1. Dia Mirza Rekhi was born on Dia Handrich; 9 December 1981 and is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films.
34 Facts About Dia Mirza
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Dia Mirza won the title of Miss Asia Pacific International in 2000 after being crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000.
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Dia Mirza subsequently featured in films including Dus, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt.
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Dia Mirza co-owned a production house, Born Free Entertainment, with her ex-husband Sahil Sangha.
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Dia Mirza has since starred in the streaming series Kaafir and IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.
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Dia Mirza's father, Frank Handrich, is a German graphics and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer based in Munich.
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Dia Mirza's mother, Deepa, is a Bengali interior designer and landscaper who volunteers to help alcoholics and drug addicts.
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Dia Mirza then attended Stanley Junior College before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad.
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Dia Mirza was the second runner-up at the Miss India pageant in 2000 and then went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific title in 2000.
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Dia Mirza made her debut in Gautham Menon directed Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, a remake of Menon's Tamil film Minnale.
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Dia Mirza then appeared in films such as Alag, Dum, Deewaanapan, Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge, Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story, Parineeta, Dus, Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Salaam Mumbai.
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Dia Mirza appeared in the ZEE5 web series Kaafir in 2019.
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Dia Mirza has produced Love Breakups Zindagi, Bobby Jasoos and a sitcom web series titled Mind the Malhotras, streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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Dia Mirza lent her voice to a snow leopard called Layla for an environmental podcast of Run Wild, which is a collaboration between Runtastic, the UN Environmental Programme and the Internet of Elephants.
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Dia Mirza has written articles for Hindustan Times and other publications.
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Dia Mirza won Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Avon and Miss Close-Up Smile in Miss India.
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Dia Mirza completed the hat-trick of India winning international pageants in the year 2000; Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe title and Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in the same year.
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Dia Mirza is on the board of the Coca-Cola Foundation which works towards development in rural India.
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Dia Mirza is associated with campaigns such as Sanctuary Asia's Leave Me Alone and Female Foeticide.
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Dia Mirza won the Green Award at IIFA 2012 for spreading awareness about environment-related issues.
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Dia Mirza has been felicitated at award functions for her active involvement in social and environmental issues.
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Dia Mirza has been named the ambassador for the Swachh Bharat Mission's youth-based 'Swachh Saathi' programme.
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Dia Mirza joined Save The Children India as their first-ever artist ambassador.
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Dia Mirza has lent her support to WTI's wildlife conservation endeavours for several years and is a founder-member of the organisation's Club Nature initiative, supporting a campaign to raise awareness about the shrinking space for wild elephants in the country.
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Dia Mirza was appointed as the UN Environment's Goodwill Ambassador for India in 2017 and on 7 May 2020, her term was further extended till 2022.
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Dia Mirza was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as an advocate of Sustainable Development Goals.
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Dia Mirza turned into a blogger to save the environment and create awareness.
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Dia Mirza hosted United Nations Champions Gala 2019 with Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin.
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Dia Mirza attended the 14th UN Conference of the Parties and hosted the finale reception.
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Dia Mirza initiated a cleanliness drive at Juhu beach on Independence Day 2019 and another at Mahim beach on 26 January, to make the beach free from single-use plastic.
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Dia Mirza has been featured by the British Broadcasting Corporation in its 11th edition of BBC 100 Women List 2023, listing her as one of the four Indian women featured.
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On 15 February 2021, Dia Mirza married businessman Vaibhav Rekhi in Bandra, Mumbai.
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On 14 July 2021, Dia Mirza announced that she had a premature birth to a baby boy, Avyaan Azaad Rekhi on 14 May and he was in NICU for 2 months.
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Dia Mirza has a step-daughter, Samaira Rekhi from Vaibhav Rekhi's previous marriage.