Dia Mirza shares Miss India 2000 throwback memories featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta – See pics

Miss Asia Pacific International 2000 and actress Dia Mirza shared a rare throwback photo from 25 years ago from the Miss India event. She took to Instagram and shared a series of pictures from the glamorous night.

Dia Mirza shares rare throwback photos from the 2000 Miss India event

In the first picture shared by Dia, she can be seen sharing the stage with co-winners Priyanka Chopra (Miss World 2000) and Lara Dutta (Miss Universe 2000). Along with them, we see the smiling faces of beauty queens Sushmita Sen (Miss Universe 1994), Aishwarya Rai (Miss World 1994) and Diana Hayden (Miss World 1997).

In another picture, Dia was seen giving a peck to Lara Dutta on her cheek after their winning moment. The third picture sees the winners posing with Shah Rukh Khan.

Sharing the pictures, Mirza penned a long note recalling the people who were a part of the finale event. “Throwing it back to the beginning of a new millennium. 15th of January 2000. The Femina Miss India Contest was a truly grand spectacle! We had the most amazing women participating from across the country. Each of them has gone on to create their own unique story. We had the most iconic judges – Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Anjoli Ela Menon, Carolina Herrera, Marcus Swarovski, Pritish Nandy, Mohammed Azharuddin and Waheeda Rehman.”

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She added, “The beautiful Malaika Arora and Rahul Khanna hosted the event. A spectacular set was designed by Omung Kumar. Hemant Trivedi and Nayanika Chatterjee mentored us and choreographed the show. Bharat And Doris Godambe did our hair and make up. Pradeep Guha and Satya Saran ensured each of us received the training necessary to help us shine in our individual light.

All the previous winners descended on stage and made our winning moments even more special. The photoshoot with Shahrukh Khan right after our win happened backstage. What a moment of wonderment for a completely awestruck Hyderabadi who grew up adoring him with all my heart! The cover shot is evidence.”

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Dia Mirza reveals final question of Miss India 2000 event

Dia went on to disclose the last question the competitors were asked, which ultimately determined their elimination from the tournament.

She revealed the question and wrote, “The final question that lead to the win for Lara, Priyanka and me was “If you were the policeman in the garden of Eden, who would punish for the first sin. Adam, Eve or the serpent?” My answer was unusual, I have no idea how I even thought of it with a one minute timer ticking loudly as we framed our responses and wrote them down.”

I think I said, “I would not punish any of them. For if they had not sinned, we would not be on this Earth today.” What answer would you have given?

Time flies. Each of us has evolved and found our own way of making sense of our time on Earth. We have lost some people who were a part of this life changing moment.. but their influence and impact has surely shaped our lives,” Dia concluded.

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