Top 13 Most Beautiful Female Supermodels of India
Indian models are now working all around the world. Models like Anchal Kumar, Ujjwala Raut, Gauhar Khan, Muzammil Ibrahim, have made the face of India more popular. Modeling is now a respectable profession in India. Every year, hundreds of young boys and girls are going for modeling. Modeling is not just a source of earning good money but is also considered as a stepping stone into the film world. Many famous male and female actors in Bollywood started their career as a model. So if you have an well built athletic physique and good looks, then you should try your luck in modeling. Who knows may be you would become next big star of Bollywood. Here is a list of top 13 female supermodels of India.
Name : Nayonika Chatterjee
Height : 5′ 11”
Hair Color: Black
Eye color: Black
Weight: 58kgs
Bust: 34″
Waist: 26″
Hips: 38″
Birthday: Oct. 19
Zodiac: Libra
Nayonika Chatterjee is one of the top models in India. Like other models she did not try to get into films or even commercials. She mainly works as a ramp model. The first thing that one would notice about Nayonika is her skin color. She popularized the dusky look in the Indian fashion world. Affectionately called Noyna, she worked for all the top fashion designers in India including Rohit Bal, Rohit Khosla, Tarun Tahiliani, Shahab Durazi and Hemant Trevedi. She is also a leading choreographer. For her looks, she is known as Naomi Campbell of India. Nayonika enjoys pottery. She loves the feel of clay. In January 2001, this beautiful model got married to actor-model Gurpreet Singh in Delhi.
Name : Sandali Sinha
Height : 166 cms
Weight : 54.0 kgs
Bust : 34″
Waist : 26″
Hips : 37″
Hair : Brown
Eyes : Dark-Brown
Zodiac : Capricorn
One look at her, you will be charmed by her beauty. Sandhali Sinha lost her father in a road accident and her mother single-handedly raised three children. Her brother is a pilot and her sister is a gynaecologist. Sandhali wanted to become a doctor but while doing an amateur fashion show she decided to become a model. After finishing her graduate studies, Sandhali came to Mumbai to pursue her modeling career and within a very short time, she became a popular model. She worked in a music video of Sonu Nigam titled, ‘Deewana,’ which landed her in the female lead in Tum Bin. Directed Anubhav Sinha, Sandhali plays the character of a sweet innocent girl named Pia. She appeared in four other movies but none of them did so well in the box office.
Name : Sara Corner
Height : 168 cms
Weight : 52.0 kgs
Bust : 32″
Waist : 25″
Hips : 35.5″
Shoe Size : 7.0
Hair : Black
Eyes : Light Brown
Beauty Pageant: Femina Miss India-World 2001
At first look, you will feel that you are looking at a model from any western country but that is not the case. Sara Corner is very much Indian. Born in Kolkata, in an Anglo-Indian family, Sara Corner studied and lived in Bangalore all her life. Winning the Femina Miss India 2001 crown was a major achievement for her. Daughter of famous theatre person and singer, Priscilla Corner, Sara Corner has been an achiever although her life. A good student, a state-level high jumper, head-girl of her class Sara Corner is a great combination of beauty and brain. Sara worked as a ramp. She did numerous fashion shows with models like Prasad Bidappa, Marc Robinson, Rahul Dev Shetty, and designers Hemant Trivedi, Manish Malhotra and Azeem Khan. She also appeared in the fashion catalogues of designer Hemant Trivedi, Manish Malhotra Azeem Khan and photographers – Sudhir Ramchandran, Himish Ardra, Wasim Khan.
Name : Shonali Rosario
Bust : 31
Waist : 25
Hips : 35
Height : 5ft 7 ”
Hair Color : Black
Year of birth : 1977
A student of Mount Camerals College in Bangalore, Shonali Rosario is an international model. Shonali participated in Femina Miss India 1996 and acquired 4th position in one of the subcontests titled, Miss Congeniality. Since then, her modeling career started. She worked as a model for many designers in Delhi and Bangalore.
Shonali wants to pursue a career in Interior Designing. Painting, sketching, playing the piano, reading, swimming and listening to music are her hobbies. Shonali appeared in many TV commercials and few music videos. Her major print ad includes Titan ads, which was published in international fashion magazines like Vogue, Harpers, and Queen. She also appeared as the model of Chambor cosmetics.
Name : Aditi Govitrikar
Height : 5′ 7″
Bust : 26″
Hips : 35.5″
Titles won : Crowned Mrs World 2001.
