Sushmita Sen - Road To MU 1994

In 1994, at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Femina Miss India beating Aishwarya Rai, who was the runner up. Sen represented India at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant, held in Manila, Philippines and won.
At Miss Universe, Sushmita ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gómez, and Miss Greece Rea Totounzi, who ranked second but won the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Sushmita went on to place second, fifth and third in the swimsuit, interview, and evening gown semi-final competitions respectively, placing third place behind Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado. All three women went on to be the final three contestants. In the end, the judges placed their votes on Sushmita, making her the first woman from India to become Miss Universe. [Wikipedia]

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[logicstic]

she's truly lucky to have such a supportive family who encouraged her to re-enter and participate in miss India as she backed out her name from the pageant initially on knowing that Aish would be participating that year... and REST IS HISTORY

[Maccha280]

there are lots of babies born in 1994 in the philippines were named sushmita....

[lianlaspinas]

RPN New Vision 9 is the official Philippine Broadcaster of the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant

[MrHelecto]

She looks like a witch.... really she does.

[inder19852000]

I love Sushmita Sen.She is a complete woman

[AVANTIKA143]

Thank you so much... i really admire her:)

[R0KIN]

love her Love Her LOVE HER