Editing Lara Dutta (section)

==Pageantry==
Dutta won the annual [[Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest]] in 1995,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lara-Dutta-wins-Gladrags-battle/articleshow/1076583.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103205726/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-04-13/india/27855662_1_lara-dutta-brand-ambassador-contest |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Lara Dutta wins Gladrags battle |date=13 April 2005 |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> thus winning the right to enter the 1997 Miss Intercontinental Pageant. She was later crowned Miss Intercontinental 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.missintercontinental.com/contestants/article/lara-dutta-india |title=Lara Dutta profile |publisher=Missintercontinental.com |access-date=21 July 2012}}{{Dead link|date=October 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2000, she entered and won the [[Femina Miss India]] contest receiving the title of Femina Miss India Universe. This allowed her to represent India at the [[Miss Universe 2000]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.femina.in/beauty-pageants/miss-universe/15-times-lara-dutta-bhupathi-made-us-proud/articleshow/75178613.cms |title=15 times Lara Dutta Bhupathi made us proud |work=Beauty Pageants (Miss India Organization) |date=16 April 2020 |first=Heta |last=Khakhar}}</ref>

Dutta won [[Miss Universe 2000]] in Cyprus.<ref name=crown>{{cite web |author=Ranny Singka |url=http://www.behindthecrown.com/weekworlduniverse.html |title=The on-line magazine covering the Miss USA, Miss Universe, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, and Miss World Pageants |publisher=Behind The Crown |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202035305/http://www.behindthecrown.com/weekworlduniverse.html |archive-date=2 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Dutta was crowned by the outgoing titleholder [[Mpule Kwelagobe]] of Botswana. In the same year, [[Priyanka Chopra]] and [[Dia Mirza]] won their respective [[Miss World]] and Miss Asia Pacific titles which gave India a rare triple victory in the world of beauty pageants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lara Dutta shares a THEN & NOW picture with Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywood/lara-dutta-shares-a-then-now-picture-with-priyanka-chopra-and-dia-mirza |publisher=Free Press Journal |date=24 September 2019 |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-date=27 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927075132/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywood/lara-dutta-shares-a-then-now-picture-with-priyanka-chopra-and-dia-mirza |url-status=live}}</ref> During her reign as Miss Universe, she visited 42 countries.<ref name=crown/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/archives/1991-2000/articleshow/5022005.cms |title=Miss India Winners 1991–2000 |publisher=Feminamissindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-date=29 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329100350/http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/archives/1991-2000/articleshow/5022005.cms |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.femina.in/beauty-pageants/miss-diva/mapping-the-glorious-legacy-of-lara-dutta/eventshow/84377963.cms|title=Mapping the glorious legacy of LARA DUTTA! |publisher=Feminamissindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref> She is the second woman from India to be crowned Miss Universe. She received the highest score in the swimsuit competition and her finale interview score is the highest individual score in any category in the history of the Miss Universe contest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lara Dutta created a Miss Universe record that no one has broken yet |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/lara-dutta-created-a-miss-universe-record-that-no-one-has-broken-yet-1337497-2018-09-11 |website=India Today |date=11 September 2018 |access-date=30 July 2019 |archive-date=20 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820181825/https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/lara-dutta-created-a-miss-universe-record-that-no-one-has-broken-yet-1337497-2018-09-11 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Dutta has been a [[United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador]] since 2001.<ref name="un">''UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors'' profile page, [https://web.archive.org/web/20030420190802/http://www.unfpa.org/ambassadors/dutta.htm Available online]</ref>Dutta has stated, "Celebrities with the power to affect their impressionable minds therefore have a moral responsibility to impart positive messages. I am committed to using any influence I may have to do just that as a Goodwill Ambassador of the [[United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA)".<ref>{{cite web |title=Doing our part: Mass media's response to adolescents |url=https://www.unicef.org/sowc2011/laradutta.php |website=Unicef |access-date=1 August 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801113437/https://www.unicef.org/sowc2011/laradutta.php |url-status=live}}</ref>