HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Britain honours Shilpa Shetty with Global Diversity award02nd July 2008 09.00 IST By Agencies Britain honoured Bollywood hottie Shilpa Shetty and Formula one racing driver Lewis Hamilton for their contribution to the "diversity agenda". Shilpa was presented with the Global Diversity Award 2008 at a glittering gala at the Riverbank Park Plaza hotel hosted by the Next Steps Foundation, Tuesday night. 
Shilpa rose to fame last year after she was subjected to racist remarks and subsequent humiliation by some participants in the popular television reality show 'Big Brother'. She was praised universally for showing restraint and handling the issue with poise and dignity. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Any Burnham was prominent among the 500 attending the event. The event highlighted the European Year of Intercultural dialogue, an EU Commission initiative that invites EU nations to celebrate diversity in Europe. MP Keith Vaz, Patron of the Next Steps Foundation and UK Ambassador for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue said, "I am very pleased that we are able to honour two such important contributors to the diversity and equality agenda in the UK and across the world. Both have faced adversity in their careers but have dealt with it with grace and dignity." "I am delighted that we will be joined by two Cabinet Ministers. This signifies the importance with which they regard the issue of diversity." "European champions will also be appointed during the evening. These are people who will be able to spread the message of what this year means for Europe. I hope that this evening helps to raise awareness," he added. Related view Shilpa Shetty videos (new) | ALSO READ scoop ~ Saif loves to see Kareena dressed up hot ~ Priyanka Chopra a diehard fan of Michael Jackson ~ Akshay's daring promotional stunt for 'Kambakkht Ishq' ~ 'Ekta has all it takes to win Miss Universe crown' ~ Kambakkht Ishq – Movie Review ~ Don't call me lucky: Katrina ~ Akshay Kumar plans a film for Michael Jackson? ~ I don't believe in luck: Imran Khan ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Katrina Kaif voted most eligible single female ~ Making love with clothes on! ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Valentines Day, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas CardWeaver.com > Birthday, Holi MOVIES Kambakkht Ishq, New York, Paying Guests, Kal Kissne Dekha, 99, Aa Dekhen Zara, Videsh, Billu Barber, Aloo Chaat, Dev. D, Delhi 6, Jashnn , Love Aaj Kal , Kaminey , Rann MUSIC Love Aaj Kal , Jashnn celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Freida Pinto | Anushka Sharma | Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Dev Patel | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Nandana Sen | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | Namitha | Kalki Koechlin | Mahi Gill | Shakeela | Lara Dutta | A R Rahman | Trisha | Shruti Haasan | Neetu Chandra | Shriya Saran | Padma Lakshmi | Emma Watson | Kelly Clarkson | Britney Spears | Anne Hathaway | Anjana Sukhani | Tila Tequila | Soha Ali Khan | Priyamani | Sonal Chauhan | Vaishali Desai | Jackky Bhagnani | Kristen Stewart | Robert Pattinson | Neil Nitin Mukesh | Shiney Ahuja | more... | 
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