Zeenat Aman was born 19 November 1951 in Mumbai to a Muslim father Amanullah Khan and a Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmin mother Scinda. Her father, Amanullah, was one of the writers for the blockbuster movie Mughal-e-Azam & Pakeezah. He died when Zeenat was just 13.
Zeenat Aman graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and went to Los Angeles for her studies. Upon returning to India, she first took a job as a journalist for Femina and then later on moved on to modeling. One of the first few brands that she modeled for was Taj Mahal Tea. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970.
Zeenat Aman is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bollywood films, notably in the 1970s and 1980s. Zeenat Aman Nick Name is ‘Babushka’.
In 1985, she got married to Mazhar Khan and had two sons Azaan and Zahaan. Mazhar Khan died in September 1998.Today, Zeenat Aman lives with her two sons and makes many social appearances and film awards functions.
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Miss Asia Pacific 1973- Tara Anne Fonseca
Tara Anne Fonseca second Miss India, and the second Miss India Participated of Asia Pacific Contest. Miss Asia Pacific in 1973, Tara Anne Fonseca Participated the Contest and won the Miss Asia Pacific International Crown.
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Miss Asia Pacific 2000- Diya Mirza
Diya Mirza was born December 9, 1981 in Hyderabad, India. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer from Munich and her mother, Deepa is a Bengali Indian who is also an interior designer, they separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She retained a Muslim surname (Mirza). Later she adopted the last name of her birth-father and became Dia Mirza Handrich.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. The final and decisive question that was put to Diya was, "What are the three most important values that matter to you?", to which she replied, "Love, Honesty and Friendship", and with that answer, she had almost the entire audience rooting for her.
Diya Mirza is now a famous celebrity and an Indian Actress, Dee which is the nickname of Diya Mirza is known to very less people. Diya Mirza holds two awards in Year 2000 one is Femina Miss India 2000 Award and second is Miss Asia Pacific 2000 Award. Diya Mirza’s first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein.
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The Miss Asia Pacific began as a regional pageant in 1968, known as the Miss Asia Quest. Participating countries came from Asia and Oceania. In 1985, the pageant changed its name to the Miss Asia Pacific Quest, to encompass countries not just in the Asian and Oceania region, but those of North, Central and South America with borders touching the Pacific Ocean.
The pageant took its present form in 2005, when the name was changed to Miss Asia Pacific International, to include countries all over the world.
Miss Asia Pacific Winner List
1963 Miss Asia Pacific Choi In-ja, Korea
1965 Miss Asia Pacific Angela Filmer, Malaysia
1968 Miss Asia Pacific Macy Shih, Taiwan
1969 Miss Asia Pacific Won-kyoung Seo, Korea
1970 Miss Asia Pacific Zeenat Aman, India
1971 Miss Asia Pacific Flora Baza, Guam
1972 Miss Asia Pacific Janet Coutts, Australia
1973 Miss Asia Pacific Tara Anne Fonseca, India
1974 Miss Asia Pacific Susie Currie, Australia
1975 Miss Asia Pacific Eva Regina Arni, Papua New Guinea
1976 Miss Asia Pacific Jacqueline Stuart, Singapore
1977 Miss Asia Pacific Linda Emran, Indonesia
1978 Miss Asia Pacific Siriporn Savanglum, Thailand
1979 Miss Asia Pacific Ayla Altas, Turkey
1980 Miss Asia Pacific Lorraine Gaye McGrady, Australia
1981 Miss Asia Pacific Bernadine Rosemarie Ramanayake, Sri Lanka
1982 Miss Asia Pacific Maria del Carmen Ines Zaragoza, Philippines
1983 Miss Asia Pacific Gloria Aranas Dimayacyac, Philippines
1984 Miss Asia Pacific Melek Gurkan, Turkey
1985 Miss Asia Pacific Nurit Mizrachi, Israel
1986 Miss Asia Pacific Helen Crawford, New Zealand
1987 Miss Asia Pacific Cilinia Prada Acosta, Panama
1988 Miss Asia Pacific Preeyanuch Panpradub, Thailand
1989 Miss Asia Pacific Lorna Villanueva Legaspi, Philippines
1990 (No Pageant)
1991 (No Pageant)
1992 Miss Asia Pacific Tali Ben-Harush, Israel
1993 Miss Asia Pacific Michelle Zulueta Aldana, Philippines
1994 Miss Asia Pacific Jessica Vanessa Tapia Guiulfo, Peru
1995 Miss Asia Pacific Mi-jung Yoon, Korea
1996 Miss Asia Pacific Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría, Costa Rica
1997 Miss Asia Pacific Worarat Suwannarat, Thailand
1998 Miss Asia Pacific Kisha Alvarado Murillo, Costa Rica
1999 Miss Asia Pacific Juliana Andrea Arango Londoño, Colombia
2000 Miss Asia Pacific Diya Mirza Handrich, India
2001 Miss Asia Pacific Luciana Luisa Farfán Vargas, Peru
2002 Miss Asia Pacific So-yoon Kim, Korea
2003 Miss Asia Pacific Tatyana Nikitina, Russia
2004 (No Pageant)
2005 Miss Asia Pacific Leonora Jiménez, Costa Rica
So in the 39 years of the Pageant India has won the crown three times
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India has also had a few runners up
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