In a recent interview with Curly Tales, Sushmita Sen recalled the time when she was starving for food after winning the Miss Universe title in 1994. Here's what happened on that evening in Mexico!
Sushmita Sen engraved her name in the history books on May 21, 1994, at the famous Plenary Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines. Sushmita became the first Indian woman to win the prestigious title of Miss Universe. At the age of 18, she not only made India's mark on the global stage but also introduced herself to the Indian film industry. After winning the Miss Universe title in 1994, Sushmita made her acting debut in Bollywood with the film, Dastak in 1996, and the rest is history.
In a recent interview with Curly Tales, Sushmita Sen shared an interesting incident from the time when she had won the Miss Universe title in 1994. The ever-so-gorgeous diva revealed that she took dining etiquette classes after an incident that happened at a dinner party in Mexico shortly after she won the Miss Universe pageant.
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Sharing details of the same, Sushmita Sen revealed that she was sent to Mexico as a chief guest along with a series of dignified people. At the mere age of 18, she was given the place of the head of the table, and it was a nervous moment for her as she could barely speak English back then. Revealing how she was starving and because she wasn't aware of table manners back in that time, she was navigated through the seven-course meal by someone else. The actress said:
"I'm at the head of the table, I'm 18 years old, I barely speak English. I'm getting it together at that point and Barbara, my travel manager sitting to my right and thereafter beyond Barbara are all men. I'm starving, I'm smiling at my travel manager saying 'I'm very hungry'. Then I bend over like 'I'm very hungry Barbara.' She's like 'So are they and you're the chief guest, you need to start.'"
Further, in the same interview, Sushmita Sen stated that soon after coming from the event, she started taking dining etiquette from a San Franciso-based teacher. The actress practised multiple types of etiquettes, including dining etiquette with her. Recalling the important lessons which she learned from her teacher, Sushmita stated that she was told to always go to a dining party with her tummy full. Recalling the same, she said:
"This is when I went to Barbra and I came back to Miss Universe organisation and I said I need to learn because I felt very out of place and I don't want to feel like this again so they. One of the things I learnt from her was, 'Pet bhar kar kha kar jaao ghar se. So that you do not have the urge to eat at the dinner table and you can elegantly say, 'No more, thank you', and they will assume you follow a strict diet."
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Sushmita Sen is one of the few actresses in Indian film history who never skips a chance to share her bold and unfiltered thoughts on things. Once, in an old interview with Pinkvilla's Masterclass, Sushmita admitted that people called her a 'difficult actress' when she was working in the 90s. Not only this, Sushmita also addressed the much-discussed issue of gender-based parity in Bollywood. Sushmita admitted that people weren't used to women asking questions. Sharing her thoughts on the same, she said:
"If you as an actress asked for ki role mein karna kya hai, you are difficult as an actor to deal with. Aap bahut jyada sawaal jawaab karte ho. Aurton ko nahi karna chahiye.........Galatfehmi. Sawaal hai jaroor kijiye."
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