1 / 7Femina Miss India finalist, Diksha Singh, will add a dash of glamour to the Zila Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh.2 / 7Diksha, a finalist in 2015, is contesting the polls from Jaunpur. She told reporters that she would contest from the Baksha ward of the district and would be filing her nomination papers on Sunday.3 / 7Jaunpur goes to polls on April 15 and the result would be announced on May 2 after four phases of polling.4 / 7Diksha has already started campaigning in her ward. 'I belong to the Chittori village in Jaunpur and I studied here till Class 3 after which my parents moved to Mumbai and then to Goa. I went to the MES College of Arts and Commerce, Zuarinagar, Goa, for my graduation, she said.5 / 7In her second year in college, Diksha participated in the Femina Miss India pageant in 2015. She was one of the 21 finalists and also the winner of a sub-contest 'Miss Body Beautiful'.6 / 7Thereafter, she signed several modelling assignments and recently appeared in some music videos, including one in February 2021.7 / 7In 2020, Diksha appeared in the music video of Darshan Raval and Neha Kakkar's song 'Teri Aakhon Mein'. Apart from this, she also starred in the music video of Darshan Raval's song 'Rabba Mehar Kari', which released this February. Diksha's apparently decided to contest the seat after it was declared reserved for women. Her father, Jitendra Singh, was keen to contest the Panchayat polls.