10
Beauty Queens Who
Found Immense
Success In Bollywood
10.
Gul Panag
35 year old
Indian actress, voice actress and model was crowned the
Miss India title in
1999, and was crowned Miss
Beautiful Smile at the same pageant. She represented
India at the
Miss Universe 1999 pageant (48th EDition), but lost to
Botswana’s
Mpule Kwelagobe.
Panag finished in 6th place. She made her debut in the year
2003 with the movie
Dhoop.
9.
Celina Jaitly
33 year old Indian actress Celina Jaitly was crowned
Femina Miss India Universe in
2001. She went on to represent India at the
Miss Universe 2001 (50th Edition), but lost to winner
Perto Rico’s
Denise Quiñones. She finished the competition at 5th place. Jaitly made her Bollywood debut two years later in 2003 with ‘
Janasheen’. Jaitly is a supporter of the rights and equality of the
LGBT community and supports the gay rights movement in
India.
8.
Neha Dhupia
34 year old Indian actress Neha Dhupia won Femina Miss India Universe title in the year
2002 and went to represent the country in
Miss Universe 2002 (51st Edition), but lost to
Russia’s
Oxana Fedorova, who was eventually replaced by
Panama’s
Justine Pasek. Dhupia finished in 9th place.
7.
Dia Mirza
32 year old Indian model, actress and producer Dia Mirza. She participated in Miss India
2000 and placed 3rd. She went on to represent India at the Miss
Asia Pacific International 2000 (31st Edition). She won the competition by defeating 22 other delegates and became the 3rd Indian to win the crown. Since then, she has emerged as one of the most loved
Bollywood actresses. She made her debut in the year 2001 with ‘
Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein.’ She has won
Zee Cine Award, Bollywood movie award,
Women’s Achievement
Award,
Green Globe Honor for
Extraordinary Work by a
Public Figure, Geospa Asiaspa India
Awards for Eco
Crusader of the Year, among many others.
6.
Namrata Shirodkar
42 year old Indian model and actress Namrata Shirodkar won Miss India
1993 title. She went on to represent India at the
Miss Universe 1993 pageant (42nd Edition). She lost to
Puerto Rico’s
Dayanara Torres and was placed 6th. She again represented India at the Miss
Asia Pacific 1993 (
24th Edition). She lost to
Philippine’s
Brandy Kuentze.
5.
Sushmita Sen
39 year old Indian model and actress Sushmita Sen won Miss India
1994 title by defeating the popular
Aishwarya Rai. She represented India at the
Miss Universe 1994 pageant (41st Edition) and made history by becoming the first Indian to become
Miss Universe. She made her bollywood debut in the year
1996 with the movie ‘
Dastak’.
4.
Zeenat Aman
63 year old Indian actress Zeenat Aman was the second runner up in the Miss India
1970 contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970 at the event’s
3rd Edition, defeating 14 other delegates. She was the first
South Asian woman to win the title. She has won a
Filmfare award out of 3 nominations.
Besides, she also won a
BFJA Award, a Bollywood Award ‘Award for
Lifetime Achievement’, an
IIFA and a Zine Cine award. She debuted with
Hulchul in 1970.
3.
Juhi Chawla
47 year old Indian actress, voice actress, film producer and television presenter won Miss India
1984 title and went on to India at
Miss Universe 1984 pageant (33rd Edition). Although she couldn’t be among those who were placed and ultimately lost the crown to
Sweden’s
Yvonne Ryding, she won the
Best National Costume along with Uruguya’s Yissa Pronzatti and
Hong Kong’s
Mina Godenzi. Since then, Chawla remains one of the most adorable actresses of all time.
2.
Priyanka Chopra
32 year old
Indian film actress and singer. She bemae the runner up in Miss India 2000 pageant and represented India at the
Miss World 2000 pageant (50th Edition) and won the crown by defeating 94 other delegates. She went to star in Bollywood with her debut movie ‘
The Hero:
Love Story of a Spy’ in 2003, a month after her film ‘
Andaaz’ was released.’
1. Aishwarya Rai
41 year old Aishwarya Rai came in 2nd place at Miss India 1994 pageant and went on to represent India at the
Miss World 1994 (44th Edition). She won the crown by defeating 86 other delegates. She made her Bollywood debut with
1997 movie ‘
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya. She has won
112 awards out of
127 nominations including 3 Filmfare, 7 IIFA, 7
Screen, 6 Zee Cine, 2
Stardust, among others.
- published: 30 Apr 2016
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