| Ruby Bhatia | |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Ajax, Toronto, Canada[1] |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Occupation: | VJ, TV show host, compere, actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1997–2008 |
Ruby Bhatia (born November 1, 1973) is a Canadian actress, VJ, and television show host.
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.[2] She studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance from the Toronto branch of the Royal Academy of Dance, London.[3]
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.[4]
She also co-hosted the Miss World 1996 held at Bangalore with Richard Steinmetz.[5] In 1997, she made her television debut with Yeh Hai Raaz but quit the show midway being replaced by Deepti Bhatnagar.[6]
Later, she appeared in several Hindi serials such as Kasautii Zindagii Kay as well as in movies.[7] [8]
Bhatia was first married to singer Nitin Bali for three years, before getting divorced in 1999.[9] In December 2009, she married Ajit S. Dutta.[10] [11]