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Miss Universe 2000
Miss India Universe 2000
The sensual Lara Dutta describes her winning the Miss Universetitle as being "a culmination of a dream." Lara is now a successful actress inBollywood. The beauty is married to tennis champ Mahesh Bhupathi.

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Miss World 2000
Miss India World2000
This Bareilly girl beat out 94 other lovely ladies to claim theMiss World 2000 title and $100,000 prize money at the Millennium dome, London.Priyanka Chopra is one of the top league actresses in Bollywood with hits likeDon, Fashion, Dostana and Kaminey. The beauty has been honored with a nationalaward too.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953255.jpgDiaMirza C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5958482.gif C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5958485.gifMissAsia Pacific 2000
Miss India AsiaPacific 2000
Delicacy, poise, elegance and brains define Dia Mirza.This heavenly beauty from Hyderabad, won the prestigious Miss Asia-Pacific titleand is an actress now.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953256.jpgGulPanag
Miss India Universe 1999She has tremendous faith inherself. After obtaining a doctorate in developmental economics she entered themedia, inspired by her newsreader aunt, Komal G B Singh. She is now an actressin Bollywood. Gul is married toGurshinderSingh (Rishi) Attari, a commercial pilot.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953258.jpgYuktaMookhey C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5958486.gif C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5958487.gifMissWorld 1999
Miss India World 1999
Her serenity and calm shone throughout the pageant. This 5'11''tall brunette took London's Olympia theatre by storm and was crowned Miss World.Yukta Mookhey did a few films before settling down with Prince Tuli. She now hasa baby boy.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953262.jpgShivangiParikh
Miss India Asia-Pacific1999The stage was not new forShivangi who was a professional model and had done a few music videos. And yet,she could not help feeling the 'butterflies in her stomach' as she answered thefinal question which won her the crown. She comperes a lot of shows and is asuccessful ramp model.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953273.jpgLymarainaD'souza
Miss India Universe 1998Femina Miss India-Universe1998 Lymaraina D'Souza was a tomboy who had never touched make-up before thepageant. But her determined helped her win the pageant. After the Miss Universecontest she went to Hawaii to study Psychology.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953272.jpgAnnieThomas
Miss India World 1998Annie had participated in1996 too, but did not make it to the finals. Undeterred, she sent herapplication in 1998 and was lucky the second time round. She became a successfulTV star.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953271.jpgVithikaAggarwal
Miss India Asia-Pacific 1998The girl with honey eyes andsparkling smile had long harboured the dream of winning the Miss India crown,Vithika won the Miss India Asia-Pacific in 1998. She is a successful ramp model.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953270.jpgNafisaJoseph
Miss India Universe 1997Winning the Femina Miss Indiacrown did not come as a big surprise to her. She portrayed great confidence atthe Miss Universe pageant as well, and in reply to one of the questions, shesaid that, to bring a child into the world and not able to offer it peace wasthe biggest injustice done in the world. Nafisa passed away on 29 July 2004.

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Miss World 1997
Miss India World 1997This little princess fromHyderabad flew out of the country only to return after being crowned the world'smost beautiful woman, at the Miss World pageant. After winning the crown, Dianadid some movies and television shows the latest being Bigg Boss.

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1strunner-up, Miss Asia Pacific1997
Miss India Asia-Pacific 1997
Divya Chauhan tied the knot with computer-engineer beau AvaneeshKumar and settled down in Bangalore. Last heard, the lady was involved intheatre

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953306.jpgSandhyaChib
Miss India Universe 1996
Sandhya is now a successful model. Luck was not on her side at theMiss Universe pageant where she stood seventh. On her return from the pageant,she got engage. Today a full time mother settled in the States, she does takeon modeling assignments occasionally.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953304.jpgRaniJeyraj
Miss India World 1996
All expectations were on 21-year-old Rani, as the Miss Worldcontest was held for the first time on home ground. Rani is a reputed ramp modeland a television actress. She studied direction at London International Filmsschool and works as an assistant director.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953302.jpgMiniMenon
Miss India Asia-Pacific 1996Last heard, Mini was pursuinga Ph.D in communications. Mini evolved into a successful TV news anchor and hasworked for many well-known news channels

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Miss Universe 1995, Istrunner up
Miss India Universe 1995
An MBA student, Manpreet won the Miss Universe Runner-up title. Shebecame the Brand Ambassador of Omega, the famous watch company and was asuccessful TV host.She is married to business tycoon Arjun Walia.

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Miss India Universe1994
Euphoria gripped India on May 21, 1994, when, for the firsttime ever, an Indian girl was crowned Miss Universe. That's Sushmita Sen, MissUniverse 1994 who is now a successful actress and an entrepreneur.

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Miss World 1994
Miss India World1994
She made the country proud by winning the Miss World title andbecame the second Indian to be crowned Miss World in 28 years. Aishwarya enteredfilms and stormed the silver screen. Fondly called Ash in the film circuit, sheis married to actor Abhishek Bachchan.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953294.jpgNamrataShirodkar
Miss India Universe 1993
Another model-turned-actress, Namrata had support of her sisterShilpa, who's is a celebrated actress in Bollywood. Namrata did many films andis now married to Mahesh Babu, a Telugu actor. She resides in Hyderabad with herhusband now.

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953290.jpgPoojaBatra
Miss India Asia-Pacific 1993
Pooja took up Bollywood after winning Miss India. She got marriedto a US based doctor, Sonu Ahluwalia and shifted base. The actress has aFilmfare award in her kitty and runs her own casting agency today.

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Miss Universe 1992, 2ndrunner up
Miss India Universe1992This leggy lass and winner ofFemina Miss India 1992 came within touching distance of the Miss Universe crownbut was pipped by her own honesty. She still is the eternal ramp favourite. Atthe 1992 Miss Universe pageant, she finished third (2nd runner up). She lives inItaly with her husband Gian Maria

C://Users//CMSOND~1//AppData//Local//Temp//cms_files//5022005-open//images//5953285.jpgRituSingh
Miss India Asia World 1991
Ritu won the second runner-up title at the Miss Asia World pageant.She took up modelling and compering. It was during one of her shows that she mether future husband. Today, she lives in Nepal and pursues her passion formusic.

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