Happy Birthday Aishwarya Rai: This question made Sushmita Sen beat the actress in Miss India
Everyone knows that Miss World Aishwarya Rai and Miss Universe Sushmita Sen were two different stories from a similar path. If you are not aware, then let us tell you that in 1994, on one hand Aishwarya Rai won the title of Miss World and on the other Sushmita Sen won the title of Miss Universe. That was surely an achievement for India when its two girls made the whole nation proud on global platforms.
Well, only a few people know that although they both hold different beauty pageants there was a competition when they both competed each other and in the last Sushmita Sen defeated Aishwarya Rai.
Here we are talking about the 1994 Miss India competition where an unknown face Sushmita Sen defeated a well-known model Aishwarya Rai and won the title of Miss India Universe.
The competition of 1994 Miss India was very interesting and they both were very in a tight spot in that competition and then there was a time when the even judge got confused who should win the title.
Well, the time arrived when a tiebreaker question came and with a margin of s few points, Sushmita Sen defeated Aishwarya Rai.
Here are the questions which was a tiebreaker in between both the actresses:-
Question asked to Aishwarya Rai
Q: If you have to look for qualities in a husband, would you look for the qualities in Ridge Forrester from 'Bold & Beautiful' or in Mason Capwell from 'Santa Barbara'?
Aishwarya replied - In Mason. Though they do share a lot in common, from what we get to see, Mason does have a very caring side to him and a terrific sense of humour. And that really gels with my character.
Aishwarya Rai got 9.39 on this question.
Question asked to Sushmita Sen
Q: What do you know about the textile heritage of your country and how old has it been?
Sushmita replied - I think it all started with Mahatma Gandhi's Khadi. It has gone a long way since then but the basics of Indian textile heritage has been from there.
Sushmita Sen got 9.41 points for the answer.
With a margin of mere 0.2 Sushmita Sen was crowned as the Miss Indian Universe, while Aishwarya won the Miss India World title.
Both the beauties went on to make their countries proud in their respective international competitions.
First published: 1 November 2017, 9:24 IST