21 Beauty Queens Who Became Bollywood Actresses

1. Zeenat Aman  

The sex siren of her time, Zeenat was crowned the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970. The screen-sizzler did many bold and hatke roles in films like Insaf Ka Tarazu, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Don.

2. Sangeeta Bijlani

Miss India 1980, Sangeeta has been a model and an actress. She married India cricket captain, Mohammad Azharuddin, in 1996; the duo separated in 2010.

3. Meenakshi Seshadri

The yesteryear beauty won the Miss India crown in 1981. Meenakshi has featured in a number of Bollywood movies like Hero, Damini, Ghatak and Ghayal.

4. Juhi Chawla

Before she forayed into films with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Juhi had bagged the Miss India 1984 crown. The bubbly actress, who went on to rule the roost during the 90s, is known for her chirpy and intense characters today.

5. Namrata Shirodkar

She won the Miss India pageant in 1993 before plunging into Hindi films with Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai in 1998. She was active in Bollywood only for a few years, and got married to the Tollywood actor, Mahesh Babu. The two have a son and a daughter.

6. Pooja Batra

Crowned Femina Miss India International in 1993, Pooja couldn’t really impress the audience much, and has films like Virasat and Haseena Maan Jayegi to her credit.

7. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

After winning the Miss World 1994 pageant, Aishwarya debuted in films and the industry was stormed, thanks to the diva’s sensational looks. Her filmography has always boasted of impressive roles and screen portrayals. The actress, after a five-year hiatus, returns to the silver screen with Sanjay Gupta’s Jazbaa.

8. Sushmita Sen

Sushmita stayed ahead of Aishwarya by taking home the first ever Miss Universe crown, in 1994. She truly made us proud with her big feat. Sush may not have been able to make a huge impact on us with her filmography, but she still inspires us in ways more than one.

9. Gul Panag

Gul won the Miss India title in 1999. The vibrant girl has acted in a bunch of Bollywood films, but success never came her way. Gul joined politics as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Chandigarh in the 2014 general elections.

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21 Beauty Queens Who Became Bollywood Actresses:

13. Diana Hayden

After being crowned Miss World 1997, Diana couldn’t enjoy a flourishing Bollywood career and left the industry after doing a couple of films.

14. Dia Mirza

Miss Asia Pacific International 2000, Dia Mirza has always been more of a flawless beauty than a great actress. And when she realized that acting wasn’t really her cup of tea, she plunged into film production along with her husband, Sahil Sangha.