Dia Mirza

Diya Mirza is an Indian model, actress, producer and beauty queen who won the Miss Asia Pacific 2000 title. Mirza has primarily worked in Bollywood.

Dia was born in December 9, 1981 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her dad's name was Frank Handrich, a German National, and an interior designer by profession, and her mom, Deepa, is Bengali-speaking. Deepa and Frank separated when Dia was 6, and Frank passed away three years later.

Deepa then married Ahmed Mirza. The family lived in Khairatabad near Hyderabad and she completed her schooling from Vidyaranya High School and Nasr School. Her step-father passed away in 2004.

She was introverted and unhappy as a child, and it was her parents, especially her mom, who instilled self-confidence and assisted her to break free from the barriers of low...