Happy Birthday Lara Dutta: Interesting facts about the former Miss Universe

Lara Dutta won the Swimsuit round at Miss Universe 2000, which was held in Cyprus.

Want to know the question what she was asked? Here it is - Right now there is a protest going on right outside here calling the Miss Universe Pageant disrespectful of women. Convince them they are wrong? A confident and firm Lara replied, “I think pageants like the Miss Universe pageant give us young women a platform to foray in the fields that we want to and forge ahead, be it entrepreneurship, be it the armed force, be it politics. It gives us a platform to voice our choices and opinions, and makes us strong, independent that we are today.”

Lara Dutta represented India at Miss Intercontinental in 1997, in which she was ranked first. She was just 18 at the time of her win.

Lara Dutta was appointed as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in 2001 after she was crowned Miss Universe in 2000.

Lara Dutta made her debut with Andaaz (2003), which won her a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She appeared in several commercial successes, including Masti (2004), No Entry (2005), Fanaa (2006), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), Partner (2007) Housefull (2010), And Don 2 (2011).

Lara Dutta had a nine-year relationship with Kelly Dorji.[46] She then briefly dated American professional baseball shortstop Derek Jeter.In September 2010, she got engaged to Indian tennis player, Mahesh Bhupathi.[49][50] They married on 16 February 2011 in a civil ceremony in Bandra and followed it with a ceremony on 20 February 2011 at Sunset Point in Goa.

Lara Dutta is also winner of the Gladrags Mega Model crown.