Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai made the nation proud by winning the Miss Universe and the Miss World titles respectively. However, the two beauties competed against each other during the 1994 Miss India pageant. Sushmita was crowned Miss India 1994, while Aishwarya Rai came as the first runner-up.
Sushmita Sen broke down in tears, thinking Aishwarya Rai would win the Miss India title
Do you know Sushmita Sen broke out in tears thinking that Aishwarya Rai would win the pageant? Yes, in a recent interview with ANI, ad guru Prahlad Kakkar shared the details from the 1994 Miss India beauty pageant. Recalling the same, he said:
“I had escorted Aishwarya to Goa with her mother. I met Sushmita there at the thing. I had access to the changing room, much to the organiser’s dismay. He tried to stop me and questioned my identity. I told them, ‘You can’t stop me. One day, halfway through the competition, Sushmita was weeping copiously in one corner of the changing room.”