Ranchi, July 5 -- Ranchi's beauty Pragya Shree has been crowned as Miss Diva Vivacious at the Astitva Diva Miss & Mrs India 2019 contest. With a total of 21 contestants from all across the country, the competition was held in Haldwani, Uttarakhand on July 3.

Born in Patna, Pragya (22) did her schooling from Meghatuburu in West Jharkhand and her graduation in accounts honours from Magadh University.

Her father works with the Steel Authority of India and is currently posted in Ranchi for the last few years while her mother is a social worker.

"When I was approached to participate in this pageant I was very excited. I had a wild card entry to the competition. I decided to dress up as a Kashmiri girl because

I wanted to look different from ...