Deepti Divakar

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Deepti Divakar | title= [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India World 1981]] | birth_date= | birth_place = [[Bangalore]], Karnataka India | birth_name = | death_date = | measurements = | occupation = Model, actress, author | height = | weight = | alma_mater = [[Parsons The New School for Design]] New York City, United States [[University of California, Los Angeles]], United States [[Bangalore University]] India [[San Francisco State University]] United States | shoe_size = | eye_color = Black | hair_color = Black }} '''Deepti Divakar''' (born 31 October 1958) is an Indian actress, author, model and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/11/05/stories/2010110551051500.htm |title=The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore / People : A different dimension |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022837/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/11/05/stories/2010110551051500.htm |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Former-Miss-India-reaches-out-to-slum-dwellers/articleshow/6096128.cms | title=Former Miss India reaches out to slum-dwellers | date=6 April 2002 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=1 February 2019 }}</ref>

==Early life and career== {{BLP unsourced section|date=May 2020}} Divakar was born in Bangalore. Her grandfather, Dr R.R. Diwakar, was India's first Information and Broadcasting minister and Governor of Bihar.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} She studied interior design at [[Parsons School of Design]], New York and [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. She has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Bangalore University and a Master of Arts degree in radio and television from [[San Francisco State University]].

Divakar has performed the classical Indian dance ''[[bharatanatyam]]'' in India, Europe and the United States. The World Development Parliament of West Bengal awarded her a national award in this endeavor, "Bharatha Natyam Maharathnam".{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==References== {{reflist}} {{Miss World 1981 delegates}}

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