Aishwarya Rai was born on the 1st of November 1973 in Karnataka, Managlore, India to a former merchant navy officer Krishnaraj Rai and homemaker Vrinda Rai. She has one older brother who is also a merchant navy officer, Vrinda Rai.

Aishwarya attended the prestigious DG Ruparel College in India which is the number one science college in the country. Prior to that, she graduated from the Arya Vidya Mandir in Santacruz, Bombay, India. Then she also attended the Raheja College of Architecture in Bandara, Bombay, India.

Aishwarya wanted to become a doctor and had no dreams of becoming an actress when she was young. But things had their way of coming and now she has an average of two movie offers in a day. She started modeling while studying for Architecture at the Raheja College of Architecture. Then in 1994 she entered the Miss India contest and got second place for which she represented the country the Miss World which she eventually won the title and the Miss Photogenic Award. She worked as Miss World for one year in London and when she returned home the after her reign she was offered by the producers to appear in films.

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