Hasleen Kaur is an Indian Model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 and the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2011 title. She will represent India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 at the upcoming Miss Earth 2011

Miss Earth 2011

Miss Earth 2011, the 11th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, is scheduled to be held on December 3, 2011 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. The show will be aired live by Channel V at 8:00pm, while Star World will broadcast on Sunday, December 4 at...

 beauty pageant on November 5, 2011. She has appeared in several advertisements and also has shown her liking for Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 films.

Modelling

Hasleen Kaur has modelled for several advertisements. She also worked as an Elite Model and appeared in Elite Fashion Calendar in 2011.

Bollywood

Hasleen Kaur has appeared in Imtiaz Ali

Imtiaz Ali

Imtiaz Ali is a former West Indian cricketer who played in one Test against India in 1976....

's Bollywood film Love Aaj Kal

Love Aaj Kal

Love Aaj Kal is a 2009 Bollywood film starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles with Rahul Khanna, Rishi Kapoor and Giselli Monteiro in supporting roles. The film is directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan...

 starring Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

 and Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to Badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film...

. Her role was very small, but she made her presence. She has also been offered the lead role Chanda in the critically acclaimed Dev D

Dev D

Dev.D is a 2009 Indian romance film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film is a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel Devdas., previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela...

 opposite Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol is an Indian actor from Mumbai, India. He is an Indian film actor and producer whose family has a long history in the Hindi film industry. Deol has appeared in films such as Dev.D and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!. He is the nephew of Bollywood actor Dharmendra, and the cousin of Sunny Deol and...

, but she refused to do the role, as she was concentrating more on her studies. She also claimed that Nicole Faria

Nicole Faria

Nicole Estelle Faria ) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.-Career:...

 has inspired her so much that she really wants to make India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 proud again. ".

Femina Miss India

She participated in Miss India 2011 pageant and emerged as the Miss India Earth 2011

Miss India

Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...

 winner, where Kanishtha Dhankar

Kanishtha Dhankar

Kanishtha Dhankar is an Indian actress and beauty queen who was crowned Pantaloons Miss India in 2011.-Early life:Kanishtha was born to a Punjabi Sikh family from Raj Singh Dhankar, Kusum Dhankar. Her father is posted in the Indian Navy while her mother teaches in a school in New Delhi and has...

 was crowned the Miss India World

Miss India

Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...

. Miss India Earth 2010

Miss India

Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...

 and reigning Miss Earth 2010

Miss Earth 2010

Miss Earth 2010, the 10th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held at Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam on December 4, 2010.Eighty-four contestants from various countries and territories competed for the Miss Earth 2010 title. At the conclusion of the competition, outgoing titleholder Miss...

, Nicole Faria

Nicole Faria

Nicole Estelle Faria ) is an Indian model from Bangalore and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Femina Miss India Earth 2010 and Miss Earth 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.-Career:...

 has crowned her at the end of the pageant.

Environmental Activism

As the reigning Miss India Earth, Hasleen Kaur has become a part of Nav Jyoti, a NGO headed by Dr. Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi is an Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service officer. Bedi joined the police service in 1972 and became the first woman officer in the IPS. Bedi held the post of Director General at the Bureau of Police Research and Development before she voluntarily retired from...

, dedicated for dealing with Environmental issues. Hasleen Kaur says: "I have become a part of the "wild parade" in Bangalore's UB city- an event dedicated to the cause of the environment. I will utilise this association of mine and private sales to generate funds for the environmental projects undertaken b Navjyoti in rural areas. This is my first step as a donor of this NGO and I'm hoping to support and grow with them as time goes forward".

LGBT Rights

Ms. Hasleen Kaur has expressed her support to LGBT rights. She says: "Why do we define boundries of love based on sexual orientation? I don't understand why we should discriminate against a non-heterosexual. They're completly normal people with the ability to love.
Their sexual orientation should in no way be a barrier in watever they do. Whether it be obtaining jobs, education, a decent place in their family or a loving partner."

Miss Earth 2011

She will compete at the upcoming Miss Earth 2011

Miss Earth 2011

Miss Earth 2011, the 11th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, is scheduled to be held on December 3, 2011 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. The show will be aired live by Channel V at 8:00pm, while Star World will broadcast on Sunday, December 4 at...

pageant which is to be held on December 3 in Manila, Philippines.