The
glamorous
industry
of
Bollywood
owes
a
lot
to
the
Miss
India
pageant;
a
talent
house
which
has
produced
some
of
the
biggest
film
stars.
The
names
include
Nutan,
Zeenat
Aman,
Juhi
Chawla,
Meenakshi
Seshadri,
Sushmita
Sen,
Aishwarya
Rai
and
Priyanka
Chopra.
And
now
another
Miss
India
participant
Rakul
Preet
Singh
is
all
set
to
enter
the
glittering
world
with
Yaariyaan;
the
directorial
debut
of
T-Series'
head
honcho
Bhushan
Kumar's
wife
Divya
Kumar.
"
Yaariyaan
is
about
five
college
friends
and
I
play
a
nerd
in
the
film.
One
who
is
very
good
with
numbers," quips
the
leading
lady.
The
character
is
quite
of
her
liking,
as
the
tall
and
lissome
Rakul
is
a
mathematics
graduate,
who
has
studied
financial
management.
Moreover,
like
many
previous
beauty
pageant
winners,
she
comes
from
a
family
background
of
the
Indian
Army.
Rakul
won
various
titles
in
the
Miss
India
pageant
of
2011.
She
bagged
Miss
India
People's
Choice,
Miss
Beautiful
Eyes,
Miss
Beautiful
Smile,
Miss
Fresh
Face,
Miss
Talented
and
emerged
the
third
runner-up
finalist.
Soon
after,
she
participated
in
Miss
Tourism
in
China
and
rose
to
the
sixth
position
in
the
international
pageant.
But
that's
not
all
to
her
Libran
multi-faceted
personality!
Apart
from
Hindi,
English
and
Punjabi,
the
gal
has
now
learnt
to
speak
Tamil
and
Telugu
and
also
acted
in
Southern
hits.
Her
die-hard
interests
include
horse
riding,
Bharatanatyam,
and
hold
your
breath;
golf
too.
Now,
now!
How
many
Bollywood
actresses
would
have
engaged
in
playing
golf!
But
if
you
think,
that's
enough
for
Rakul,
you
are
mistaken!
The
girl
is
a
fitness
freak
with
gymming
and
swimming
being
her
daily
addictions.
She's
a
Blue
Belt
in
Karate,
plays
cricket,
basket
ball
and
even
lawn
tennis!
And
wait,
did
we
tell
you,
she's
particularly
proud
of
her
36-24-36
figure!
Ooh
la
la!