Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Diana Hayden

Over two decades later, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb wonders how Diana Hayden bagged the Miss World crown in 1997. He reportedly said at an event in Agartala that international beauty contests were a joke and that he failed to understand the judging process. "We see women as goddess Laxmi and Saraswati. Aishwarya Rai represents the Indian women. She became the Miss World (1994) and that's all right. But I do not understand the beauty of Diana Hayden," he said.