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Former Miss World Diana Hayden has joined hands with some of Hollywood’s most influential women to build homes for the needy and poor in Los Angeles. Diana has teamed up with more than 100 of Hollywood’s leading women such as actresses Jeanne Tripplehorn (of Big Love fame), Julie Bowen (Ed), Diane, author of (The Tuff Chix Guide to Easy Home Improvement) for an event designed to empower and celebrate women while raising awareness about the need for affordable housing in the US.

“Diana helped put up framing for the homes and worked on other aspects including the fittings,” said her spokesperson Dale Bhagwagar. Apart from being delighted to support a charitable project like this, the most touching part was when Diana met the families who will one day live in these homes.

The celebrities partnered with the Habitat for Humanity charitable organisation in Los Angeles for the one-day annual invitationonly event termed ‘Power Women, Power Tools’, to build homes in south Los Angeles at one of the build-sites for this year’s Jimmy Carter Work Project.

When contacted, Diana ecstatically said: “The joy and euphoria was stunning! Some were clapping, some laughing and crying. When you see the expression on their faces you feel so special to be part of something so beautiful. And when you work alongside them, the love and magic you experience is priceless.” The families were chosen from more than 500 applications. They were selected on the basis of need.

Diana, who represented India at the 1997 Miss World, is the third Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant. A director of the Children and Police (CAP) foundation in the city, maiden Hayden donated a share of her prize money to the foundation in Hyderabad when she won the pageant in 1997.

Actor Diana Hayden is known to be classy and disciplined and she will do anything to live up to that image, or so we believe. We learnt that the actress, who had a toe operation recently and was advised complete bed rest, was out shooting the very next day. Diana had always had an in-grown toe-nail, and when she visited London last she hurt her toe so badly that the doctor recommended an immediate operation. Once she got here, she realised that her second toe-nail too, was in as bad a shape, if not worse, and had to be operated upon as well. But then it was back to shooting the very next day. Diana tells us, “I couldn’t keep anyone waiting, and plus delaying or postponing a shoot is expensive for any producer.” So, the actress was indeed at work, when she should’ve been in bed. Here’s wishing you a quick recovery, Diana!

Miss World and actress Diana Hayden may not be seen in many films right now, but she certainly seems to be exploring her sporty side. First she seen taking a pit-stop at a speed racing event and now she’s been signed up by the newly launched Avalon Aviation Academy as the face of the academy. Apart from being the face of the Academy, she will also be a ‘celeb guest lecturer’ for training airline personnel in aspects like poise and grace. Earlier, Diana had groomed and trained en trants to the Miss World pageants. But with this she’s soaring to new heights.

“He has a glad eye. He so obviously loves women,” says Diana Hayden of Shane Warne, while admitting she was well aware of the reputation that precedes the controversial Australian cricketer.

The former beauty queen met Shane in Barcelona where she had gone to anchor the Laureus World Sports Awards, but says nothing conspired between the two of them. “Instead, we debated why all cricketers play golf in their free time. Shane said that they do so because playing cricket all the time can be stressful so they play golf to give themselves a break. Imagine, taking a break from one game to play another! That’s life,” she says.

Calling him a “gentleman”, Diana said she had met Shane Warne on an earlier occasion as well and was thrilled to find that he still remembered her. “But like I told you, he loves women, so wouldn’t forget them,” she says amidst giggles.