Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen is the only beauty queen and bollywood actor to be featured in a coffee table book titled 'The Indian Woman' curated for the President of India's gift for visiting international diplomats, reports The Times of India.

Her story is written by Priyanka Jain, who has co-authored a book on Vinod Chopra Productions and is also working on another on Paan Singh Tomar for UTV Disney. 'The Indian Woman' is curated by Shobit Arya, edited by the CNN-IBN anchor Richa Anirudh and published by Wisdom Tree.

The story unveils Sushmita's journey from winning the title of Miss Universe to a single mother with two adopted kids and a successful career. Narrating her experiences in the book, Sushmita urges women to find beauty through their confidence and surround themselves with real people, who are supportive of who they are, and are not around because of how they look.

Sushmita features alongside other powerful women like Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Naina Lal Kidwai, Mary Kom, Gita Gopinath, Ela Bhatt, Bhanu Athaiya, Alisah Abdullah and Lata Mangeshkar, among other 20 women who are pioneers in their fields.