Aishwarya Rai: Journey from Miss World to Bachchan Bahu (see pics)

Her journey of life started in 1973, when she became a reason for a joyous occasion in the Rai household, Aishwarya Rai was born to Krishnaraj and Brinda on 1st November 1973. A younger sister to Aditya Rai, Aishwarya was fondly called Gullu by her parents and brother.She entered the world of glamour as young as 15 years old when she starred in a commercial for Camlin pencils when she was in 9th grade. In early 1991, Aishwarya Rai bagged her first modeling project, later she won a supermodel contest organized by Ford, which made her way into the American issue of Vogue.She commercially gained her first success in 1993 starring opposite Aamir Khan in an ad for Pepsi. A trained classical dancer she had plans to pursue architecture but later she diverted to modeling as her permanent career.In 1994, Aishwarya entered Miss India pageant, the same year Sushmita Sen too participated. Though Sushmita won the competition, Aishwarya Rai had to settle for first runners-up position. Later that year, both Aishwarya, and Susmita participated in Miss World and Miss Universe pageant respectively; both emerged victorious was were titled Miss World 1994, and Miss Universe 1994 respectively.Aishwarya Rai entered Indian cinema and chose Tamil cinema to make her debut. She starred opposite Revathi, Prakash Raj and Mohan Lal and Tabu in Mani Ratnam's Iruvar.Mostly during her early years of acting career Aishwarya was criticised for being a girl flashing a smile and displaying a pretty face in each of her films. Aishwarya has been off-screen involved with numerous humanitarian projects, International Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS, supports PETA, to name a few. Aishwarya has worked for global brands like, Longines watches, Lakmé Cosmetics, Titan Watches, L'Oréal, Philips, Coca-Cola, , Casio pager, Palmolive, Lux, Fuji films, Nakshatra Diamond Jewellery, Kalyan Jewellers, TTK Prestige etc. She is amongst the top brand ambassadors in the country.Aishwarya Rai in 1999 started dating Salman Khan and broke off with him in the year 2001, after Rai allegedly accused Salman to be violent in their relationship. She also briefly dated Vivek Oberoi, the affair that she has repeatedly denied.In year 2007, during filming Guru, Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan fell in love, and she accepted his marriage proposal.Both Aishwarya and Abhishek appeared together at Cannes Red Carpet and Oprah Winfrey show after their marriage and were touted as Bollywood's answer to Brangelina.In November 2011, Aishwarya Rai gave birth to daughter Aaradhya Bachchan. Post delivery, she has been constantly under scanner due to her post-pregnancy weight. Aishwarya this year in 2013 has returned to showbiz.Check out pics of Aishwarya: