India, Jan. 4 -- An aerospace engineer, dancer and entrepreneur, Miss Diva Cosmo 2025 Avani Kakekochhi Bhat, is a woman with many hats. And winning the title of Miss Diva 2025 is a way for her to expand her dreams, which all began when she was just a child. "My journey on stage began when I was three-years-old, and had my first stage performance. My parents watched me and they stood up and started crying and clapping. They said 'this girl's made for the stage'," she says.

While she has a title now, Avani's connection to pageantry dates back, and it includes a former global queen. "Miss Supranational 2014 Asha Bhat is my family , and I took part in this pageant on her recommendation. I take a lot of inspiration from her. She created a leg...