Dhaka, March 21 -- Before she became an actress, Taapsee Pannu tried modelling for a few years. During her time as a student, she even tried her luck at the Miss India pageant, where she made it to the top 28.

But the experience was not a pleasant one for the actor, as she recalled how there was much favoritism at the contest and during the trial phase, she was humiliated by a designer, who told her that she should not have been there.

The actress remembered that she was only one of three girls that had been chosen from Delhi, and she had to go up against professional models.

Compared to them, she was an amateur as she had only done photoshoots and had not appeared in television ads or walked the ramp till then.

In an interview with T...