Bipasha gets contact lens to host Seven Wonder event

Leading Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu has finally got herself contact lens - to set right short-sightedness now that she has to host a July 7 event in Lisbon to announce the new Seven Wonders of the World.

"All these years I've avoided hosting any show or any event for the simple reason that I can't read the tele-prompter. I'm short sighted. Now history beckons me. And if I don't correct my vision now, history and my conscience would never forgive me," Bipasha told IANS.

She said she has now corrected her vision.

"I've got myself contact lenses this week -- at the age of 28! All these years I stubbornly avoided it.

"But now when I was given the great privilege of hosting the event at Lisbon along with the likes of Ben Kingsley and Hillary Swank, I'd be foolish to not correct my eyesight. I can see everything so much clearly now..."

The actress says she is amazed that she has been chosen to host the show but added that it was a great honour for her.

"I don't know what made them choose me, maybe it was my appearance at Cannes last month. But I suddenly got a call from them. I'm deeply honoured and flattered. This is the first time since 200 B.C. that the 7 Wonders are being reconsidered. To be part of this is to be part of history," she said.

Bipasha will sport Armani and Rocky S outfits during the event. "It would be my dear friend Rocky S for the Indian outfit, and that's a saree. Armani will do my Western outfit, and destiny will take care of the rest."

Indo-Asian News Service