BipashaBasu, in a 1998 magazine cover, has been winning hearts now on the internet

An ELLE magazine cover featuring BipashaBasu in a red bikini is attracting massive attention from netizens.

In her prime, BipashaBasu, model and actress, was a personality who never ceased to amaze audiences with her perfect figure, facial features, and natural charm and style. In one of her cover looks for ELLE magazineback in 1998, Bipasha stunned everyone in a red bikini. The same look has now been making a lot of noise on the internet.

BipashaBasu, in a red bikini look from a 1998 magazine cover, wows the internet.

BipashaBasu has always been a celeb that delivered “brown baddie” energy before it was even a thing. A 1998 magazine cover featured the 19-year-old Bipasha, whom the internet now feels obsessed with. Decades before ‘Instagram Face’ or the social media obsession with the ‘baddie’ aesthetic, Bipasha was setting new standards in fashion and style that fans are now calling ‘decades ahead of its time.’ The internet was captivated when fashion watchdog Diet Sabya shared BipashaBasu’s April 1998 Elle India cover with the caption, “Remember when the girlies wanted to be Bips (Bipasha) so bad.”

BipashaBasu’s look from a 1998 magazine cover.

Bipasha made her acting debut in 1998, and before her Bollywood debut in 2001 with Ajnabee, she posed for ELLE India’s ‘swimsuit special’ issue. The model-turned-actor wore a classic red-and-white string bikini with a geometric print. The bold crimson hue contrasted sharply against the cool turquoise of the water background. In a nod to late-’90s styling, Bipasha wore a metallic silver armlet (baajuband) on her left bicep, adding a touch of Indie-chic to the beachwear look. Her look highlighted the ‘wet hair’ trend with her hair pulled back to highlight her facial structure. Her glam focused on the eyes, piercing and framed by thin, era-appropriate brows, while keeping the rest of the palette neutral to highlight her natural skin tone.

Netizens react to Bipasha’s 1998 red bikini look. One fan reacted, “I remember back in Calcutta (Kolkata) in those days we all loved how our ‘Ballygungeer (Ballygunge’s) Bipasha’ had made everyone sit up and take notice of how the Indian skin tone actually looked and how it can be so ravishingly gorgeous.” Another expressed, “Bips was and is that ‘iconic brown baddie’ and as a Bengali, she represents us, and we are proud of her always.” A third person wrote, “Girl, what are you talking about? I still want to be Bipasha.” A fourth person wrote, “She walked so others could run.” One more commented, “Not just hot but also ahead of time and a better actor than so many right now.”