Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Miss World 1994. She wanted to study medicine, but circumstances prevented her.Runner up, Miss India 1994.
   

Daughter of Vrinda Rai. Sister of Aditya Rai
The first Indian actress to be on the jury of the Cannes International Film Festival.
Has made over 50 music videos in only seven years.
Is the first actress and performer from India to be featured on the cover of Time magazine.

Created a frenzy at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival when she arrived at the premiere of her film Devdas (2002) in a coach and wearing a beautiful yellow-orange embroidered sari.

 
Loves collecting watches.

Made her first commercial for Camlin pencils when she was in the 9th grade.

Was the Coca Cola Girl for the Middle Eastern countries.

Favorite subject in college was Zoology.

Has achieved icon status all over South Asia.

Is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records 2004.

In April of 2003, L'Oreal signed her as its new international brand ambassador.

The first Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone magazine (Issue 932, October 2, 2003)

Indian community who mainly speak Tulu, which is Aishwarya's mother tongue.

Is fluent in the languages English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Urdu.

Receives at least two movie offers every day.

Aamir Khan and Aishwarya Rai are the only stars to advertise for both Coca Cola and Pepsi.

Before she was famous, she auditioned for voice dubbing for a television serial, and was rejected.
After winning the title of Miss World in 1994, the host of the event, Richard Steinmetz,
actually asked Aishwarya out. But being a professional, she refused right away.

Is a trained classical dancer. She learnt classical dance and music for five years while in her teens.
Won the title of "Miss Photogenic" in the 1994 Miss World Pageant.

Has won over 50 awards since 1994 when she was 20.

Is good friends with actress Preity Zinta.

Has gained a cult following in Pakistan.

Was listed in Time magazine as one of 100 most influential people in the
world (The 2004 TIME 100).

Ran the Olympic-torch relay in June 2004.

Has refused to work with Salman Khan after their break-up, in spite of several offers.

Has over 17,000 websites dedicated to her.

In 2004, Aishwarya became the first Bollywood and Indian actress to have her own statue
at London's Madame Tussauds museum.

                          and now she became Aishwarya Rai Bachhan.