Miss Universe in 1994, she was the first international beauty pageant winner from India in a long time. It did not take very long for film opportunities to come knocking on her door. She has always belonged to the Hindi film industry, but her national popularity has taken to various other languages. Tamil lured her for Ratchagan opposite Nagarjuna which was also dubbed into Telugu. But, her most memorable moment in Kollywood will certainly be the ‘Shakalaka Baby’ number from Mudhalvan.