  sushmita sen (born 19 november 1975) is an indian film actress, model and beauty pageant title holder. she was crowned miss universe 1994 by outgoing title holder dayanara torres of puerto rico at the 43rd edition of the miss universe pageant held in manila, philippines, on 20 may 1994. she was the first indian to win the crown.sushmita sen - bollywood actress sushmita sen biography - life history of sushmita sen - works of actress sushmita sen after completing her reign, sen went on to pursue bollywood. she started her career with the hindi film, dastak. she rose to stardom with the tamil musical ratchagan opposite nagarjuna; later, she attained commercial and critical recognition for her roles in sirf tum (1999) and the comedy biwi no.1 (1999). the latter earned her the filmfare best supporting actress award. she has also acted in commercially successful films such as aankhen (2002), main hoon na (2004) - her biggest commercial success so far - and maine pyaar kyun kiya? (2005). she received critical acclaim for her female-oriented roles in films such as filhaal... (2002), samay: when time strikes (2003), chingaari (2
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