- Lara Dutta
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birthname=Lara Dutta
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title=Femina Miss India 2000Miss Universe 2000
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location=Ghaziabad ,Uttar Pradesh ,India
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breast size= 34CCLara Dutta (born
April 16 1978 ) is anIndia n actress,UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000Miss Universe .Biography
Early life
Dutta was born on April 16, 1978 in
Ghaziabad ,Uttar Pradesh ,India . Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta (retired) and her mother is Jennifer Puddi. She also has two older sisters, one of whom serves in the Indian Air Force and a well known younger sister. Famed composer and DJNitin Sawhney is Dutta's cousin."Political Animal, Musical Genius, Healing potion - Nitin Sawhney" [http://sl2uk.com/content/nitinsawhney.shtml Available online] ] The Dutta family moved toBangalore in 1981 where she completed high school from St.Francis Xavier Girl's High School. Lara graduated ineconomics with a minor in communications fromBombay University at Bangalore. She was crownedMiss Universe in 2000 which led to her appointment as aUNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in 2001."UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors" profile page, [http://www.unfpa.org/ambassadors/dutta.htm Available online] ]Modeling career
Dutta won the annual Gladsrags modelling competition in her native India, thus winning the right to be the first Indian representative at the 1997
Miss Intercontinental pageant, in which she took first place. Later, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe andMiss Universe in 2000.At Miss Universe 2000 in
Cyprus , Dutta was the clear favourite ahead of fierce competition from Venezuela, Spain, USA and Canada. Her finalist interview score was the highest individual score in any category in the history of the Miss Universe contest, as her perfect interview saw a majority of the judges giving her the maximum 9.99 mark. After her final question, in which Dutta delivered a passionate defense of the Miss Universe contest (and other beauty pageants), she became the second Indian Miss Universe.In the same year,
Priyanka Chopra andDiya Mirza won their respective Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific titles which gave India a rare triple victory in the world of beauty pageants.Acting career
Dutta primarily signed up to do the Tamil film, "
Arasatchi " in 2002, but due to financial problems, it only released in mid-2004. She made her Hindi debut in 2003 with the film "Andaaz " which was a box office success and won her aFilmfare Best Female Debut Award . She then appeared in a number of films, some of which failed at the box office and some of which were mildly successful. Her box office "hits" include "Masti " (2004), "Kaal " (2005),"No Entry " (2005) and "Partner " (2007).In 2006, she starred in the comedy, "
Bhagam Bhag " which did well at the box office. [cite web|title=boxofficeindia.com|work=Box office status for Bhagam Bhag|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2006.htm|accessdate=26 July|accessyear=2007]Dutta's first release of 2007 was
Shaad Ali 's "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom ". The film was a box office failure in India but did better overseas, especially in the U.K. [cite web|title=imdb.com|work=JBJ does better overseas|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/jhoom-barabar-jhoom-190607.html|accessdate=26 July|accessyear=2007] She received mixed reviews for her performance in the film. Her latest release, "Partner" opened to a good response and became a hit. [cite web|title=boxofficeindia.com|work=Box office status for Partner|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/partnersensation.htm|accessdate=26 July|accessyear=2007]Filmography
Awards
* 2004:
Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female , "Andaaz "
* 2004:Filmfare Best Female Debut Award , "Andaaz" (joint winner withPriyanka Chopra )References
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Miss Universe Organization titleholders
Year=2000
Miss Universe=Lara Dutta
Miss USA=Lynnette Cole
Miss Teen USA=Jillian Parry Big Four Pageants titleholders
Year=2000
Miss Universe=Lara Dutta
Miss World=Priyanka Chopra
Miss Earth=Diya Mirza
Miss International=Vivian Urdaneta Persondata
NAME=Lara Dutta
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Model,Actress
DATE OF BIRTH=April 16 ,1978
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ghaziabad ,India
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