Aishwarya's enduring charisma

Ever since she won the Miss World contest in 1994 , Aishwarya Rai has never looked back . She has gone on to become one of the most sought after women. But it was in year 1993 that Aishwarya gained public recognition for her appearance in a Pepsi commercial with actor Aamir Khan. In the 1994 Miss India pageant, she won second place, behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. With Sen representing India at the Miss Universe pageant, Aishwarya's duties as the first runner-up included representing India in the rival Miss World Pageant, held that year in Sun City, South Africa. She went on to win the crown where she also won the Miss Photogenic award and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty − Asia Oceania. After winning the pageant, Rai spoke of her dream for peace for this world, and her desire to be an ambassador of peace during her one-year reign in London.Rai continued to pursue a career as a model until she became an actress. And the rest they say is history. Since then years have gone by but her charisma still endures and even today each and every movement is talked about and is widely followed. She is the face of Indian cinema at the mega Cannes film festival for several years and doing the nation proud.