20 Interesting Facts About Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen What is the essence of being a woman? her winning >> Read More... in one of those women who you can truly look up to. Many women have seen their idol in her and many more who will learn her story will see her as their role model. Through the years she continues to set an example and lead by example. Today we will discuss her, her successes, her achievements and other facts about her that contributes in making her who she is.

1. The First Indian To Win Miss Universe

The actress was barely 18 years old during the competition and it was truly a great feat for her. The year she participated was also the year when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress >> Read More... had participated. Predictably, a total of 25 participants withdrew their name from the competition, but Sushmita Sen did not deter and went ahead to win the competition. When she had the Miss India Miss India was a TV serial that was aired on Doord >> Read More... crown, Aishwarya Rai broke down as soon as she went back stage.

2. The Outfit In Which She Won

The gown she wore for the final round was not a designer gown by some high end brand. It was stitched by a local tailor and even her gloves were made from socks. Since Sushmita belonged to a typical middle class family, this was all that they could afford, but it was enough for her to win the competition.

3. The Adoption

Sushmita Sen was only 25 when she decided to adopt a child. Not only was she very young, but also single, which raised eyebrows. She was advised against it by almost everyone she knew, but the actress went ahead nevertheless and adopted her daughter, not caring about the opinion of others. It turned to be a strong decision that made her extremely happy.

4. The Second Adoption

The actress decided to add some more color and responsibilities to her life when she adopted her second daughter. It is a big step for a single mother, but she did it nevertheless, and when asked, she stated that motherhood teaches a lot to people. She also added that it has taught her to appreciate her parents even more. Even the court denied the adoption at first, but she persisted and finally won!

5. She Has Always Stood By Her Choices

The actress has never shown any regret for any of her choices. She has stood firmly by all of her decisions, like her relationships. Be it with an actor or a business tycoon, she has always been open about it but has never given any justification for it to anyone.

6. Learning A Different Language

A good proof of the hard work that she is capable of can be gauged from the fact that Sush had studied in a Hindi medium school, so she was not fluent in English. However, at the age of 16, the actress decided to learn English and soon mastered it. Today, if you hear all of her interviews for the beauty pageant, you will never be able to guess that the language was still new to her.

7. Charity Work

The actress is a philanthropist at heart. The cause that is closest to her heart is that of the development of the girl child and the education of the girls. She also heads a foundation that works for the cause, and its name is I AM. Time and again, she is seen working and promoting her foundations, and even walks the ramp for it.

8. She Is A Poetess

The actress has spoken time and again about her love for poetry. Not only does she love to read poetry, she also loves to write poetry, which she has been doing since her college days. She has stated that she thinks poetry is beautiful because it may be written with one emotion but when read, it emotes many other emotions. Her grandfather too was fond of poetry.

9. She Stands Out

The actress has made it clear right from the start that she is not someone who stands in a group. She is a distinct person, with distinct choices that she does not attempt to hide. One such choice is her love for snakes. She loves then so much that there was a time when she had a python as her pet. She also has two dogs as her pets.

10. She Was Never The Girly Girl

The actress has revealed that when she was in school, she was frequently considered a tomboy because she would hang out with boys all the time. This goes a long way in breaking stereotypes as tomboys are considered masculine while modeling is considered a feminine profession. By becoming a model, Sush broke many stereotypes, all at once.

11. She Completed Her Education

Since the actress won a title as significant as Miss Universe at an age as young as 18, you might think that like many others, she would go ahead and follow her dreams in the glamour world. Sush did that, but she also completed her education and acquired a degree in journalism.

12. Her First Choice

On winning the Miss Universe beauty pageant, the actress got more offers of Bollywood films than she could have done in all of her life. However, she could choose only one as her debut film and the choice she made turned out to be deadly, as she chose Mahesh Bhatt Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt created a niche for himself >> Read More... ’s ‘ Dastak Dastak is a Hindi television news show that airs o >> Read More... ’, which was a huge flop when it released in 1996. However, she more than made up for it in her later films.

13. Her First Award

The actress became a part of the film industry in the year 1996, but did not receive any award until 2000. In that year, she worked in the biggest film of the year, 'Biwi No. 1', which was a David Dhawan Born on 16th of August 1955, David Dhawan has alwa >> Read More... film where she played Rupali. She received the award for the best supporting actress from Filmfare and IIFA.

14. The Song She Did Not Do

Remember the item number in the movie ‘Asoka’ in which we saw Shweta Menon Shweta Menon is a Malayalam and Hindi movie actres >> Read More... ? The sing was first offered to Sushmita Sen by the maker of the film, Santosh Sivan Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is a film dir >> Read More... . However, Sush refused to do the item number in the Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... and Kareena Kapoor Khan Kareena Kapoor is a super hit actress working in I >> Read More... starrer, after which the song became Shweta Menon’s.

15. Her First Time

Actors do a lot of things for their roles. They cannot refuse their director and they generally have to follow the direction of the director. Sush had been doing a lot of different types of roles in her career, but never had she had the chance to drape a sari around herself until she appeared in the film Main Hoon Na Click to look into! >> Read More... , that had been directed by Farah Khan Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, di >> Read More... and she was cast opposite Shah Rukh Khan.

16. How She Bagged The Role Of Chandini

The actress had been working for a song, Mehboob Mere, for the movie ‘Fiza’ that was also being directed by Farah Khan. Chandini from Main Hoon Na was until then going to be played by Aishwarya Rai, who bailed because of her differences with Shah Rukh Khan, who was the male lead of the movie. So the role was offered to Sushmita Sen, who did not think twice before accepting it.

17. Her Love For Yoga

Even after all these years, the actress still maintains a perfect figure. The credit goes to her love for yoga. She is extremely regular with her practice and follows her routines religiously. She can mirror her instructor’s moves and she is proud of her fitness mantra. She has been promoting it for quite a while now.

18. Her Awards

The actress has won many awards, for many of her roles throughout her career. Some of these include the Rajiv Gandhi Award, the IIFA Award, 2 Filmfare awards, 3 Zee cine star awards and 3 star screen awards. She stays away from smoking but is known to indulge in drinking alcohol occasionally.

19. The Robbery

In 2012, when the actress was at an airport in Athens, Greece, she was robbed, which lead to her losing all of her important documents, including her credit cards, her passports and all other documents. So later, when she had to prove her identity in order to report the robbery or for anything else, including checking into her hotel, she could not do so as the recent robbery had complicated things a lot.

20. Her Favourites

The actress’ favourite destinations are Dubai, Maldives, Indonesia and Italy. Her favourite perfume is Red Door by Elizabeth Arden, her favourite film is ‘Cleopatra’, he favourite actress in Angelina Jolie Who will not be stung with her “pouting lips?” Ang >> Read More... , her favourite actors are Arjun Rampal Amit Rampal is an Indian Actor, Host, Producer and >> Read More... , Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a pr >> Read More... and her favourite dishes are chocolate fudge and sushi.