responsibility in wearing the crown': Lara Dutta

  Newly-crowned Miss Universe Lara Dutta says the coveted beauty pageant that
  she won is about ''Intelligence, hardwork and responsibility'' and ''not all about
  silicone and plastic.'' ''I am not just a beautiful woman, i am so
  much more,'' a petite Dutta said during an exclusive interview
  with ''zeenext.com'', in which she spoke about her plans for
  the future and work with the United Nations.

  ''I'm not the most beautiful woman. surely there are people
  more beautiful than me, but you have to be so much more than
  that'' she said, adding, ''There is so much responsibility in
  wearing the crown.'' ''you need to be intelligent enough to
  handle it -- you need to be responsible and hardworking '' she
  said while talking about representing India as a goodwill
  ambassador.

  ''I worked hard to bring the tiara back to India in this new millennium.'' Lara says
  she is representing India in the most perfect way that she can, and will work on a
  programme with the united nations this july to push for compulsory primary
  education for the girl child in India. ''that will be the first priority, and in India we
  can definitely do it with the help,'' she said. admitting that it's hard to be away
  form the family, Lara told the website ''tell them, i miss them, please !.''
 
 

Rean Name:               Lara Dutta

  Date of Birth :          April 16, 1978

  Height :                    5' 8"

  Weight :                  55.5 Kg

  Vital Statistics :        35 - 25 - 37

  Nick name :             None

  Academic
 achievements :         Graduating in the year 2000(B.A. Economics)

  Family :                  Father: Retd. Wing Commander L K Dutta
                                Mother: Jennifer
                                Sisters: Sabrina and Cheryl