Sushmita Sen

Sushmita was born in a Bengali family Chouba Sen, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander and Subhra Sen, worked as a fashion artist and jewelry designer. She has one brother, Rajeev Sen and a sister, Neelam Sen. She was born St.Theresa 's hospital, Hyderabad, and grew up in New Delhi. He attended school at Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute studying English, and had career plans in journalism. She has been romantically linked to several people. In 2000 it adopted a girl, Renee, as a single mother. In 1994, at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Miss India beating Aishwarya Rai. Sen represented India at the Miss Universe pageant held in Manila, Philippines. At Miss Universe, Sushmita ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gomez, and Miss Greece Rea Totounzi, who ranked second but won the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Sushmita went on to place second, fifth and third in the swimsuit, interview and evening gown semi-final, respectively, putting them in third place behind Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado. The three women became the last three contestants. In the end, the judges placed their votes on Sushmita, making her the first woman from India to become Miss Universe.