After Sushmita won the title, Aishwarya also talked about her, "We weren't expecting it as we already had a title this year. But the media did have their expectations. The Miss India contest was very narrow between Sush and me, and so they thought if she could get Miss Universe, I could bag Miss World. I expect it to be a wonderful year and I suppose, like Lisa, last year's winner, said, 'I would grow up a lot. It is a life within a life'."