Lara was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, on April 16, 1978. Her  dad is retired Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer  Dutta. Lara has two sisters, one of whom serves in the Indian Air Force,  and is the cousin of Nitin Sawhney.

It  is not a secret that Lara Dutta is a beauty with brains. This was  demonstrated when she scored the highest possible marks in the history  of the Miss Universe Contest. After this she was crowned Miss Universe  2000, making history as not only the most beautiful but also the most  intelligent young woman to wear this crown in the history of Miss  Universe.

In  1997 Lara enrolled and subsequently won the Miss Gladrags competition,  leading her to represent India at the Miss Intercontinental, and  thereafter being crowned Miss Universe in 2000 in Cyprus, making her the  second Indian to win this prestigious award.

She  is also known for her sense of humor, and a talent for writing. She has  now announced that she will writing scripts, and hopes that one day  someone from Bollywood will make flicks out of them.