Shweta Menon Reveals She was Aishwarya Rai’s Roommate In Miss India 1994

10 September-Kolkata, India: Both Indian actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sushmita Sen made their debut as pageant winners in the year 1994, which was a proud moment for a nation like India, as the respective duo won Miss World and Miss Universe in a short moment. However, another Indian actress also participated in the same events, where she participated for the title of Miss India, and she was a runner-up.

She is no other than the magnificent Shweta Menon, who is now the first female President of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists(AMMA). The actress also shared secret details that she also shared the same room with the legendary beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Shweta Menon shares her personal experience

During a recent interview, Shweta Menon said “I was a roommate of Aishwarya Rai, and Sushmita Sen won it,” said Menon at the India Today Conclave South 2025. While Francesca Hart was the third runner-up, Menon said that she went to Miss India Asia Pacific and became the third runner-up.”

She further added that “I went to Miss India Asia Pacific, but managed to get third runner-up without any backing. The excitement that we had, I can see it in everyone now and in my daughter too. Today, I think everyone is a model.”

Shweta also shared her personal life experience when she was a school girl. She stated that “One day, when I came back from school, my father informed me that there was a letter from Coimbatore to participate in Miss India contest. Though he was not very happy about the fact that I sent the application without consulting him, he gave me permission to participate in the contest and accompanied me to Coimbatore. I came first runner-up in the competition and my photos appeared in newspapers in Kerala. As the first runner-up, participation in the final was not allowed for me despite being qualified, due to my age being below 18.”

Shweta Menon is a very famous actress in the Malayalam movie Industry, such as Salt n’ Pepper (2011), Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009), Rathinirvedam (2011), City of God (2011), and Akkaldhamayile Pennu (2015). Apart from Malayalam, she also acted in various iconic Bollywood movies such as ‘Bandhan’, ‘Ishq’, ‘Asoka’, ‘Sandwich’ and ‘Corporate‘.