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Anya Ayoung-Chee

(born 1981) is the winner of Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe 2008 and was a contestant in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant.

Anya Ayoung-Chee hails from the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, born in the very cosmopolitan city of Port-of-Spain, the only girl in a family of eight.

Anya is the second title holder in the franchise’s 44-year history to be of Chinese descent, the first being Stephanie Lee Pack in 1974. When asked “Is your Asian heritage an issue since you represent a country with an overwhelming African and Indian heritage?” by missology.org Anya replied, “Trinidad & Tobago is unique in its ethnic make-up because it is a country with people of all races. I am of mixed origin, mainly Chinese, Indian and Caucasian, and although my particular mixture is a minority, I represent the unusual combination of ethnicities that defines us as a people”, a statement largely supported by her countrymen.

From an early age she pursued classical ballet training. However it was during her attendance to an all girls secondary school that she discovered her true calling lay in art and design. She continued her education in London and New York, gaining experience in Graphic and Interior Design.

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Dev Patel

(born 23 April 1990) is a British film and television actor as well as a martial artist.

Dev played the role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle’s critically acclaimed and multiple Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which Patel won a number of awards, including a Critics’ Choice Award^[2] and Screen Actors Guild Award,^[3] and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.^[4]

He is also known for his performance as Anwar Kharral in the teen drama series Skins and as main protagonist

As a martial artist, he is a black belt in Taekwondo and was a bronze medallist at the 2004 AIMAA World Championships in Dublin.^[5][6][7]

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Aishwarya Rai

Born on November 1, 1973, Aishwarya Rai, and sometimes known simply as Aish, is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994.

Often cited by media as the most beautiful woman in the world,^[2][3][4] Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali’s next project, Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare. After a low phase in her career during 2003-2005, she appeared in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest Bollywood commercial success. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008), which were commercially successful and got her critical acclaim. Rai has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Indian film industry.

During her career, Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali including the international productions Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005), The Last Legion (2007) and The Pink Panther 2 (2009) in English.