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Lara Dutta (born April 16 1978) was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to father Wing Commander L.K. Dutta (retired) and mother Jennifer Dutta. Her family moved to Bangalore in 1981 where she completed high school.
Miss Dutta won the annual Gladsrags modelling competition in India. Because of this achievement she won the rights to be the first representative of India at the 1997 Miss Intercontinental Pageant, in which she took first place. This was a tremendous start to a very successful and prosperous career later; she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe and Miss Universe in 2000.
At Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus, Miss Dutta was the was in the midst of a very tough competition with contestants from Venezuela, Philippines, Colombia and even another former Miss Intercontinental titleholder, Miss Germany. The finalist interview that she gave was a turning point which separated her from all other contestants. In her final question Miss Dutta delivered and moving and passionate defence of the Miss Universe Contest along with other beauty pageants. She was given highest individual score in any category in the history of the Miss Universe Contest.
Lara Dutta is distinctive as one of a few Miss Universes in the last decade to win by the unanimous vote of the jury.
After this there was no turning back. She went on to do modelling for many prestigious brands and soon made her debut in Bollywood in 2003 with Bollywood heartthrob Akshay Kumar, and alongside fellow beauty queen, Miss World 2000 Priyanka Chopra. She won many critical acclaims for this movie whilst bagging the Filmfare Best Debut Female Award.