- 20/05/2012
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
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On Wednesday 16 May Valerie joined Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen at a dinner hosted at the House of Commons.
Sushmita visited the UK to launch the Diabetes Fun Run for the charity Silver Star and was inducted as a Silver Star International ambassador.
Sushmita was the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe competition in 1994. She has filmed 33 Bollywood movies and has won 6 prestigious awards throughout her acting career.
To find out more about Silver Star please click here.