When Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Revealed Experiencing Uncanny Similarities Between Miss India & Miss World Contest: “I Don’t Quite Like The Feel Of It”

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is regarded as “the most beautiful woman in the world”, was the first runner up at the Femina Miss India pageant in 1994 losing the crown to Sushmita Sen. However, the actress later won the Miss World title the same year.

The Ponniyin Selvan: I actress once revealed her thoughts on losing the crown to Sushmita and later winning the Miss World crown. She revealed the uncanny similarities that she saw between the two events and she felt the immense pressure put on her.

During an old interview with BBC, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan revealed she did not see any positive sign when she participated in Miss World contest. She said, “Uh oh, the signs are the same as Miss India, they were exactly the same. There was this whole level of expectations from me. Strangely and wonderfully, the same thing happened at Miss World. Even though you go as an absolutely non-entity. No one judges you there. You are representing your country. Within that month, I had become very very popular and there was a lot of Indian-international press. Among the select few contestants, I was billed as a very strong contestant and the possible winner. I thought this can’t be happening again to me. I don’t quite like the feel of it.”