Mumbai: Sushmita Sen, the first Indian woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1994, has worked with Donald Trump during her modelling days.
While promoting her television series ‘Aarya’, Sushmita recalled signing the contract with the current US president as a franchise holder of Miss India Universe from 2010-12 and said it was neither easy nor fun.
“The Miss Universe Organisation called me, and said, ‘Would you like to take the franchise?’ I was like, ‘What? Really? That was like a dream!’ I signed a pretty intense contract when I took on this franchise, and that was owned by Donald Trump — which didn’t make it easy or fun,” Sushmita was quoted as saying by Mid-Day.
She added, “Luckily, the only people who were my boss at that time were Paramount Communications and Madison Square Garden, because they owned Miss Universe when I was an employee of Miss Universe for a year. I was a franchise owner for Donald Trump.”
The actress also admitted that she did meet Trump on a few occasions as their franchise was associated with him. However, she refused to divulge any further details.
“There are some people who leave an impression, not necessarily because of their achievements or power. Just for the people that they are. He is not one of them,” she said.