Jul 01 2008
Shilpa Shetty honored by Britain’s Global Diversity award!
The global Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty have been awarded Britain’s Global Diversity award for 2008 for their contribution to the diversity agenda on Tuesday night at an event to be attended by British Foreign Minister David Miliband MP and Culture Minister Andy Burnham among others. Lewis Hamilton will also be honored by the award in the event which is hosted by the Next Steps Foundation.
Shilpa Shetty after being subjected to allege bullying and racism in the television reality show “Celebrity Big Brother” became famous in Britain last year and her treatment by some other participants in the popular show became the subject of a heated row in India. Shetty became world famous after she was universally praised by British commentators for showing restraint.
Vaz, who has been made British ambassador for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, said both Shetty and Hamilton “faced adversity in their careers but have dealt with it with grace and dignity”.
Hamilton was also subjected to racial abuse. On Feb 4 this year, he was racially abused by spectators during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) warned the Spanish authorities about such behavior and announced it would launch a ‘Race Against Racism’ campaign.
The hosting organization, Next Step Foundation was established 10 years ago by MPs Bernie Grant and Keith Vaz to encourage diversity in both the public and private sectors.
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