Dimpy Ganguli (formerly Dimpy Mahajan) is an Indian model and

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Early life

Her real name is Soumoshree Ganguli, Dimpy was her nickname. Her father's name is Saibal Ganguly and her mother's name is Sushmita Ganguli. Dimpy graduated with an honors degree in

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from the renowned

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in 2009.

Personal life

In 2010, Ganguli married

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, son of BJP leader

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, on

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reality show, '' Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayenge''. Ganguli filed for divorce on the grounds of domestic violence and physical abuse. The couple finally divorced in February 2015. In November 2015, Ganguli married Dubai-based businessman, Rohit Roy. Their daughter Reanna was born on 20 June 2016. In 2020, Ganguly gave birth to a son Aryaan.

Career

She was one of the contestants of Gladrags Mega Model Manhunt 2009, a beauty contest from

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. She was also the second runners up in

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in 2007. In 2014, she participated in the television reality shows ''

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'' and its spin-off ''

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''. She was evicted from the show on 31 January 2015.

Television

References

Living people Female models from Kolkata 1985 births Scottish Church College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants {{model-stub