A Quote by Neha Dhupia

Since I wore a bikini at the Miss India pageant, I have no inhibitions wearing it on screen.

Neha Dhupia

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Bikini India Inhibitions Miss Pageant Screen Since Wearing Wore

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Neha Dhupia
Indian - Actress
Born: August 27, 1980

I did not want the audience to have the perception that I wore a bikini on screen.

Neha Pendse

Before I won Miss Diva in 2015, I had won the pageant once before in 2012. Back then, it was called Miss Universe India.

Urvashi Rautela

I was studying communications and acting, and I decided over the summer that I wanted to work on my acting skills and perform in a pageant. I didn't have any other way of practicing, so I entered the Miss Rhode Island pageant. I ended up wearing a dress that was a $20 rental. It was too short, and there was a hole in the back of it.

Olivia Culpo

Winning a beauty pageant and the Miss India title was always a dream.

Manushi Chhillar

It's not that I am not comfortable wearing a bikini on screen. If I get an opportunity in future, why not?

Hina Khan

When I was in Class XI, I started preparing for medical college, and after that, the Miss India pageant.

Manushi Chhillar

Miss America is a scholarship pageant, and they actually define themselves as a talent pageant.

Shanna Moakler

One thing led to another and I was selected from Hyderabad for the Miss India pageant. I remember my mother being really surprised that I wanted to take part!

Dia Mirza

When I first came to India from Sri Lanka, people were surprised to see my toned arms. I had come right after the Miss Universe pageant.

Jacqueline Fernandez

I am not comfortable wearing a bikini in real life, why should I agree to wear one on screen? A swimsuit becomes like a dress when you wrap a sarong over it, so there was no objection to that.

Neha Pendse

I did some glamorous roles and even wore a bikini in the Telugu film 'Drona,' but the audience was aghast. Some said, 'Please don't ever wear a bikini again!'

Priyamani

I was always passionate about the Miss India pageant. Though I was a medical student, I never had a plan B. I dont want to regret anything in life, so it was really important for me to win this competition.

Manushi Chhillar

I didn't get out of India till I was 15 years old, and I went to Malaysia with my father for an exhibition. And after that international visit, the next time I stepped on foreign shores was for the Miss Universe pageant at the age of 18.

Sushmita Sen

I consider myself to be blessed. I have a family that is a mix of different religions and different ethnicities. I hope everyone can look beyond the bikini or beyond the whole beauty pageant stereotype of Miss USA, and realize that what I'm doing is more significant than just that. It represents the United States as a country of opportunity, where you can do anything you want to, and ethnicity and religion cannot stop you.

Rima Fakih

So you've been gone a couple days,' Alison said. 'Hmm, what'd you miss...A celebrity did drugs. Politicians disagreed. A different celebrity wore a bikini that revealed a bodily imperfection. A team won a sporting event, but another team lost.