It is said that Mahesh Bhupathi first saw Lara Dutta after she became Miss Universe in the year 2000. However, before Miss Universe, Mahesh Bhupathi had become a world-famous tennis player.

n 2021, after 21 years, Harnaaz Sandhu won the Miss Universe title and before her, only two Indians have won the title of Miss Universe. In 1994, Sushmita Sen and in 2000 Lara Dutta won the title ...

Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta thinks that it is an "incredible step" to allow married women and mothers to join the annual beauty pageant.