Yukta Mookhey, the 5 feet 11 inches tall Miss World 1999, belongs to a middle class family in Mumbai. The twenty year old lady won the title from among 94 talented contestants in a keenly competitive pageant. Yukta Interested in modelling she did a few ramp shows for Avon cosmetics, L'oreal and the likes. It was her mother Aruna who runs a grooming workshop at Santa Cruz, who encouraged her to enter the Femina Miss India contest. Yukta firmly believes that it is not just beauty but intelligence that made her what she is today and that anybody can achieve whatever he/she really sets their mind on. After she won the title, Yukta is all set to make her debut in Bollywood, in the Hindi film 'Pyaasa' directed by editor-turned-director A. Muthu. She plays a tough, strong headed industrial lady in the film which is soon to be released..