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Zeenat Aman to Katrina Kaif: 7 Top actresses who were models

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Zeenat Aman

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.

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Deepika Padukone

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.

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Priyanka Chopra

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. 

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Anushka Sharma

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.

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Katrina Kaif

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.

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Preity Zinta

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.

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Aishwarya Rai

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.

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