Aishwarya rai may have attended many award functions, but this was different. Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai was in the shoes of tennis greats like Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi when she handed the Longines Prize for Elegance award to retired former World No. 1 Brazilian player Gustavo Kuerten.
Kuerten received the honour for his work in favour of disadvantaged children.
Aishwarya is the Longines Ambassador of Elegance and she attend the charity dinner with the likes of Franco-American tennis professional Mary Pierce and Graf, who along with her husband Agassi also endorses Longines.
Kuerten won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001 and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000.
After 12 years on the international tour, he retired from top-level tennis in May 2008.
Former Brazilian World No. 1 tennis player Gustavo Kuerten receives the Longines Prize for Elegance from actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who is also the Longines Ambassadress of Elegance with former Brazilian World No. 1 tennis player Gustavo Kuerten and his partner.
Florence Ollivier-Lamarque, General Director of Swatch Group France, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Walter von Känel, President of Longines and Spanish film actress Victoria Abril.
