Bollywood
The OG trendsetter of Bollywood, Zeenat Aman started her career as a model. She was the 1st runner-up in Femina Miss India 1970 and did several runways and modeling gigs.
Deepika has talked about taking modeling seriously in college. The Kalki 2898 AD actress walked her first runway in the 2005 Lakme India Fashion Week in Delhi.
Priyanka Chopra wanted to be an aeronautical engineer before participating in the Miss India contest in 2000 at 17. From there she got into modeling and later acting.
Anushka's journey sounds like a daydream where she was once spotted by fashion designer Ventrell Rodricks in a mall. From there she started her modelling career.
Katrina Kaif won a beauty pageant in Hawai at the young age of 14. After that she started doing modelling gigs and landed herself in Bollywood.
Preity earned a degree in criminal psychology, however, she took modeling gigs and first appeared in a TV ad for Perk chocolate which kick-started her career.
Aishwarya got into modeling as her college professor who was also a photojournalist encouraged her to participate in fashion endeavours which led to her modeling career.