The Bollywood industry has several tall actresses. The list includes Deepika Padukone, Kriti Sanon, Sushmita Sen among others. Many times, they made their co-actors use pedestals to perform suitable scenes on the screen.
Many actresses in the film industry are very tall and beautiful. These actresses are even taller than many of Bollywood actors and have even made their superstar co-actors stand on pedestals to deliver a scene.
Actresses famous for their tall stature include Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Kriti Sanon, Sushmita Sen, Sonam Kapoor among others. There is also an actress in the film industry is who is known for her tallest stature! She was also crowned Miss World in 1999. She is even taller than Deepika, Katrina and other actresses. She is none other than lovely and beautiful Yukta Mookhey.
Personal Life
Standing tall at 5.11 inches, Yukta was crowned Miss World in 1999 and became the fourth Indian to do so. She made her debut in the film industry in 2002 with Pyaasa. Directed by A Muthy, this film also featured Aftab Shivdasani and Zulfi Syed in lead roles. The film flopped at the box office.
Yukta Mookhey could not leave any special mark in Bollywood. In 2008, she married Prince Tuli. This relationship did not last long and they got divorced in 2013. Yukta accused her husband of domestic violence and harassment. Yukta, who once ruled the glamour world, is now involved in social work and spirituality. The actor has quit acting and even avoids media attention.
Apart from Yukta Mookhey, Kriti Sanon is one of the tallest actresses in the industry right now. She is 5.10 inches tall. Sushmita Sen’s and Anushka Sharma’s height is said to be 5 feet 9 inches. Deepika Padukone is also 5 feet 9 inches tall. Katrina Kaif and Sonam Kapoor have a height of 5 feet 8 inches. There have been times when these actresses have been paired opposite superstars like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan, who had to stand on a pedestal to match the camera angle requirements.
In 1999, Mookhey entered herself into the Femina Miss India contest, where she was shortlisted as a contestant. In the semifinal round during the grand finale, she was asked a question by judge Vivian Richards – “How do you define a true sports person?”, to which she answered: “I would define a true sports person as the one who welcomes defeat as well as success with a healthy attitude and with a smile.”
Mookhey proceeded to the succeeding round, where all her fellow Top 5 delegates were asked the same question – “In the context of then against a controversy, if you were Chelsea Clinton, what is the single most important advice, you as a daughter would give to your parents Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, and why?”, to which she answered: “If I were Chelsea Clinton, I would tell my parents that in the values that you have taught me, I still stand by you no matter what. And I hope we can set an example for the rest of the world to see what family values and ethics are all about. Thank you.” At the end of the event, she was crowned as Miss India World 1999.
The 49th edition of the Miss World pageant was held on 4 December 1999 at Olympia, London and 93 delegates from around the world competed for the title. During the pageant’s question and answer round, she was asked if she could be anyone in the world who would she want to be. Mookhey replied – “It would have to be Audrey Hepburn. It was her inner beauty, compassion and her aura. The calm that she had inside her reflected.”
At the end of the event, Mookhey was crowned as Miss World 1999 by her predecessor Linor Abargil from Israel. The first runner-up title was won by Martina Thorogood from Venezuela, followed by the second runner-up, Sonia Raciti of South Africa. Mookhey also won the Asia & Oceania’s Queen of Beauty Award during the Miss World contest. 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.
Later, she also involved herself in various social and charitable causes. She has worked for the people affected by HIV/AIDS, breast cancer and thalassemia. Mookhey has pledged to donate her organs. In connection with this, she stated, “This step will benefit someone, once I leave this world”. She also works as an educationist and provides motivational counseling in various platforms. She 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. She has also voiced against illegal child labor carried out in India’s firecracker industries, which is an offence under the Indian law.
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