Kareena Kapoor
Born to popular Bollywood stars Randhir Kapoor and Babita Kapoor ‘Bebo’ as she is affectionately known, stand 5'5" tall, blue eyed, and is a total extrovert. She wanted to study law in Harvard and had no plans to do anything in Bollywood. But destiny took a hancd and now she’s in the limelight like her successful sister Karishma!
In 2001, films like Ajnabee and Asoka followed for her which did indifferent business at the box office. Her breakthrough performance of a princess in the latter was acclaimed and earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress. However, the success of her films Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham established her as one of the industry's most bankable stars and put her on Bollywood's A-list.
Kapoor was in great demand after these successes and signed many new movies, but most of her films failed to do well at the box office. Even much-hyped films like Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) and Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003) that came from big banners like Yash Raj Films and Rajshri Productions failed to do well. Many critics criticized her for doing the same kind of roles in her films but strangely, big banners were still keen to sign her.
At Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus, Miss Dutta 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.
