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Saturday 18 February 2012

Lara Dutta - Miss Universe 2000










Name: Lara Dutta Bhupathi

Born: 16 April 1978 in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Occupation: Actress, Model & Producer

Titles:
1. Miss Universe India 2000 - Winner
2. Miss Universe 2000 - Winner
3. Miss Intercontinental 1997 - Winner

#  Dutta won the annual Gladrags Megamodel competition in her native India in 1995, thus winning the right to enter the 1997 Miss Intercontinental Pageant, in which she took first place. Later, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2000.

At Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus, she achieved the highest score in the swimsuit competition and her finalist interview score was the highest individual score in any category in the history of the Miss Universe contest, as her interview saw a majority of the judges giving her the maximum 9.99 mark. After her final question, in which she delivered a defense of the Miss Universe contest (and other beauty pageants), she became the second Indian Miss Universe.

Dutta's win led to her appointment as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in 2001

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