Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World in 1994. She had previously done some modeling, and became well known in India after appearing in an ad for Pepsi. Since winning the Miss World title, she has become one of the most popular stars of India's huge film industry known as Bollywood. Through the years, Aishwarya Rai has been nominated for and received several awards, including a Critics Choice award for Best Actress (Raincoat - 2004), an Actress in a Leading Role award from Awards of the International Indian Film Academy for Devdas (2002), and a Best Actress award from the Filmfare Awards for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000).
Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, on November 1, 1973. Her father, a merchant navy officer, relocated the family to Mumbai (formerly Bombay) when Aishwarya was 4 years old. She excelled at academics as a child and chose science as her area of concentration, hoping for a career in medicine (zoology being her favorite subject at the time). Instead, Ash opted for a career in architecture, and passed her college entrance interviews with flying colors.
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