Happy Birthday! As Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turns 43, Check out some of her RARE & UNSEEN Pics!

Aishwarya preparing for the pageant

Aishwarya in childhood days

Aishwarya in modelling days

Aishwarya and SRK on an event

Aishwarya with the young Ranbir Kapoor on 'Aa Ab Laut Chalne' sets

Aishwarya in her modelling days

In her modelling days

Aishwarya as a teenager

Aishwarya in her young days

Aishwarya meeting Sonia Gandhi

Aishwarya meeting Sonia Gandhi

Aishwarya as a child

Aishwarya in her childhood

In 1994 Miss India pageant, she won second place, behind Sushmita Sen

Her favourite subject was zoology, so she initially considered a career in medicine

She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy

Before marrying Abhishek, she had relationship with Vivek Oberoi and dated Salman Khan before that

Aishwarya married actor Abhishek Bachchan in 2007 and they have a daughter named 'Aaradhya'

Her first commercial success was the Tamil romantic drama Jeans (1998)

Her first Hindi film was Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol

She made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's 1997 Tamil film Iruvar starring legendary versatile actor Mohanlal

Aishwarya became Miss World in 1994

Born on 1 November 1973, Aishwarya turned 43