Manasi Moghe (born 29 August 1991) is a titleholder who was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2013 and represented

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on 9 November 2013. A big favourite, she made it to the top 10 finalist as 5th runner-up.

Early life

Manasi Moghe was born in

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, India into a

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family. She completed her schooling from Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, Indore.

Pageantry

Miss Universe 2013

Pageant was held at

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. Finale was on 9 November 2013 and Manasi Moghe placed among the Top 10 finalists as fifth runner-up.

Miss Diva - 2013

The

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finale, held on 5 September 2013 Thursday night at Hotel

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Mumbai Garden City, saw 14 finalists, including Manasi Moghe, competing against each other to win the title. Manasi Moghe was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2013, while

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was declared Miss Diva International 2013 and

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was declared Miss Diva Asia Pacific World 2013. Manasi then competed at

in Moscow, finishing in the Top 10.

Femina Miss India 2013

Manasi was one of the 21 finalists of

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. She got Wild Card Entry to the Pageant where she won Miss Active sub-title.

Film career

Manasi made her cinematic debut in a

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film title ''Bugadi Maazi Sandli Ga'' in the year 2014. She paired up with Kashyap Parulekar in the film. She is starring in a film opposite superstar Ankush Choudhary in an upcoming Marathi film directed by

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Filmography

References

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