Sushmita Sen has always been candid about her personal and professional challenges. Now, in an interview with curly talesThe actress revealed that she missed the Miss Universe dinner due to her unfamiliarity with table manners. Sushmita had created history 29 years ago (1994) by becoming the first Indian to win the Miss Universe crown. The actress said, “I didn’t learn table manners before winning Miss Universe. After winning it, they sent me to Mexico City. I’m 18 years old, I barely speak English. I’m learning it at the time and Barbara, my travel manager, is sitting to my right and then beyond Barbara are all the men. I’m starving, I’m smiling at my travel manager saying ‘I’m so hungry.’ Then I bend over like ‘I’m so hungry, Barbara.’ She says, ‘They are too and you are the chief guest, you need to get started.’

Sushmita Sen said, “I felt very strange, and I don’t want to feel that again. One of the things I learned was ‘Go from home with a full stomach, so that you will not be eager to go there to eat. [Eat well at home and then go for an official dinner, so that you won’t feel the urge to eat there], Then you can elegantly say, ‘No more, thanks’, and they’ll assume you’re following a strict diet.’

Sushmita Sen is always open about her journey in the industry. The actress, in an old interview with late actor Farooq Shaikh on NDTV talk show Jeena is her nameshared how she had her winning gown for Miss India stitched by a local tailor as she could not afford four different designer outfits for the finale.

The actress said,We don’t need that much money to go on stage wearing designer clothes. Four costumes are required. We belong to the middle class and we do not know our restrictions. [We didn’t have enough money to afford designer outfits. We needed four costumes. We were middle-class people and we knew our restrictions.],

Sushmita Sen further said, “Mummy said, ‘So what?’ The guys are looking at your clothes, they are looking at you. So come on, it has started, Sarojini Nagar market is open to buy clothes. [a flea market in New Delhi] se. Below us, in the garage, there was a man sewing a petticoat, he held his jacket and said, ‘Look brother, it has come on TV, please do it.’ They made my winning gown with our fabric, mummy made a rose out of the leftover fabric and then bought black socks, brand new ones, while wearing elastic gloves. [My mother said, ‘So what? They are not going to look at your clothes, they are going to look at you.’ So we bought a piece of fabric from Sarojini Nagar market. Downstairs, in the garage, there was a local tailor who made petticoats. We gave him the material and said, ‘This will come on TV, make a good dress.’ He made my winning gown out of that fabric and my mother made a rose out of the remaining fabric. We bought brand new black socks, cut it, put elastic in it and then I wore them as gloves],

On the work front, Sushmita Sen was last seen in the Hotstar series Arya – Final Vaar.