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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan became a global sensation after she won the Miss World title in 1994. Many other Indian girls including Sushmita Sen, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Lara Dutta, and others won the international beauty titles but no one could reach the level of popularity and recognition that Aishwarya has. After she became a Hollywood actor PeeCee started gaining attraction from the Western media and attending big events like the Met Gala and Pre-Oscars event with her husband Nick Jonas.
Both Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen are eloquent and can speak really well but they could not go further than the beauty pageant win. They received mediocre success in Bollywood but internationally they were soon forgotten like all the other beauty queens.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan continues to lead the way
The Met Gala 2025 was a debut for many Bollywood celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan and Kiara Advani. It is a big international fashion event where what you dress and how you present yourself is the highlighting factor. For the first time, Shah Rukh Khan made his debut at an international fashion event in a Sabyasachi dress.
Known for having a massive following across the world, especially in the US, fans were aghast when the interviewers asked SRK who he was. The Badshah of Bollywood known to take his fame and recognition for granted in India had to explain to the host on the blue carpet that he was an Indian actor. It shows that despite having thousands of Indian fans in the US worshipping Shah Rukh Khan , the A-listed Hollywood circle is not at all aware of him, and the big balloon about SRK’s stardom in the West busted openly.
SRK did try to do damage control by ensuring that his PR agencies make Khloe Kardashian tweet about him but the wordings and the promotions looked all curated. On the other hand, when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walked at the Ambani wedding, it was the top American celebrity Kim Kardashian who felt proud in sharing her photograph with Ash on her official Instagram handle.
The entire things appeared so organic and natural speaking volumes about the recognition that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has overseas. Even though her look at the Cannes 2024 was slammed badly by Indians, she was covered by all the leading international magazines proving once again Aishwarya’s global Indian representation.