When Sushmita Sen competed with Aishwarya Rai for Miss India title, recalls 'she was fabulous'

Sushmita sen and Aishwarya Rai
In 1994, two beauties Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai competed against each other to earn the title of Miss India. While Sen was crowned the winner of the pageant, do you know she was about to take back her name from the competition because Aishwarya was participating? As many as 15-20 girls had taken their name back because Aishwarya was a part of the pageant and no one believed that they would be able to defeat the most beautiful woman. However, Sushmita won the title. Talking about the beauty pageant to Karan Johar on Koffee With Karan, Sushmita had recalled how Aishwarya was fabulous on the stage.
Sushmita Sen said, “I don’t compare myself to Aishwarya’s performance, I think she was fabulous on stage. My shooting star went right over my head. When you are competing for anything, it is not just your hard work, because there are 20-30 girls who put in equal or more amounts of hard work.”
After Miss India victory, Sushmita Sen went on to become Miss Universe and Aishwarya Rai was crowned as Miss World in the same year.