I first saw her in Adnan Sami’s music video and then in 16th December. I have to admit, that if she had continued her acting career, she would become famous as Priyanka Chopra. Both these models have a very fair complexion which makes them perfect in glamorous roles. Aditi Govitrikar is a doctor, model, actress and a beauty queen. She won Mrs. World beauty pageant in 2001. Aditi Govitrikar did her MBBS from Grant Medical College. Her boyfriend, Dr. Muffazal Lakdawalla, first encouraged her to become a model. She then participated in Gladrags Supermodel Contest. In the beginning, her parents did not want her to participate in the contest but she convinced them and won the contest. In 1997, she participated in the Asian Supermodel Contest in Singapore. In the competition, she was voted the ‘Best face’ and the ‘Best Body. ’ Aditi appeared in numerous ads, music videos. Her Coca-Cola ad with Hrithik Roshan made her very popular. In 1999, Aditi Govitrikar appeared on the Indian Elle magazine’s coverpage with her stomach exposed. At that time, she was seven month’s pregnant.
Name : Tapur-Tupur Chatterjee
Height : 5′ 8”
Weight : 55 kgs
Bust : 34.5″
Waist : 26.5″
Hips : 36″
Born on April 14th, 1980, the first thing one would notice about these beautiful twin model sisters is their name. Tapur-Tupur is a Bengali word used to describe the sound of raindrops like “Pitter-Patter.” Tupur Chatterjee is twelve minutes older than Tapur Chatterjee. Both Tapur and Tupur have done ads for Titan Raga watches, Lakme, Park Avenue, they appeared on the cover page of famous fashion magazines like Femina, Elle, Cosmopolitan and so on. They were also offered Bollywood movies but modeling has been their main priority. Tapur studied in Sophia College and Tupur studied genetics at St. Xaviers. Both the sisters got into modeling by chance and with their hard work they became one of the most sought after models in India. The most interesting thing about this model twins is that they do not exercise or diet at all, they have naturally well-toned bodies. Their favorite pass-time is sleeping.
Name : Ujjwala Raut
Height : 5′ 10”
Weight : 51 kgs
Bust : 32″
Waist : 24″
Hips : 35.5″
Eyes : Black
Hair : Black
Birthday: Jun. 11, 1978
Zodiac : Gemini
Titles : Femina Look of the Year 1996.
Born on June 11, 1978, to a police officer father and housewife, Ujjwala Raut had a middle class upbringing in Mumbai. From her early days, she was very skinny. Ujjwala studied in Vidya Mandir High School and then studied at Gokhale College in Borivali. It was her elder sister who entered her into ‘Femina Look of the Year’ competition. Ujjwala won the competition and got her first modeling job. She appeared in a fashion show for DeBeers Jewelers and a cigarette campaign, “Gold Flake.” She then went to Paris but could not stay there for more than two months because she found it hard to adopt with the place. She returned to India and continued modeling and became a very popular face in the modeling circuit. Then she again went to Paris and struggled for eight months and then picked up by famous modeling agency International Management Group (IMG). Ujjwala then appeared in numerous fashion shows and print ads. She did fashion shows for Yves Saint-Laurent, Victoria’s Secret, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Cynthia Rowley, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, Gucci, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci. She did advertisements for Dolce & Gabbana, Gap, H&M, Pianegonda, Roberto Cavalli, and Yves Saint-Laurent.
Name : Shivangi Parikh
Height : 170 cms
Bust : 32″
Waist : 25″
Hips : 36″
Shoe Size : 8.0
Hair : Black
Eyes : Black
Titles : Femina Miss India Asia-Pacific 1999
Zodiac : Gemini
Shivangi Parikh won Miss Mumbai contest and then participated in the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. She won the title Femina Miss India Asia-Pacific 1999. Shivangi’s parents gave her freedom to chose her profession and instead of going for modeling, Shivangi focused on her studies and became the top student of her class. Shivangi Parikha appeared in TV commercials, music videos, and Print ads. Her major print ad includes: Samsung Computers, Bombay Dyeing Shirts, Classic Marbles, Signora Sarees, Westside Store, Tanishq, and HongKong Bank. Her major TV commercials include: Whitehall Whisky, Thums Up, Tanishq, and Femina. She also appeared in music videos- ´Na Jaane´- Nitin Bali; ´O meri munni´ – Remo; Chahat Desh´- Pankaj Udhas; ´Medley´ – Bhupi. Shivangi also did fashion shows for
McDowell Derby, NIFT, and B.D Somani Institute. She did fashion shows for Hemant Trevedi, Sangeeta Chopra and Lascelles Symons.
