When Sushmita Sen Fainted Throughout “Hectic” Miss Universe Shoot At The Taj Mahal

Sushmita Sen in a nonetheless from the video. (courtesy: ritukumarq)

New Delhi:

Sushmita Sen, who was topped Miss Universe in 1994, did an iconic photoshoot in entrance of the Taj Mahal the identical 12 months. Designer Ritu Kumar shared a video from the archives that options Sushmita Sen’s aforementioned shoot. Ritu Kumar captioned the video, “Sushmita Sen’s Miss Universe Photoshoot.” Sharing extra particulars in regards to the video, the ace designer wrote, “In 1993, I struck a take care of the Miss India group to design garments for the contestants. In 1994, Sushmita Sen received the Miss India title and went on to win the Miss Universe title within the US. This was a historic second and one which I used to be delighted to be a part of. As a part of my take care of Miss India to create garments for the contestants, I used to be tasked with creating her wardrobe as she toured the US and I began sending her fits made out of bandhani and zardozi, kurta-pajamas and saris that had been all obtained rather well.”

Ritu Kumar described what occurred earlier than the shoot and the way they later managed to ace the shoot with a pink saree that Sushmita wore. She additionally talked about that Sushmita Sen fainted throughout the shoot. “When she landed in Delhi after the tour I acquired a frantic name to return to the Taj Palace. On reaching I realized that the group had scheduled a shoot exterior the Taj Mahal the subsequent day however the garments they acquired despatched had been shorts and t-shirts – too skimpy to be worn exterior a mausoleum! So, at evening we opened up the shop and positioned a pink sari and rapidly altered a shirt. We additionally acquired maintain of another key items and inside hours we had been prepared for the shoot. The shoot turned out to be hectic and poor Sushmita even fainted at one level however the photographs had been value our toils,” learn an excerpt from Ritu Kumar’s put up.

The designer signed off the put up with these phrases, “Up to now, I consider her in that pink sari sporting a crown and the UP Police personnel round us clapping with delight! These photographs had been splashed everywhere in the nation’s main publications with credit to us and, extra importantly, to the weavers.”

Take a look at the put up shared by Ritu Kumar right here:

Sushmita Sen, a former Miss Universe, is best-known for that includes in tasks like Biwi No 1, Do Knot Disturb, Essential Hoon Na, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge and No Drawback. She made her appearing comeback with the Worldwide Emmy-nominated collection Aarya. The actress was final seen within the third season of the collection. Sushmita Sen additionally featured in Taali, wherein she performed the position of transgender activist Shreegauri Sawant.