Sushmita Sen celebrates 31st anniversary of India’s first ever victory at Miss Universe

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Sushmita Sen celebrates 31st anniversary of ‘India’s first ever victory at Miss Universe’. Actress and former beauty queen Sushmita Sen celebrated 31 years since her historic Miss Universe win, which made her the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe on May 21, 1994, in Manila, Philippines. Sushmita took to Instagram to share a nostalgic series of photos from the iconic moment she was crowned Miss Universe, including stunning shots from the pageant and her proudly posing with the crown.  #SushmitaSen #MissUniverse1994 #31YearsOfGlory #IndiaPride

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00:01Actress and former beauty queen Shushmita Sen celebrated 31 years since her historic

00:15Miss Universe win, which made her the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe on

00:22May 21, 1994, in Manila, Philippines.

00:26Shushmita took to Instagram to share a nostalgic series of photos from the iconic moment she

00:33was crowned Miss Universe, including stunning shots from the pageant and her proudly posing

00:40with the crown.

00:43She wrote, 21 May 1994, Hashtag Manila, a historical win that introduced an 18-year-old Indian girl

00:52to the universe, opening up a world of possibilities, highlighting the strength of hope, the power

00:59of inclusion, the generosity of love, to travel the world, and to have the privilege of meeting

01:06some of the most inspiring people.

01:09Life defining for sure.

01:11Thank you God, Ma and Baba.

01:13Happy 31st anniversary, she went on the Thank God and her parents after winning the crown.

01:20Shushmita made her debut in Hindi cinema with Dastak, a psychological thriller film edited

01:26and directed by Maheshwad.

01:28The film also had Mukul Dev with Sharad Kapoor.

01:32She was then seen in films such as BV No. 1, Sirf Tum, and Filhaal.

01:38Her other commercially successful films were Aankhe, Main Hoona, and Mainne Pyaar Kyo Kiya.

01:45Shushmita also featured in web series such as Arya and Talib.

01:51The actress beauty queen adopted her first daughter Rini in 2000 at the age of 24.

01:58She later adopted her second daughter, Alisha, in 2010.

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