Sushmita Sen (born 19 November 1975) is an Indian film actress, model and the winner of the Miss Universe pageant of 1994. She was the first Indian to win the crown.After completing her reign, Sen went on to pursue Bollywood. She started her career with the Hindi film, Dastak. She rose to stardom with the Tamil musical Ratchagan opposite Nagarjuna; later, she attained commercial and critical recognition for her roles in Sirf Tum (1999) and the comedy Biwi No.1 (1999).