Sushmita Sen turns 40 today! In 1994, as a teenager, Sen won the title of Femina Miss India. Sen then won the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant, held in Manila, Philippines, representing India. At Miss Universe, Sen ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gómez, and Miss Greece Rea Totounzi, who ranked second but won the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Sen went on to place second, fifth and third in the swimsuit, India to the Miss Universe pageant from 2010 onwards through her project I Am She – Miss Universe India. Here's a little #Throwback moment from her Miss Universe finale and how she looked.

Here is the video of her winning journey and why she truly deserved to be the first Miss Universe from India in every sense.