Yukta Mookey - Bollywood Actress Profile

Yukta Mookhey Former Miss world and Bollywood Indian actress New Pictures

Yukta Mookhey is an Indian model and actress. A native of Mumbai, she was crowned Miss World in December 1999 at the Olympia theatre in London.

Yukta is a graduate and has worked in computer software programming. Her family is from north India but she was educated in the Gulf because her father's work took the family there. Yukta's mother Aruna runs a grooming workshop, Swiss Chalet, at Santa Cruz here while her father Inderlal is the Managing Director of Ragz Clothing Company.

Yukta Mookhey wins the Miss World '99 crown and sets a record. Three Indian Miss World in the past one decade. This dark haired 20-year-old from Mumbai was chosen Miss World 1999 over 93 other contestants. Yukta wins $100,000 and a year of travel around the world. Mookhey, who hails from Mumbai, was chosen for the title from among 94 hopefuls in a keenly-contested pageant which saw Miss Venezuela Martina Thorogood and Miss South Africa Sonia Raciti win the second and third places respectively.

Miss World:

Miss World 1999 : Yukta Mookhey - India
First Runner-up : Martina Thorogood Heemsen - Venezuela
Second Runner-up : Sonia Raciti - South Africa
Continental Queen
Continental Queen :
Africa : Sonia Raciti - South Africa
Americas : Martina Thorogood Heemsen - Venezuela
Asia and Oceania : Yukta Mookhey - India
Caribbean : Desiree De Pass - Jamaica
Europe : Genny Chervoney - Israel

Name : Yukta Mookey
Birth Name : Yukta Inderlal Mookhey
Date of Birth : October 7, 1978
Birth of Place : Mulund, Mumbai, India
Height : 5'11"
Nationality : Indian
Profession : Actress and Model
Father : Inderlal (Managing Director of Ragz Clothing Company)
Mother : Aruna
Brother : Kanwal
Spouse : Prince Tuli
Education : Computer sciences (Mumbai's Kelkar College)
Interest in : Classical Music
Favourite Dish : Prawns in Garlic sauce
Claim to fame : Miss World (1999)
Debut Film : Pyaasa (Hindi) 2002