Ruby Bhatia

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| name = Ruby Bhatia

| image = The VJ, TV Personality and Actress Ms. Ruby Bhatia at the Plenary Session on "Diaspora Youth and India Blueprint for Engagement" at the 2nd Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - 2004 in New Delhi on January 9, 2004.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|1}}

| birth_place = Ajax, Toronto, Canada{{cite news |title=Ruby Bhatia: The unseen scenes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi-times/Ruby-Bhatia-The-unseen-scenes/articleshow/228813.cms |website=The Times of India |date=October 12, 2013}}

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| nationality = Canadian

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| spouse = * {{marriage|Nitin Bali|1996|1999|end=divorced}}

{{marriage|Ajit S. Dutta|2009}}

| occupation = VJ, TV show host, compere, actress

| yearsactive = 1997–2008

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Ruby Bhatia (born November 1, 1973) is a Canadian actress, VJ, and television show host.

Early life and background

Bhatia was born to Canadian parents Harbans and Premlata Bhatia. She was adopted at the age of 3 years by her uncle and aunt Prem Krishan and Saroj Bhatia. She was raised in Ajax, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, where she studied at Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School. She won the Miss India Canadian Peagant. She was also a contestant at Femina Miss India 1994, where Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen finished at the top.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi-times/Ruby-Bhatia-The-unseen-scenes/articleshow/228813.cms |title=Ruby Bhatia: The unseen scenes |work=The Times of India |date=Oct 12, 2003 |accessdate=2013-07-16}} She studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance from the Toronto branch of the Royal Academy of Dance, London.{{cite web |author=Imran Sayed |url=http://www.rubybhatia.com/childhood.php |title=Ruby Bhatia |publisher=Ruby Bhatia |date=2003-09-18 |accessdate=2013-07-16}}

Career

Bhatia won the Miss India Canada contest in 1993 and shifted to India in 1994, when she participated in Femina Miss India. She went on to become a VJ for Channel V. She hosted BPL Oye! and Filmfare Awards.{{Cite news |date=2002-06-26 |title=Ruby Bhatia plans pop album |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ruby-bhatia-plans-pop-album/articleshow/13986831.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-11-15 |issn=0971-8257}}

She also co-hosted the Miss World 1996 held at Bangalore with Richard Steinmetz.{{Cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-04/hyderabad/28345031_1_ruby-bhatia-television-scores |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717082600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-04/hyderabad/28345031_1_ruby-bhatia-television-scores |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2013 |title=Ruby Bhatia scores a perfect 10 |date=Mar 4, 2004 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=16 July 2013}} In 1997, she made her television debut with Yeh Hai Raaz but quit the show midway being replaced by Deepti Bhatnagar.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-24 |title=Criminal minds |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/criminal-minds/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

Later, she appeared in several Hindi serials such as Kasautii Zindagii Kay as well as in movies.{{Cite web |title=Get a woman, but a cricketer - Ruby Bhatia reveals what it's like being in Mandira Bedi's chair |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/get-a-woman-but-a-cricketer-ruby-bhatia-reveals-what-it-s-like-being-in-mandira-bedi-s-chair/cid/833178 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=90s Kids Will Remember These Iconic VJs |url=https://movies.ndtv.com/webstories/entertainment/90s-kids-will-remember-these-iconic-vjs-3271 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=NDTVIndia |language=en}}

Personal life

Bhatia was first married to singer Nitin Bali for three years, before getting divorced in 1999.{{Cite web |title=Once is enough |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/Once-is-enough/articleshow/20065945.cms |work=The Times of India |date=Aug 25, 2002 |accessdate=16 July 2013}} In December 2009, she married Ajit S. Dutta.{{cite web |author=Marcellus Baptista |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-/Ruby-Bhatia-is-now-Ruby-Dutta-/articleshow/5304741.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025135800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06/tv/28092924_1_ruby-bhatia-ajit-s-dutta-sri-sri-paramahansa-yogananda |url-status=live |archive-date=2012-10-25 |title=Ruby Bhatia is now Ruby Dutta! |date=2009-12-06 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2013-07-16}}[http://www.weddingsutra.com/community/celeb_ruby.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213171625/http://www.weddingsutra.com/community/celeb_ruby.asp|date=February 13, 2010}}