Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (born Aishwarya Rai, and sometimes known simply as Aish) is an Indian actress and former Miss World.
She was born on November 1, 1973 in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and has also co-produced one of her movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003).At an early age her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. She then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her HSC studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect and went on pursuing studies in architecture. She can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu, as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil. She started studying architecture but gave up her education to pursue a career in modelling.
In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. She went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her academic education after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. She then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.
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