Sushmita Sen Celebrates 22 Years of Miss Universe Win With Throwback Pic

Mumbai: Actress Sushmita Sen went on a nostalgic trip as she celebrated 22 years of her Miss Universe win on May 21 with an Instagram post.

The 40-year-old model-turned-actress, who was the first Indian woman to win the crown of Miss Universe in 1994, shared a picture of her special day on Instagram on Friday. She wrote: "A day when history was made."
 

 

#21stMay1994 #India won #missuniverse for the #firsttime A day when #history was made!! #celebrating #22yrs of that #beautiful #victory it #inspired an #18yr old girl to be the #woman she is #today Thank you #India #thankyou #God lots of love #missuniverse1994

A photo posted by Sushmita Sen (@sushmitasen47) on May 20, 2016 at 12:55pm PDT

 The Main Hoon Na actress also thanked Miss Colombia Carolina Gomez, first runner-up at Miss Universe 1994, for being supportive. She shared a 'rare image' on Instagram:
 

 

#special #treat #sharing a #rare #imageThe #risingsun was the #theme of this #picture shot by a #famous #colombian #photographer in #cartegena city on my first #stateguest visit to #Colombia as #missuniverse1994 #age18 #amazingpeople #lifetime #memories #muchasgracias

A photo posted by Sushmita Sen (@sushmitasen47) on May 20, 2016 at 1:40pm PDT

 Sushmita made her Bollywood debut in 1996 with Mahesh Bhatt directed-film Dastak and has starred in movies like Biwi No 1, Bewafaa and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?.

Sushmita was last seen in 2015's Bengali film Nirbaak.