Beauty queen Celina Jaitley born on 24th November 1981 in Kabul, Afghanistan to a Punjabi father and an Afghan mother.

This former Miss India has tried and failed, several times, to become a star.

Her nick name is Chinto.Her father, V.K. Jaitley, is a retired Indian Army colonel and her mother is a child psychologist and a former beauty queen.

Celina grew up in several cities, including Lucknow, Berhampur. She has spent most of her time in Kolkata. She is a B Com graduate. She has stated in interviews that when she was young she wanted to join the army, either as a doctor or a pilot.

Celina Jaitley came in first place at Femina Miss India 2001 winning the title of Femina Miss India Universe 2001. She was subsequently sent to the Miss Universe 2001 contest to represent India where she was a finalist and finished in fifth place.


Before coming to movies Celina Jaitley was working for a Cell phone company in Kolkatta.

In 2003, she made her film debut in Feroz Khan's Janasheen, after which she has been a part of several multi-starrers. She has failed to create a stir in the industry.. She worked in a English movie ‘Love Has No Language’. Despite of her a series of failures at the box office in India.


In addition to her Miss India win, Celina Jaitley has won the Miss Margo Beautiful skin, Indiatimes Surfer’s Choice, and MTV’s Most Wanted award.

The sexy actress has been voted the sexiest Bollywood actress, 2007. She is also the brand ambassador of Egyptian tourism and D'damas.


Celina Jaitley is also a supporter of the rights and equality of the LGBT community and supports the gay rights movement in India. Celina Jaitley is a vociferous proponent of abolition of Article 377 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalized homosexuality. The actress has voiced her support for the Gays and Lesbian communities and stood up for their right to be given equal rights and de-criminalizing homosexuality, by abolishing Article 377. She has often stood up against supporters of Article 377. The actress once accepted that her first boy friend was a closet gay, who died of bulima induced problems. Celina who says that she has lots of Gay and Lesbian friends, has even received hate mail for her support for the cause.

It was said that a fan obsessed with Celina Jaitley has harassed the actress for few days.

Celina has romantically link with Bollywood newcomer Abhimanyu Singh. The earlier rumours states the ex-Miss India affair with Govinda. However, she had denied that.

The actress recently pledged her eyes to Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital.


Celina Jaitley has been in news for supporting and championing the cause of gays. After the Delhi High court verdict, Baba Ramdev and Celina Jaitley broke into a heated argument. The fight between the actress and the yoga guru gained momentum when Baba Ramdev called homosexuality a 'disease' which he could cure through yoga. On actresses like Celina Jaitley standing up for gay rights.


Celina Jaitley married Dubai-based hotelier Peter Haag, on July 23 at a secret ceremony in a thousand-year-old monastery in Austria. The light-eyed beauty has finally made an announcement to friends and fans on Twitter. Celina and Peter have been together for almost two years now. The couple got engaged last year during Durga Puja festival in the presence of their close family members.