Tuesday, October 31, 2006

The reigning Miss Universe finds India's Bollywood star Salman Khan "hot" and thinks he has "an amazing body."

Zuleyka Rivera, a Puerto Rican, met the Indian star who gave her a ride on his motorbike in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, the Times Of India newspaper reported Monday.

"Yeah, I met Salman Khan," the report quoted her as saying. "Well, he is hot for sure."

Rivera, who visited India to promote an AIDS awareness campaign, said: "He has an amazing body and a great sense of humor."

Rivera also said she has never been in love. "But I truly believe in it," she said. "Maybe I will soon find the one for me."

Rivera said the reality that she won the beauty crown in July has yet to sink in.

"I only feel like Miss Universe when people want to take my pictures," she said.

She also said she plans to become an actress "like Angelina Jolie, who is very good."

Rivera was taking part in the Miss Universe Foundation's campaign to promote AIDS awareness in India, which is pushing the message "Get Tested [for AIDS], It's in Fashion."

Salman Khan is one of the Bollywood actors who supported the campaign.

India, with 5.7 million infections, has the world's largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS.

ASSOCIATED PRESS