Alesia Raut is a Russian

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, VJ, and a fashion

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. She had anchored a travel show on

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. She was a contestant in a TV reality show ''Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi'' (season 4). Alesia had also featured in some item songs such as "Meri Beri Ber" and "Ek Aankh Maro". She is the official ramp-walk trainer of

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and

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pageants.

Personal life

Alesia was born in Moscow, Russia to an Indian father and a Russian mother. She attended Bombay Cambridge Gurukul (Andheri E) and graduated in commerce from

Mithibai College The Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amruthben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics is a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The college was established in 1961 in Vile Parle, Mumbai by Shri Vile Parle ...

in Juhu. She has a sister, Anjali Raut who is a former

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and a brother, Amit Raut. Alesia married Alexander Yanovskiy, a Russian

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. She moved to Moscow but the marriage failed and she returned to India with her son. Alesia married television actor Siddhanth Suryavanshi in November 2017.

Modeling career

Alesia had never imagined making it into modeling. However a neighbour took some pictures and sent them to the look of year contest 1999, organized by Times Group in India. She became a finalist in the "Look of the year-1999" Contest. After the failure of her marriage, she returned to

from

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along with her son Mark. Her sister Anjali, who was a well-established model, got her back into contact with some fashion

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including Lubna Adams, Noyonika Chatterjee and

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. She then restarted her modeling career. She was soon busy, including modeling for the prestigious Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week shows and International Institute of Fashion Design shows. She had done

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in many shows such as

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. And she also played the role of a model in

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's movie ''Fashion'' which starred

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and

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. She was a contestant in ''Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi'' (season 4) hosted by

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. She featured in an item song from the movie ''Karu Toh Karu Kya'' and she featured in the music videos "Meri beri ke ber" and "Ek aankh maro".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raut, Alesia Living people Female models from Moscow Russian female models Russian models Russian people of Indian descent Russian expatriates in India Female models from Mumbai Mithibai College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants