Throwback: When Sushmita Sen almost withdraw her name from a beauty pageant due to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan; read details | Hindi Movie News

Actress Sushmita Sen was crowned as Miss India 1994 just at the age of 18 and went ahead to won the title of Miss Universe on the same year, before making her successful Bollywood debut. Speaking of Sushmita’s modelling career, the actress had once opened up about her experience of winning the Miss India beauty pageant in a popular chat show.

During the interview, the actress spoke about how shocked she was on hearing her name as the pageant winner. Submit further revealed that she had considered taking her name off the contest after knowing Aishwarya Rai was opposite her.

She added, “She (Aishwarya) is it for Miss India, why bother contending with her and come back home, and say I tried mumma, ” and explained how her mother motivated her to try and lose to someone she thinks is the “most beautiful woman” than being “andho mein kaana raja.”

In fact, Sushmita was so sure of losing in the beauty contest that she had asked her mother to not attend the show.

On the work front, Sushmita Sen has successfully made her debut on the digital platform and yet to mark her comeback in Bollywood.