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Sushmita Sen was born into the Sen family on November 19, 1975, in Hyderabad, India. Her father, Shubeer Sen, served as a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force, while her mother, Subhra Sen, was a jewelry designer with a store based in Dubai. Sushmita has two siblings: a sister named Neelam, who is married to Nauman Malik, and a brother named Rajeev. Her maternal grandfather was a poet.
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She attended various schools in Jorhat and Nagpur, but the majority of her schooling was at the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute and Air Force Silver School in Delhi, due to her father's postings. Sushmita was known to be somewhat of a tomboy and spent much of her time with male classmates. Although her schooling was in Hindi medium, she later became proficient in English, ultimately pursuing an English Honors degree alongside Journalism. Her place of birth in Hyderabad endowed her with fluent Urdu-speaking skills.
Sushmita's first public appearance was at the Air Force Club Contest when she was 15 years old. Following that, she participated in a few fashion shows. In 1994, she decided to compete in the Miss India beauty pageant, despite being seen as an underdog against the favored Aishwarya Rai. To everyone's surprise, Sushmita won the Miss India title, while Aishwarya became the First Runner-up. Both of them went on to win prestigious international titles, with Sushmita becoming Miss Universe and Aishwarya becoming Miss World. Interestingly, Sushmita's final outfit for the Miss Universe pageant was crafted by a little-known tailor from Meena Bazar, with assistance from her mother.
1. A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. It’s not about the crown on your head but the light within.
2. You have to stand up for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.
3. Being Miss Universe is more than just winning a beauty pageant. It's about being an ambassador of the Universe.
4. My experiences have taught me that when something is yours, no one can take it away from you.
5. Happiness is always a choice. You can’t wait for circumstances to get better. You have to create your own good fortune.
6. The essence of being a woman is to evolve and to continually strive to be better.
7. Self-respect is the best gift you can give yourself.
8. Life’s journey is about learning to live with yourself and finding joy in your own company.
9. When you know yourself, you are empowered. When you accept yourself, you are invincible.
10.Being unique is better than being perfect.
11. The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes because that is the doorway to her heart.
12. Courage is not the absence of fear. It’s the ability to act in the presence of fear.
13. Success is not measured by what you achieve, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
14. A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.
15. Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
16. You are not defined by your circumstances, but by how you respond to them.
17. When you live with dignity and self-respect, everything else falls into place.
18. The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
19. I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
20. The only thing you can ever be truly in control of is how you treat yourself. And that one action will determine your life.
21. Life is a balance of holding on and letting go. Master that, and you’ll master life.
