Archana Gautam (born 1994 or 1995) is an Indian

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, model and beauty pageant title holder, who won the title of ''Miss Bikini India'' 2018, represented India at ''Miss Cosmos World'' 2018 and won sub title of Most Talent 2018. In 2022, she appeared in ''Bigg Boss 16'', where she finished as the 3rd runner-up.

Early life

Gautam was born in Meerut,

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. She has a brother younger than her. She has completed her studies in Mass Communication from her town.

Acting career

Gautam has been doing modelling appearances in print and television and advertising campaigns for various brands. She has made cameo appearances in films like ''

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'', '' Haseena Parker'' and ''Baaraat Company''. She had a cameo for item song in ''Junction Varanasi''. She has also shot for a music video with director Apoorva Lakhia for T-Series. She was awarded the title of ''Miss Uttar Pradesh'' in 2014. She has won ''Miss Bikini India'' 2018 and represented India at ''Miss Bikini Universe'' 2018. Gautam also represented India in ''Miss Cosmos 2018'' held at

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and won the sub title Most Talent 2018. From October 2022 to February 2023, she was seen as a participant in the

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's reality show '' Bigg Boss 16'', where she finished as the 3rd runner-up.

Political career

She joined

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in November 2021 and got a ticket from

Hastinapur (Assembly constituency) Hastinapur Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Meerut district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency. First electi ...

for

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. She was among the 8 candidates from this constituency. She lost the seat to BJP candidate Dinesh Khatik who won 107587 votes, while Gautam received only 1,519 votes.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

Pageants

References

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