7 Lesser Known Facts About Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya did her first commercial for Camlin pencils when she was still studying in school (standard IX).
Aishwarya is the first Bollywood actress to get a wax statue hosted at Madame Tussauds.
She is also the first Indian actress to participate in the famous Oprah Winfrey show in the US.
During her school days, she wanted to pursue medicine and her favourite subject was Zoology.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India and received 'Ordre des Arts et des Letters' by the Government of France in 2012.
Aishwarya enrolled herself at Raheja College of Arts to become an architect, but left it to pursue a career in modelling.
Aishwarya Rai is the only actress, who was invited for lunch by the US President George W. Bush when he visited India in 2006, but she couldn't attend it.

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