Are these Indian beauty queens the most beautiful actresses in Bollywood? Maybe. Indian movie industry has seen a steady supply of beauty pageant winners over the years. Although this has been more common now, it is not a recent phenomenon. You can say that these are the most beautiful Bollywood actresses in the whole world. After all, they have competed and won awards on an International platform.
6 Indian Beauty Queens Who Became Bollywood Actresses
Zeenat Aman was perhaps on of the first beauty queen to get in to Bollywood and make it big. Checkout out list of Indian beauty queens who became successful actresses in the Hindi movie industry.
Aishwarya Rai
Aiswarya Rai was schooled in Mumbai and went to Ruparel college. Her first modeling success came with winning the International Supermodel Contest organized by Ford and was features in the American Edition of Vogue. She was crowned Miss India World in 1994 and went on to wing the Miss World title the same year at Sun City, South Africa. Her big break in Bollywood came with Aur Pyar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol.
Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen won the Miss India Universe title the same year as 1994 and India won both Miss World and Miss Universe title in 1994 when Sushmita Sen grabbed the Miss Universe crown at Manila, Philippines. Sushmita Sen grew up in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her big break in Bollywood came with Dastak – a psychological thriller – along with Sharad Kapoor.
Zeenat Aman
Daughter of Amanullah Khan, Zeenat Aman went to school in Panchgani, maharashtra and USC, LA before she got into modeling. Second runner-up in in the 1970 Miss India contest, Zeenat Aman went on to with the Miss Asia-Pacific title. Her big break in Bollywood came with her role of Janice in Hare Rama Hare Krishna with Dev Anand and became famous woth the song Dum Maro Dum in 1971.
Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta grew up in Banglore before she moved to Mumbai fo higher education. She won the Gladrags Megamodel India title in 1995 and was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2000 and became the second Miss Univese form India after Sushmita Sen. Her first break in Bollywood came with Kaal and No Entry gave her the first big break in the Hindi movie industry.
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra has become one of the most successful actors in Bollywood with substantial footprint in the English movie world too. She has also made a mark with a her single in the music world. She has grown up across India as her parents were doctors in the Indian Army. She also spent some time in the US in her teen years studying at different schools. Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss World 2000 in London. He big break in the Indian film industry came with Abbas-Mustan’s romantic thriller Humraaz.
Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza was born Dia Handrich and grew up in Hyderabad, India. Dia Mirza won the Miss Asia Pacific title in 2000 and went on to become a Bollywood actress thereafter. He success in the movie industry came haltingly and didn’t touch the same heights some of the others. Most of her films didn’t do too well at the Box Office, although her role in movies like Parineeta and Dus was appreciated.
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