Aishwarya did her 1st commercial when she was in 9th grade for Camlin pencils. A Pepsi ad in 1993 put her in the spotlight.
She was offered many films before being crowned Miss World. In an interview, she shared ‘Raja Hindustani’ would have been her first film.
The actor initially wanted to pursue a career in medicine. She dropped the idea to study architecture instead.
Aishwarya became the first-ever Indian actor to be on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
She became the first actress in Bollywood whose wax statue was placed at Madame Tussauds in London in 2004.
A special variety of tulips in the famous Keukenhof garden in the Netherlands was named after Aishwarya in 2005.
She was the first Indian to be invited to the Oprah Winfrey show.