Throwback Thursday: When Sushmita Sen won 'Miss India' wearing gown from Sarojini Nagar

Sushmita Sen, who was crowned 'Miss India' in 1994, actually wore a gown stitched together froma  fabric bought from Sarojini Nagar, a flea market in Delhi. Sushmita revealed the same in an interview with late actor Farooq Shaikh on his show 'Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai'.

The video is now going viral. Sushmita can be heard telling Shaikh in the video, "We didn't have enough money to afford designer outfits. We needed four costumes. We were middle-class people and we knew our restrictions."

Sen then went on to talk about how her mother gave her the confidence to carry the gown. "My mother said, 'So what? They are not going to look at your clothes, they are going to look at you.' So we bought a piece of fabric from Sarojini Nagar market. Downstairs, in the garage, there was a local tailor who made petticoats. We gave him the material and said, 'This will come on TV, make a good dress.' He made my winning gown out of that fabric and my mother made a rose out of the remaining fabric. We bought brand new black socks, cut it, put elastic in it and then I wore them as gloves," revealed Sushmita.

"The day I won Miss India wearing that gown was a very big day for me. You don't need money to get what you want, your intention should be right," she was heard talking in the video. Sushmita appeared with her parents on the show.

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Sushmita Sen had gone on to defeat Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as she won Miss Universe title in 1994 and became the first to do so from India. Seen in Bengali films these days, Sen worked in popular Bollywood movies like 'Biwi No 1', 'Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya' and 'Main Hoon Na'.