Aishwarya Rai urged Miss World organisers to remove swimwear round

• Aishwarya Rai was named Miss World in 1994.
• After winning the crown, she gained recognition on a global scale.
• She has discussed eliminating the competition entirely.

After Reita Faria in 1966, Aishwarya Rai was named Miss World in 1994, making her just the second Indian to do so. After winning the crown, she gained recognition on a global scale and eventually pursued a career in Bollywood and Hollywood movies.

The former beauty queen has already spoken out against particular competition elements that made her “uncomfortable.” She believed it was superfluous for competitors to compete in bikinis and other swimwear.

The actor expressed her thoughts about the bikini phase of the competition in an old press conference from 2017. She added that she has discussed eliminating the competition entirely with its organisers.

She stated: “In fact, 1994 mein mere pageant ke baad (after my pageant), that year 1995 onwards hi unhone woh round cancel kar diya tha kyunke maine kaha ki (they cancelled that round as I had said) it wasn’t very naturally comfortable for some of us, nationalities. I wasn’t speaking solely for me, but I was really speaking for a lot of girls from countries where the swimwear round was not necessary… swimwear is not a natural way of life in terms of social display.”

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In order to preserve the emphasis on “brains and personality” rather than just physical beauty, the Miss World organisation eventually decided to abolish the swimsuit round from the competition in 2014. Julia Morley, the chairwoman of Miss World, told Elle Magazine: “I don’t need to see women just walking up and down in bikinis. It doesn’t do anything for the woman. And it doesn’t do anything for any of us.”

 

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Iruvar, a 1997 Tamil film directed by Mani Ratnam, marked Aishwarya‘s acting debut. In 1997, she starred alongside Bobby Deol in her first film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya. In 2007, she wed actor Abhishek Bachchan, with whom she has a daughter named Aaradhya Bachchan, now 11 years old.

The actor’s most recent appearance was in the Tamil film Ponniyin Selvan-1, in which she once more collaborated with Mani, her first director. In the historical drama, she portrays Queen Nandini and Mandakini simultaneously.

On April 28, 2023, Ponniyin Selvan 2, the sequel to the first movie in the series, will be released. Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Sobhita Dhulipala are further members of the ensemble cast.

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