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Published: August 7, 2007, 6:21 am

Aishwarya Rai’s striking beauty might make her seem an obvious fit as a model, but the truth is that India’s 1994 Miss World winner originally took up modeling as a part-time job to get her through school. She was studying to be an architect, but due to her obvious talent on-stage and in front of the camera, — most notably in a wildly popular Pepsi campaign — the starlet began accepting the movie offers that had been pouring in. Rai began her reign as Bollywood’s favorite leading lady in the film Iruvar, following it up that same year with …Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya. They both earned her critical praise and the latter brought her a Best Female Debutante Award. More awards would follow, including Best Actress by Filmfare and Zee Cine for 2000s Straight from the Heart. As the actress put more and more films under her belt, her position as India’s darling cemented. Her role in 2002’s Devdas was especially auspicious; the movie was the most

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