Name : Shefali Talwar
Height : 167 cms
Weight : 54.0 kgs
Bust : 34″
Waist : 24″
Hips : 35.5″
Shoe Size : 7.0
Hair : Chestnut-Black
Eyes : Brown-Black
Shefali Talwar has been a model for eight years. She did fashion shows, ad campaigns, corporate product launch, and TV show hosting but modeling is her first and last love. Shefali’s print ads include Nestea, Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Siemens. Her major TV commercials are: Pepsi pop rock, Camay soap, Nestea. She worked as a product launcher for Avon cosmetics, Pajero, Amadevs, Pepsi, Compaq, Panasonic, Apollo Tyres, Royal Challenge Golf, Toyata at Expo 2002, The launch of Accenture, Air cargo club, Website launches, Magazine launches, Corning USA, HSBC, Ford Ikon cars, Hyundai cars, Toyota launch at the Auto Expo. Shefali worked as an anchore in “Khoobsurat,” a beauty show of Zee TV. She appeared in more than 150 episodes of the show. She also did a Golf show in Star Sports channel, and music countdown show titled High Five in DD Metro.
Sheetal Menon:
Daughter of an army officer, Sheetal Menon had a tough childhood. Her father died in a routine operation in 1988. Her mother, Premlatha, took a job in the army in Nashik. Since childhood, Sheetal studied classical dances which made her very famous in her college. She then decided to pursue her career in modeling and went to Mumbai. She started her career in 2003. Her first fashion show was the Lakme India Fashion Show 2003. She worked with designer Aki Narula. Sheetal also did ad campaigns for Clinic Shampoo, Cinthol, Tanish and Asmi. Her big break came in 2005 when she appeared in the Kingfisher Calendar. This was followed by an offer in the movie. Her debut movie Bhram, was released in 2007. In the movie, she worked with another famous model turned actor, Dino Morea. The film did not do well at the box office but Sheetal Menon got negative attention for her intimate scenes with John. Sheetal Menon also did an ad campaign with John Abraham after which rumor spread out that the two were having an affair and cause a serious trouble in John Abraham and Bipasha Basu’s relationship. According to news reports, the actress is being called second times by the King Fisher calendar which never happened before.
Name: Namrata Barua
I first saw her in a remix video titled ‘Gabbar mix,’ with Dino Morea, Nirmal Pandey, where she played the character of a vamp. She looked awesome in the back exposing blue dress. A veteran model, Namrata Barua started modeling from her college days. She participated in intercollegiate fashion shows and won few prizes including Best Face, Best Female, Nivea Face 1995. She made a natural transition into the world of modeling. Interestingly, Namrata did not choose to become a professional model she became a qualified interior designer. Both her parents are architects. Ponds ad campaign gave her first big break as a model. Then she worked as a model for Organics for three years which made her very famous. Her other major ad-campaigns are: Mescos, VIP, De Beers, Organics, Limca, Timex, Directors Special and Oxemberg. Aside from doing music videos Namrata worked as a VJ and TV host. She was one of the three hosts of BBC fashion show titled, ‘Style.’ In 2001, Namrata got married to his long time friend, famous pharmaceutical businessman, Vikram Shroff.
Name : Anagha Fowler
Height : 5′ 9″
Anagha Fowler, unlike other models took an exceptional path to modeling. She can be referred as the Indian pioneer of internet modeling. She also started the trend of using software to enhance image. Born to a Brahmin family, Anagha finished her B.A in Economics from St. Stephen’s College. She then worked as a banker. She along with her photographer husband, David Fowler, set up her website which cost her Rs. 1,50,000. Anagha also made a post card of her homepage and sent to different modeling agencies around the world which cost her Rs. 40,000. The result was fantastic, within a short time offers from various modeling agencies started to come in. She then got a three year contract with a famous modeling agency in New York. As a model, Anagha Fowler traveled all over the world and worked from many international fashion brands. She did a lot of TV commercials in India including Ravissant, The Canterbury Tales, DeBeers, Ogaan, Suneet Varma. She also worked with major Indian photographers like Prabuddha Das Gupta, Atul Kasbekar, Tarun Khiwal and Bharat Sikka.
Shivani Kapoor:
Born on September 20, 1984, in London, England, Shivani Kapoor started modeling at the age of 14. At that time, she was studying in a school in Brixton, South London. She then came to India to pursue her modeling career. Singing is Shivani Kapoor’s secret passion. She learned classical singing for four years. As a model, Shivani Kapoor first appeared in Asian Woman & Bride Magazine. At the age of 17, she won the Lakme “Face of the Year” contest in 2001. She participated in Lakme India Fashion Show showcasing famous designers including Ritu Kumar, Tarun Tahiliani, Aki Narula, Rocky S, J J Vallaya and Monisha Bajaj. Recently, Shivani Kapoor signed up with famous Bollywood director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his next project, Bajirao Mastani. It is a historical movie about King Peshwa Bajirao.
