Dia's
First
Step
Into
Modelling
"While
doing
a
part-time
job
after
my
MBA,
I
was
spotted
by
a
model
coordinator
at
Secunderabad
Club.
She
insisted
I
look
good
and
should
give
modelling
a
shot.
She
even
offered
me
a
show
that
was
happening
that
weekend
and
required
me
to
walk
the
ramp.
I
did
the
show
and
it
went
off
well.
After
that
I
got
more
offers
and
I
would
keep
taking
off
to
Bangalore," Dia
had
once
revealed
in
a
Mumbai
Mirror
interview.
Going
Jumbalika
After
Dia's
first
advertising
campaign,
she
bagged
"Jumbalika" in
the
Tamil
film
En
Swasa
Kaatre
where
she
was
one
of
the
background
dancers.
Beauty
With
Brains
Dia
was
approached
by
Times
Of
India,
Hyderabad
for
the
Miss
India
contest
after
she
did
a
feature
for
Bangalore
Times.
After
auditioning,
she
landed
in
Miss
India
Contest
in
2000
and
soon
went
on
to
win
Miss
Asia-Pacific
crown.
How
Dia
Bagged
Her
First
Film
After
Miss
India,
Dia
went
on
to
star
in
a
couple
of
music
videos,
'Khoya
Khoya
Chand'.
Soon,
film
offers
started
pouring
in.
While
she
was
training
for
Miss
Asia-Pacific,
Dia
had
to
turn
down
a
Rajkumar
Santoshi
film.
After
winning
the
pageant,
Dia
was
supposed
to
debut
opposite
Abhishek
Bachchan
in
a
Vashu
Bhagnani
production.
However,
things
didn't
work
out
and
she
ended
up
making
her
debut
in
Bollywood
with
Gautam
Menon's
'Rehnaa
Hai
Terre
Dil
Mein.'