Lara Dutta biography: 13 things about Miss Universe 2000

Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actor and beauty queen born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India to Lalit Kumar Dutta and Jennifer Maureen Storey Dutta. Lara represented India in Miss Universe and Miss Intercontinental.

L.K. is Hindu Punjabi. Jennifer is Anglo-Indian.

After graduating from the St. Francis Xavier Girls’ High School and the Frank Anthony Public School in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Lara went to the University of Mumbai in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India where she earned her bachelor’s degree in economics. She speaks Hindi, English, Punjabi and Kannada.

Lara is 5’7″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1995, she won the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest.
2. On April 7, 1997, she represented India at Miss Intercontinental 1997 and competed against 31 other candidates in Freigburg, Germany. She won the title.
3. On April 23, 1998, she crowned her successor Miss Intercontinental 1998 Janaína Vizeu Berenhauser Borba in Bad Lausick, Germany.
4. On January 15, 2000, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe 2000 in Pune, Maharashtra along with Femina Miss India World 2000 Priyanka Chopra and Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000 Diya Mirza.
5. On May 12, 2000, she represented India at Miss Universe 2000 and competed against 78 other candidates at the Eleftheria Indoor Hall in Nicosia, Cyprus. She won the title.
6. On January 27, 2001, she crowned her successor Femina Miss India Universe 2001 Celina Jaitly in Mumbai. On May 11, 2001, she crowned her successor Miss Universe 2001 Denise Quiñones at the Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
7. She hosted the International Indian Film Academy Awards in 2002, in 2006, in 2007, in 2009 and in 2010. In 2003, she played Kajal in “Andaaz”, which marked her acting debut.
8. She and Mahesh Bhupathi got married in a civil ceremony in Mumbai on February 16, 2011 and in a Christian ceremony in Anjuna, Goa, India on February 20, 2011.
9. In 2012, she gave birth to Saira Bhupathi. In 2015, she starred in “Singh is Bliing”.
10. On October 11, 2017, she was a Miss Diva 2017 judge at the Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai. On August 31, 2018, she was a Miss Diva 2018 judge at the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai.
11. On February 22, 2020, she attended the Miss Diva 2020 coronation ceremony at Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai.
12. On October 30, 2022, she attended the Miss Diva 2022 coronation ceremony at Famous Studios in Mumbai. 
13. On April 16, 2024, she will turn 46.