By:
Raymond
Ronamai
Wednesday,
May
30,
2007
There
is
no
denying
that
Indian
women
have
brought
laurels
to
the
country
by
winning
beauty
pageants
at
the
international
level.
In
fact,
they
have
been
making
the
people
proud
by
winning
titles
like
Miss
Universe,
Miss
World
and
Miss
Asia
Pacific.
However,
these
same
women
look
lost
once
they
are
back
on
their
feet.
Films
seem
to
be
the
only
way
out.
Yes,
there
is
a
long
line
of
girls
who
have
entered
filmdom
after
wearing
the
crown.
Indian
beauties
have
been
using
beauty
pageants
as
a
springboard
to
filmdom,
and
this
tradition
has
been
going
on
for
many
years.
Nafisa
Ali
won
Miss
India
title
in
1976
and
represented
the
country
at
the
international
level
in
1977.
She
was
adjusted
the
runners-up
but
her
journey
ended
up
in
films.
She
has
hit
films
like
Junoon,
Major
Saab
and
Bewafaa.
Today,
if
you
look
at
former
Miss
Indias,
you
will
see
most
of
them
in
films.
Sushmita
Sen
and
Aishwarya
Rai
put
India
on
the
world
beauty
map
by
winning
Miss
Universe
and
Miss
World
titles
respectively
in
1994.
But
they
jumped
into
films
without
a
second
thought.
Other
Miss
India
title
winners
are
not
immune
to
this
syndrome.
Former
Miss
India
winners
who
are
acting
in
films
include
Swaroop
Sampat,
Sangeeta
Bijlani,
Juhi
Chawla,
Sonu
Walia,
Namrata
Shirodkar,
Sushmita
Sen,
Aishwarya
Bachchan,
Diana
Hayden,
Yukta
Mookhey,
Gul
Panag,
Lara
Dutta,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Dia
Mirza,
Celina
Jaitley,
Tanushree
Dutta,
and
the
number
goes
on
and
on
as
if
there
is
no
end.
They
seem
to
find
filmdom
irresistible.
Glamour
and
film
always
go
together.
You
hardly
find
films
without
glamour.
In
fact,
you
see
too
much
of
it
in
today's
films
with
girls
ever
ready
to
show
off
their
flesh.
Moreover,
beauty
is
one
of
the
prerequisites
of
a
film
star.
So,
it
is
no
surprising
that
Miss
India
title
holders
enter
films,
as
they
have
all
that
it
takes
to
become
a
big
star
like
beauty,
glamour,
figure
and
above
all
confidence.
Miss
Japan
Riyo
Mori
has
walked
away
with
Miss
Universe
2007
title
but
Miss
India
Universe
Puja
Gupta,
who
represented
the
country
at
the
contest,
has
nothing
to
loss.
She
made
it
to
the
top
10
finalists.
Another
good
news
is
that
a
world
of
fortune
awaits
her
at
home,
because
she
can
enter
films
any
time,
any
day.
Of
course,
this
short-term
demand
could
be
fatal
if
they
don't
accept
film
offers
with
care.
Well,
it
would
be
very
good
if
these
beauties
work
for
the
cause
of
the
society.
They
can
bring
about
lots
of
changes
in
the
society
like
no
one
else,
especially
in
poor
countries
like
ours.
Let's
not
lost
hope
that
these
intelligent
pretty
girls
start
working
for
the
people
sooner
than
later
and
make
our
country
a
better
place
to
live
in.
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