No Pageants For Deepika Picture

No Pageants For Deepika Photoshoot

Model-turned-actress Deepika Padukone says she always wanted to carve a niche for herself in the glamour industry but without participating in a beauty pageant, unlike many of her colleagues.
“I had set up an objective to become a model without winning any beauty pageants,” Deepika told choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan on her chat show.
But the actress didn’t give any specific reason for her aversion to taking part in beauty contests. A lot of Indian actresses and ex-Miss Indias, including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sushmita Sen, Celina Jaitly, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza joined Bollywood after earning fame through national and international beauty pageants.