Aishwarya Rai

Birth name Aishwarya Rai
Born 1 November 1973

Aishwarya Rai was born November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, in the South Indian state of Karnataka, to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. She studied in Mangalore until 7th grade. Her family later relocated to Mumbai. Rai has one brother, Aditya Rai, who is three years older. Aditya is in the merchant navy, and has also co-produced a film with Rai in the lead.

Her native language is Tulu; she also speaks Hindi, Marathi, English, Kannada, and Tamil. She is Hindu. She attended the Arya Vidya Mandir at Santacruz, then entered Ruparel College, Matunga, Mumbai. She was an A student and was on track to become an architect.

Rai began modeling on the side while studying architecture. She was a contestant in the Miss India 1994 pageant, which she lost to Sushmita Sen but later went on to compete for the Miss World title and won.