When Aishwarya Rai was Kareena Kapoor's competition in size zero category

Though it seems like weight has become Aishwarya Rai's treacherous friend since the birth of her daughter Aaradhya and shedding those extra kilos has got stuck at  certain plump-o-metre as far as Aishwarya's weighty issues are concerned.

But as we all know this wasn't the Aishwarya we knew a decade back. In fact if we rewind a bit more Aishwarya during her modelling days was fit enough to give the size zero Kareena Kapoor a run for her money. 

We bring you rare pictures of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's modelling days when she traveled the journey from being an ordinary model to Miss World.  

During her modelling days Aishwarya Rai who is 170 cms tall weighed 50 kgs.

  

Before Aishwarya hit Bollywood she was extremely thin as a model.

  

She had been voted the Most Beautiful Actress by Hello Magazine beating the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Kidman, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2003.

  

She was placed 12th in the Vh1’s Sexiest Actress of the last 20 years (2005).

  

She was listed amongst the Top 100 Most Influential People by Time in 2004.

  

She is the 2nd Indian actress to appear on the cover of TIME magazine. The first was Praveen Babi.

She is the 2nd Indian actress to appear on the cover of TIME magazine. The first was Praveen Babi.

  

While in the ninth grade, she appeared in her first modelling assignment for Camlin Pencils.

 

After graduating from secondary school, Rai attended Jai Hind College for a year and later passed high school from DG Ruparel College. 

While at Jai Hind, photographs taken by her English professor (an amateur photographer) were published in a fashion magazine. 

These pictures were spotted by advertising agencies and she was cast for several television commercials.

  

In 1991, Aishwarya won a supermodel contest (organised by Ford) and was eventually featured in the American edition of Vogue. 

After abandoning an idea to pursue a career in medicine, Aishwarya enrolled for a course in architecture at the Raheja College of Arts. 

However, she dropped out of college to pursue a full-time career as a model.

  

In 1993, Aishwarya gained public recognition for her appearance in a Pepsi commercial with actor Aamir Khan. 

Aishwarya Rai post her Miss World days.