Yukta Mookhey won the Miss World crown successful 1999 and the twelvemonth aft that, 1 saw Priyanka Chopra winning it successful 2000. In a caller interview, Yukta was asked astir her relation with the different beauties who had won the pageant.
She gave her honorable sentiment astir actresses who inspired her and those who came aft her.She was asked if there's thing she admires astir Priyanka Chopra. She said, "Nothing" precise bluntly. She further added, "Because she is inferior to me." When asked if Priyanka took immoderate guidance from her, she said, "I guided her connected a fewer things, but I don’t deliberation she’s the close idiosyncratic for you to inquire maine astir astatine this moment."In contrast, she spoke astir Juhi Chawla who got the crown successful 1984.
She added, "Juhi was truthful gracious. Those are the radical you look up to, who don't spot you arsenic a rival and threat. She praised my appearance, told maine I carried myself well, and encouraged maine to spell international. That’s existent greatness—when idiosyncratic older is consenting to assistance you up alternatively of viewing you arsenic competition. She's inactive has truthful overmuch grace. She learnt dancing, learnt to enactment successful movies. She ne'er near her culture.
She's inactive truthful grounded and precise beardown successful her worth system.”
She added, "I ne'er had that happening of jealousy successful maine ever that I person to enactment idiosyncratic down. I'm inactive friends with the girls who were with maine successful Miss World due to the fact that I developed specified genuine bonding. I ne'er was into competition. At a idiosyncratic leve, I ne'er had negativity successful me. Miss Venezuela came and told maine that she truly wanted maine to win. I consciousness blessed and fortunate astir it. We had that grace and maturity astatine that time, each of america girls.
" Yukta was seen successful precise fewer movies aft her pageant win. She was seen successful films similar 'Pyaasa', 'Dil Main Jaanam', 'Katputtli' among others.