India, March 12 -- The year 2000 was a watershed for Indian pageantry. All three Miss India finalists went on to win international crowns that year. Lara Dutta was crowned Miss Universe,Priyanka Chopra won Miss World, and Dia Mirza completed the hat-trick with the Miss Asia Pacific title. Naturally, there were comparisons. In a recent interview, Dia addressed those comparisons and emphasised how the three of them managed to carve out individual, distinct paths as actors. (Also read: Priyanka Chopra's mother says she traumatized her with boarding school: 'Usko mentally prepare nahi kiya')

Priyanka was still a teenager then, while Dia and Lara were in their early 20s. Highlighting how their starts were different, Dia told Zoom, "Priyanka s...