2013 - Rai was voted as the "most popular actress" in the Filmfare 100 years of cinema issue in 2013.
2013 - She was also listed in Filmfare 100 years of cinema issue list of top 5 'global Icon" at Number 2 also being the only female in it.
2013 - Giant Award - Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema
2014 - Aishwarya Rai has topped the list of 20 most searched successful Indian women on Google.
2014 - The Times Of India's Forever Desirable woman.
International honors and recognitions
1991 - Won the International Ford Supermodel Contest at the age of 17
1994 - Miss World 1994
2000 - Most Beautiful Miss World of All Times-Received the highest score of 9.911 in 2000.
2000 - Most Beautiful International Titleholder of All Times Gold Medal Winner in 2000.
2003 - TIME Asia put her picture on its cover page in 2003.
2003 - She became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
2003 - She has been voted the most attractive woman of 2003 by Hello Magazine.
2003 - She appeared in Rolling Stone magazine's annual "Hot List".
2004 - Her first lifelike statue was installed in London's Madame Tussauds Wax museum in 2004.
2004 - She was in the list Time Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2004.
2004 - She was featured in the 2004 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
2005 - Mattel released a limited edition of Barbie dolls of Aishwarya Rai in the United Kingdom.
2005 - The British magazine Maxim ranked Rai first on their list of "Hottest Women of India.
2005 - British Govt’s Next Step World Diversity Champion Award in 2005.
2005 - She was voted number 12 on VH1's 50 Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years in 2005.
2005 - A Tulip in the Netherlands was named "Aishwarya Rai" after her.
2005 - Harpers and Queen's list of "Most Beautiful Women in The World" ranked her ninth.
2005 - She is the only Bollywood personality appeared on CBS 60 minutes, Oprah Winfrey's show, Good Morning America, The Tyra Banks Show, Sir David Frost's The Frost Interview, Martha Stewart's show Martha and the Late Show with David Letterman.
2006 - The UK magazine Eastern Eye ranked her third in the list of "Asia's Sexiest Women" in 2006.
2006 - E!: Entertainment Television, an American cable television voted her the "7th sexiest Celebrity in theWorld".
2007 - 2nd Wax New York's Madame Tussauds Wax museum at Time Square in 2007.
2008 - She was ranked in number 90 in Premiere magazine's "100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All Time" list.
2008 - She was the only Bollywood Celebrity to appear in the Most Desired Women List with Rank of 27 by AskMen.com.
2008 - American television channel E!: Entertainment Television listed Aishwarya's eyes as the sexiest on their Sexiest Body Parts list.
2009 - Ranked 60 on Most Desired Woman List by Askmen.com
2009 - Forbes listed Rai at 387th out of 1,411 actors on their list of the most bankable stars in Hollywood. 2009 - She is the highest-ranked Indian actor on the list.
2009 - She has been accorded France's second highest civilian honour, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) by the French government for her “exceptional career” in 2009. She finally accepted this honor in 2012. Earlier she refused it because her father was suffering from a serious illness, and she wanted her whole family to attend the award ceremony.
2010 - She ranked 63 on Most Desired Woman List by Askmen.com.
2010 - She was in the list Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.
2010 - She was selected as The Most beautiful Miss World ever for the second time in 2010 by Global Beauties Magazine.
In December 2012, E!News listed Aishwarya Rai and her husband Abhishek Bachchan at number 10 on their list of World's Sexiest Couples.
2012 - She has been ranked the 2nd most popular watch brand ambassador worldwide in a survey, conducted by World Watch Report.
2012 - She has made it to the issue of New York Magazine’s list of “Forty Women That Women Find
Beautiful”, where she grabbed the 21st position in the list, with New York Magazine saying “She may be the“world’s most beautiful woman,” but what we really love is that she never feels fragile onscreen.
2013 - Statue at Musée Grévin waxwork museum in Paris .
2014 - A survey conducted by Hollywood Buzz listed Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the most beautiful Indian women across the world and finished second in worldwide list.
2014 - Aishwarya Rai was ranked fourth in a poll of the world's most beautiful women. The survey was conducted by international website Hollywood Buzz. The list saw more than four million people send in their votes selecting the most intelligent, desirable and successful women in 2013-14.