Diana Hayden won Femina Miss India contest 1997 and was crowned Miss World 1997 on 24 year age by her predecessor Miss World 1996 Irene Skliva. after completed her reign as Miss World for a year, Diana Hayden handed over her crown to her successor, Linor Abargil on 26 November 1998. She was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, in a Anglo-Indian Christian family. Diana Hayden has BA degree in English from Osmania University, Hyderabad Diana Hayden studied Acting & Drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, UK. She starred in the Bollywood movie 'Ab Bass'& Hindi TV Serial 'Big-Boss'.