Monday, September 04, 2006

Miss Universe and Bollywood to lit up India's AIDS campaign

New Delhi, Sept 4. (UNI): Indian film-makers and actors are to join Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza this Diwali to bring more light into AIDS awareness in the country.

The Puerto Rican will be walking down the ramp in nearly a dozen Indian cities to drive home the message, 'Get Tested (for AIDS), It's in Fashion'. Giving support to the Miss Universe Foundation campaign in the country are a host of Bollywood actors including Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Dia Mirza.

Also joining in the efforts are Mani Ratnam, his actor-wife Suhasini, Tamil actor Madhavan, Malayalam playback singer K J Yesudas and Malayalam actor Prithviraj. Yesudas, who lit the lamp for the Miss Universe show in Kochi last year, will this time sing for the campaign in the city.

"Zuleyka told me she is excited about visiting India," US-based Indian fashion designer Sanjana Jon, who is organising the Miss Universe tour, said in an interview to UNI here. "She said her visit during Diwali would be an achievement if she could change the life of at least one person in India."

The official announcement of the India tour, which includes a day trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, will be made on September 9 during the New York Fashion Week.

The Miss Universe has been properly briefed by her predecessor Russian Natalie Glebova, who visited six cities last year as a global ambassador for the AIDS awareness campaign, according to Jon, who is in India to prepare for the visit that begins in the last week of October.

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