Name: Celina Jaitly 

Born: 24/November/1981 (age 32), Kabul, Afghanistan 

Occupation: Actress, Entrepreneur, Writer 

Years active: 2001-present 

Height: 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 

Title (s): Femina Miss India Universe 2001 Major, competition (s) Femina Miss India Universe 2001 (Winner) Miss Universe 2001 (4th Runner-up) 

Spouse: Peter Haag (m. 2011) 

Children: 2

 Due to her army background, Jaitly grew up in several cities in India, like Lucknow, where she attended City Montessori School. However most of her life was spent in the Kashmir valley and the north eastern states of India. She finished her school from Guwahati. She also spent some years of her childhood in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu and graduated from St Joseph's College, Manjakuppam. She has, however, spent most of her time in Kolkata, India.


 During her teenage years, Jaitly aspired to be a part of the Indian army, either as a doctor or a pilot. However, she started modeling alongside studies at the age of 16 Celina and took part in the 2001 Ms India pageant. She won the crown and then went on to become a runner up at Ms Universe the same year.








 Jaitly came in first place at Femina Miss India 2001 winning the title of Femina Miss India Universe 2001. In addition to her title, she won the Miss Margo Beautiful Skin, Indiatimes Surfer's Choice, and MTV's Most Wanted award. She was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2001 contest representing India where she was finished 4th runner up.
In 2001, she featured in Jazzy B's music video of Oh Kehri, which was immensely popular. She also featured in music videos for Bombay Vikings.

In 2003, she made her film debut in Feroz Khan's Janasheen.The movie was a moderate box-office success in India. For her second release she had a starring role opposite Sunny Deol, in the romantic action Khel, but the feature was poorly received and earned little at the box office.

In 2004, Jaitly turned down the lead role in Julie in an interview with Stardust Jaitly commented "I turned down Julie because I didn't agree with the reasoning of the protagonist in the story, who resorts to prostitution because her man ditches her. I didn't see why any educated girl would take such a drastic step. I take up roles that I mentally agree with, and this was not such a role ".


 By 2005, Jaitly was keen on broadening her range as an actress and thus decided to portray more challenging roles. Under the direction of Khalid Mohamed, Jaitly plays the role of Preeti a air hostess in Silsiilay. The movie was well received by critics. Rediff.com reported that "Celina Jaitley sizzles in the song Belibaas". She next portrayed the character of Sanjana in No Entry, the film was received favourably by critics and became successful at the box office with gross earnings of INR840.9 million (US $ 14 million).
The following year, Jaitley co-starred in Deepak Tijori's comedy Tom, Dick, and Harry, the film became successful at the box office with gross earnings of INR250.7 million (US $ 4.2 million). [16] She next appeared in Apna Sapna Money Money directed by Sangeeth, the film received mixed reviews, though became a financial success, with a domestic total of INR390.4 million (US $ 6.6 million).