Milestones...

All the big events in Aishwarya’s career. • The first Indian actress to be on the jury of the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival.
• Featured in the 2004 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
• In a poll conducted by Hello magazine, she was voted the number-one attractive woman of 2003, beating actresses such as Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
• In April 2003 she become the first Indian actress to be part of L’Oréal dream team and signed as their new international brand ambassador.
• The first Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone magazine (Issue 932, October 2, 2003)
• Become the first Indian actress to listed in Time magazine as one of 100 most influential people in the world (The 2004 TIME 100).
• In 2004, Aishwarya became the first Indian actress to have her own statue at London’s Madame Tussauds museum.
• On January 2nd, 2005, she became the first Indian actress to be interviewed on “60 Minutes”
• Voted #9 in Harpers and Queen magazine’s list of the 100 most beautiful women in the world.
• A tulip produced in 2005 was named for her.
• Voted number 12 on VH1′s 50 Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years. (December 2005)
• Voted as E’s 7th sexiest celebrity in the world.
• The first actress from India to get signed on with the American Library Association and also have a poster made of her for schools and library’s all across America.
• Second Indian actress to appear on the cover of TIME magazine in 2003.
• Become the first Indian actress to appear on international shows like, Oprah Winfrey Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Martha Stewart Show, The Tyra Banks Show, The Early Show.
• Aishwarya is the first goodwill ambassador for Smile Train, a charity that works worldwide for children with cleft lip.
• Ambassador for Longines watches since 1999.
• The first Indian actress to have her wax statue added to the Madame Tussauds museum at Times Square, New York. (August 2007)
• Forbes listed her in the 387th position out of 1,411 actors as the most bankable Indian star in Hollywood. (February 2009).
• In September 2009, Aishwarya made her second appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show this time with husband, Abhishek Bachchan, making them the first Indian couple to appear with Oprah. They were billed as “The World’s Most Famous Couple.”
• NDTV Honors her with the Female Icon of Indian Cinema Award (2010)
• The youngest actress to receive the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian honour, from the Government of India for her contribution to cinema. (2009)
• The only Indian Actress to be featured in Time Magazine’s Global Women Power-pack. (April 2010