20 Facts About Yukta Mookhey

Yukta Inderlal Mookhey is an Indian civic activist and the winner of Miss World 1999 pageant.

Yukta Mookhey is the fourth Indian woman to win Miss World and was previously crowned as Femina Miss India World in 1999.

Yukta Mookhey is a former model and actress, and has worked in Hindi films.

Mookhey was born in Bangalore in a Sindhi family and was raised in Dubai until Mookhey was seven years of age.

Yukta Mookhey's family moved back to Mumbai in June 1986.

Yukta Mookhey's mother Aroona used to run a grooming saloon in Santa Cruz, Mumbai and her father, Inderlal Mookhey was a former Managing Director of a clothing company.

Yukta Mookhey has a diploma in computer sciences from Aptech and has studied Hindustani classical music for three years.

In 1999, Yukta Mookhey entered herself into the Femina Miss India contest, where she was shortlisted as a contestant.

Yukta Mookhey became the fourth woman from India to win Miss World after Reita Faria in 1966, Aishwarya Rai in 1994 and Diana Hayden in 1997.

Yukta Mookhey partnered with an NGO to guide young girls from the slums, nudging them towards self-contemplation, understanding their needs and help them to become aware of their bodies, through counseling.

Yukta Mookhey has voiced against illegal child labour carried out in India's firecracker industries, which is an offense under the Indian law.

Yukta Mookhey has aided the people with hearing impairment, from marginalized and low-income segment of the society.

Yukta Mookhey is an environmental activist, and has participated in various clean drives and social movements to prevent deforestation.

On 7 September 2008, Yukta Mookhey got engaged to Prince Tuli, a New York-based businessman and financial consultant at a ceremony held at the Grand Maratha in Mumbai.

Yukta Mookhey's brother Kanwal Mookhey is a businessman and is married to Indian television actress Karishma Randhawa.

In July 2013, Yukta Mookhey accused her husband and in-laws of subjecting her to domestic violence and harassment, and a FIR was registered under Section 498A and Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Yukta Mookhey accused Tuli under IPC section 377.

Yukta Mookhey made her Hindi film debut with Pyaasa in 2002 starring with Aftab Shivdasani.

Yukta Mookhey was cast in Market but had to drop out due to an injury.

Yukta Mookhey was later signed up in the 2004 release Insaaf: The Justice, but had to drop the project.