Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Leeds Metropolitan University on July 18 for her outstanding contribution to cultural diversity.Shilpa, who won the Celebrity Big Brother reality television show, collected the award amidst 4,000 students present at the ceremony, thus becoming the youngest actor from the Indian film fraternity to join the ranks of Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Yash Chopra who have so far been conferred with the honour.
Thanking the University for selecting her for the Doctorate, she said, “You have bestowed this great honour on me and I promise to act responsibly. I have tried my best to do my best in whatever I have done in my life and I am going to continue to do so.”
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