Miss India, Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss Asia-Pacific, Winner Information, photo, Video: 2000 Miss Universe Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta was born on April 16, 1978, in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta (retired) and mother is Jennifer Dutta. The Dutta family moved to Bangalore in 1981 where she completed high school from Frank Anthony Public School. Lara Dutta graduated in economics with a minor in communications from Bombay University at Bangalore. She was crowned Miss Universe in 2000 which led to her appointment as an unfpa Goodwill Ambassador in 2001.

Lara Dutta won the annual Glad rags modeling 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 and Miss Universe in 2000.

Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta of India was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000.

That same year, two other Miss India contestants, Priyanka Chopra and Diya Mirza, won the Miss World 2000 and Miss Asia Pacific 2000 titles respectively. This was the second time a country had won all three major international beauty pageants in the same year, the first being Australia in 1972.

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