The Gandhian motto “Be the change you want to see in the world” made South African model of Indian-origin, Sashi Naidoo, to be voted the world’s sexiest woman of 2011 by 1.5 million readers of a leading men’s magazine FHM.

Naidoo says,  in school she was an ugly duckling with braces and the last to be invited for a dance by the boys. She inched  her way slowly to be a top class model and improved her ratings till she won the title in the poll conducted by FHM magazine.

Naidoo is an ambassador for Audi A1, has had some appearances on local TV and is running her own modeling agency, Alushi Model Management.

Naidoo was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, matriculating from Alexander Road High School in 1997. She moved to Johannesburg to study chiropractic medicine and qualified as a doctor in 2007.

This beauty has business savvy and has sold and arranged flowers since she was a schoolgirl. Naidoo now owns a modelling agency.

She also studied chiropractic medicine. She studied for five years at the University of Johannesburg.