Inside Miss Diva 2025 With Avani Kakekochhi, Avni Gupta, Aishwarya V and Monica D’Souza

In this conversation, four winners from the Miss Diva 2025 platform come together to reflect on their journeys, challenges and the realities behind titles. Miss Diva Cosmo 2025 Avani Kakekochhi, Miss Diva Supranational 2025 Avni Gupta, Miss Diva Fashion Designer 2025 Aishwarya V and Miss Diva Content Creator 2025 Monica D’Souza open up about ambition, discipline, creativity and the sense of sisterhood that defined their experience. Monica speaks candidly about her relationship with social media and the people who form her support system. She credits her friends and mentors for grounding her through the process, calling her online community a family rather than an audience. Monica makes it clear that she does not see herself as an influencer in the conventional sense. For her, content creation is about honesty and storytelling. Avani Gupta addresses one of the biggest misconceptions around beauty pageants. She explains that the focus is often assumed to be on looks alone, while the reality is far more demanding. Balancing her professional career alongside intense preparation, Avni describes the Miss Diva journey as a 360-degree grooming process. Reflecting on legacy, she names Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sushmita Sen, Harnaz Sandhu and Manushi Chhillar as women she deeply admires. Avani Kakekochhi, an entrepreneur, dance teacher and performer, speaks about the difficulty of balancing her professional commitments with pageant grooming, styling and rehearsals. Recalling a moment of crisis just before one of her rounds, Avani talks about a last-minute wardrobe malfunction and how a fellow designer stepped in to help, while content creators assisted with navigating algorithms. For her, the Miss Diva journey became a powerful example of sisterhood in action. Aishwarya V sheds light on the realities of the fashion and design industry, describing it as largely closed-off and heavily dependent on networking for access and opportunities. She speaks honestly about limited job openings within design houses, while also acknowledging that the space is evolving due to growing demand and a more educated audience. Aishwarya expresses her desire to make fashion more accessible and inclusive. Reflecting on her Miss Diva journey, she calls it rigorous and transformative, particularly in learning how to defend her design philosophy.