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Time to celebrate: Sushmita Sen former Miss Universe 1994 and Aishwarya Rai former Miss World 1994 made the country proud after wining their respective titles.

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Earthen beauty: Pooja Chitgopekar, 21 is Miss Earth Air and represented India in the International Miss Earth 2007. She ended as first runner up in the Miss Earth contest.

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Mother of the world: Roman Catholic Mother Teresa founded many Missionaries of Charity. For over forty years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying. By the 1970s she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.

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Power of pen: One of the renowned novelist of India. Shobaa De is often called India's Jackie Collins. She has left the mark with her writing skills among the readers. The socialite has account of works like 'Speedpost', 'Starry Nights', 'Spouse' and many more to her credit.

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Winning moment: Sushmita Sen left the whole universe spellbound when she clinched the Ms. Universe crown in 1994. A well-known Bollywood actress, and a single mother of an adopted girl child Renee. Sushmita likes to pen down poetry in her spare time.

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World at her feet: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an internationally renowned Indian actress. Before starting her acting career, she gained fame and won acccolades for the country after winning the Miss World contest in 1994. Last year got married to Abhishek Bachchan of the famous Bachchan clan of Bollywood, Aish has another feather in her cap being a "Bachchan Bahu".

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Glorious glory: Priyanka Chopra made the nation proud when she was crowned Miss World in 2000. She became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years. Priyanka later went on to deliver commercial success with films like 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi', 'Krrish' and 'Don', establishing herself as a popular actress.

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Big achiever: Shilpa Shetty started her filmi career with Baazigar. Her big success came after taking part in the British Celebrity 'Big Brother' TV show in 2007, Shetty was crowned the winner with 63% of the final vote. She has been recognized as a global figure since then. On her agenda next, is a cookery book titled 'Soul Curry' and role of Sita in Uru Patel's international venture 'Hanuman.'

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Smile of victory: Lara Dutta was crowned Femina Miss India Universe. She brought laurels to the country by winning Miss Universe in 2000. Lara is a renowned bollywood actress and also UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.

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Musical maestro: Asha Bhosle is a best known as a Bollywood playback singer, although she has a much wider repertoire. Her career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 950 Bollywood movies. She is believed to have sung over 12,000 songs. (Photo/Kirti Surve) (BCCL)

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