Joining her as judges were Cynthia Bailey, Mickey Boardman, Francine LaFrak, Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes, and Miss Universe 1993 Dayanara Torres. The pageant took place at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines on 30 January 2017. Miss Universe judge 2016 Īs a celebration of 65th Miss Universe, 23 years after winning the pageant, she returned to Manila, Philippines, in January 2017, as one of the judges of the Miss Universe 2016 beauty pageant. It ran for three years (from 2010 to 2012). Īfter the Times Group relinquished the rights to choose the Indian representative to Miss Universe, Sen's project, I Am She – Miss Universe India, took over. She was the first Indian to win the title. Miss Universe 1994 Īt the Miss Universe contest, Sen ranked third overall in the preliminaries, behind Miss Colombia Carolina Gómez and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado Sen went on to place second, fifth and third in the subsequent rounds and finally won the title and crown of Miss Universe 1994. She won the title ' Femina Miss India Universe', earning the right to compete at the Miss Universe 1994 contest. In 1994, as a teenager, Sen participated in the Femina Miss India contest. Ann's High School in Secunderabad, but did not pursue any further higher education. She attended Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute in New Delhi and St. She has one sibling, a brother named Rajeev. Sen was born into a Bengali Baidya family in Hyderabad to Shubeer Sen, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander, and Subhra Sen, a jewellery designer and owner of a Dubai-based store.