The TIME 100 — Are They Worthy?

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AISHWARYA RAI

Aishwarya Rai

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AGE: 33
OCCUPATION: Actress
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 1
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: By all accounts one of the most beautiful women in the world, and an immensely popular and critically acclaimed Bollywood actress. The Web contains over 18,000 sites devoted to her.

CON: She's getting older, and just got married — the latter a factor that has undone many a Bollywood actress's career. And despite much fanfare and heavy promotion, her non-Bollywood career has yet to take off.

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