Ruby Bhatia

Ruby Bhatia (born November 1, 1973 in Alabama, United States) is an Indian-Canadian VJ, television show host, and actress.

Bhatia was born in Punjabi family of Canada-based Harbans and Premlata Bhatia. But she was adopted at the age of 3 years by her aunt and uncle, Prem Krishan and Saroj Bhatia, whom she called Mama and Daddy. She was raised in a small town Ajax, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, where she studied at Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School . She studied ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance from the Toronto branch of the Royal Academy of Dance, London. She had given dance exams up to Level 4, which is to dance what a bachelor's degree is to education. Her parents also taught her Indian dance informally at home.

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 also hosted BPL Oye! and Filmfare Awards.

She also co-hosted the Miss World 1996 held at Bangalore with Richard Steinmetz. In 1997, she made her television debut with Yeh Hai Raaz but quit the show midway being replaced by Deepti Bhatnagar.

Later, she appeared in several Hindi serials such as Kasautii Zindagii Kay as well as in movies.

Bhatia was first married to late singer Nitin Bali for three years, before getting divorced in 1999. In December 2009, she married Ajit S. Dutta.