Is Aishwarya Bachchan the "Most Beautiful Women" in the World?

Aishwarya Rai is the most beautiful women in the world. You have heard it so many times that now it sounds like a dam CLICHE. Why the media is so crazy about this woman? What's so special about her? Well, I can not give you any clear cut answer about that but I have collected some facts which would really make you feel that there is something special about this woman.

Aishwarya Bachchan is the most photographed woman in India.

Aishwarya Bachchan was voted No. 5 in the list of sexiest stars of 2006. She was the only woman in the Top 5.

Aishwarya was ranked No. 10 in the list of the Best Bollywood Actresses Ever.

In 2006, Aishwarya Bachchan was voted No. 2 in the India's Most Desirable Women List.

Aishwarya was in the list of the Most Beautiful Women in the Past Century made by India Times.

Aishwarya was placed 1 in 2003, 3 in 2004 and 2 in 2005 and 2006 in the Filmfare List of Top Ten Bollywood Actresses. Aishwarya is the only actress included in Filmfare’s Annual Power List. In 2003, she was placed in number 7 and number 9 in 2005.

In the 2005 IIFA awards ceremony that took place in Amsterdam a new breed of tulip was named after Aishwarya Rai.

Aishwarya Bachchan was the first person to make her mark on the Dubai Studio City Wall of Fame during the IIFA Awards in Dubai.

Eastern Eye, a UK based magazine voted Aishwarya Bachchan 3^rd in the list of Sexiest Asian Women.

The Week, a British Magazine conducted a survey in 2000 where Aishwarya Bachchan was ranked 7^th in the list of the most admired Indians. She was the only actress in that top list.

Hello Magazine, one of the most popular British Magazines voted her the most attractive woman of 2003. Aishwarya Bachchan got the place beating Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Aishwarya Bachchan is the only Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone (Issue 932, October 2, 2003), Rolling Stone one of the most popular and iconic magazines of USA.

In 2003, Time Magazine put Aishwarya’s picture on its cover page. Before Aishwarya, only Parveen Babi’s picture was placed in 1976.

Aishwarya Bachchan was in the list Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2004.

In their June 2005 issue, Harpers and Queens Magazine voted Aishwarya Bachchan number 9 on the list 100 most beautiful women of today.

She is the only Bollywood personality invited in “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

In 2005, Mattel, the largest toy producing company released Barbie dolls adorned with costumes of Aishwarya Rai. The dolls were a super hit. They were sold in minutes after release.

VH1, an American cable television channel voted Aishwarya Bachchan 12 out 50 Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years.

Roger Joseph Ebert, America’s Pulitzer Prize winning film critic thinks that Aishwarya Bachchan is the most beautiful woman in the world.

E! Entertainment television, an American cable television voted Aishwarya Rai the 7^th sexiest celebrity in the world.

She is the first Indian actress to be signed on with the American Library Association. In addition, a poster with her picture on it has been made for schools and libraries all over USA.

In 2006, People Magazine, one of the most popular American weekly magazines included Aishwarya Rai in their list of 100 Most Beautiful people in the world.

She is very popular in Middle Eastern countries.

Bollyspice.com a web-based Indian film magazine ranked Aishwarya Bachchan number one in its list of “Top 10 Actresses of 2006.” [Via]