
As all three of them entered Bollywood later, there have always been undeniable comparisons of their career graph in the film industry.
Addressing these comparisons in the latest interview, Mirza emphasized how all three beauty queens and Bollywood divas came from different backgrounds and managed to carve out individually distinct paths for themselves, despite early struggles.
“Priyanka still had some support from her parents, but Lara and I didn’t. Lara was already living here because she was modelling and she had opened her heart to me and shared her apartment, which was the size of a matchbox,” she recalled. “I remember helping her pack for her Miss Universe and going away.”
