Aishwarya Rai on college life and how she was first asked to model for a magazine shoot, in Mumbai

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Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai speaks about how she entered in modelling and film industry. She says "Well, I am from Mangalore but I lived my life in Bombay. I am a complete Bombayite. I studied in Bombay only... from school to college. People used to call me cute when I was a kid. It could be because of my eyes or brown hair. One of my professor in college requested me to do a fashion feature in a magazine. She was doing photojournalism in some magazines. She was my English professor. That is how I entered into modelling. After becoming Miss world people listen to me carefully. They took me far more seriously. My approach became a little more responsible and definitely, I became a full-fledged media personality or what a people call celebrity. Before entering the film Industry I was alr