Divya Agarwal is an Indian actress, model and dancer known for participating in several reality shows. She is the runner-up of ''
MTV Splitsvilla 10'' and winner of ''
Ace of Space 1
''Ace Of Space 1'' is the first season of Indian reality competition television series, ''MTV Ace of Space''. Hosted by Vikas Gupta, it aired from 20 October 2018 to 31 December 2018 on MTV India. After 71 days, Divya Agarwal emerged as the winner ...
'' and ''
Bigg Boss OTT
''Bigg Boss OTT'' (or ''Bigg Boss: Over-The-Top'') is a spin-off Indian Hindi-language reality digital series of the show ''Bigg Boss'' that airs exclusively on Viacom 18's streaming service platform Voot. The digital edition hosted by Karan ...
''. She made her acting debut with the horror web series ''
Ragini MMS: Returns 2''.
Background and early career
Agarwal got her master's degree in
journalism
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...
. She trained in dance from
Terence Lewis Dance Academy,
and then opened her own dance academy called Elevate Dance Institute.
She has choreographed several actresses like
Ileana D'Cruz
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,
Sunny Leone
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and
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare ...
.
In 2010, she and a Pakistani choreographer worked on choreography for the
IPL 2010.
She had also participated in several
beauty pageants
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, ...
. In 2015, she won the title of "Miss Navi Mumbai". In 2016, she was crowned the winner of the Indian Princess pageant
She also won Miss Tourism India International.
Career
Agarwal rose to fame in 2017 when she participated in
MTV India
MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom 18, a joint venture operation between MTV International ow ...
's ''
Splitsvilla 10'' wherein she finished as the runner-up with Priyank Sharma.
In 2018, she would act as a mentor in MTV India's ''Date To Remember'' show.
In March 2018, Agarwal and ''Splitsvilla 10'' contestant
Baseer Ali
Baseer Ali is an Indian model and television personality known for winning '' Splitsvilla 10'' and participating in '' Roadies Rising'' and '' Ace Of Space 2'' where he emerged as the runner-up in both the shows.
Early life
Ali finished his sch ...
guest co-hosted an episode of ''
On Road With Roadies''.
In October, she participated in MTV India's ''
Ace of Space 1
''Ace Of Space 1'' is the first season of Indian reality competition television series, ''MTV Ace of Space''. Hosted by Vikas Gupta, it aired from 20 October 2018 to 31 December 2018 on MTV India. After 71 days, Divya Agarwal emerged as the winner ...
'' where she emerged as the winner.
In January 2019, Agarwal starred in her first international project by participating in ''Travel With A Goat'', broadcast on Insight TV, where she and television celebrity chef Dean Edwards travel across
Bulgaria
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with a sheep and must decide whether to have it slaughtered or save its life.
In February 2019, she made a cameo appearance in
Alt Balaji
ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OT ...
's web drama ''
Puncch Beat
''Puncch Beat'' is a 2019 Indian romantic drama miniseries
A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is someti ...
''.
In March, Agarwal and Varun Sood participated as Roadies Insiders for ''
Roadies: Real Heroes'', broadcast on
Voot
Voot is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Viacom18. Launched in March 2016, it is Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform that is available as an app for iOS, KaiOS ( JioPhone) an ...
.
Next, she hosted Voot's ''Voot Night Live'' with RJ Anmol. In December, she starred opposite Sood to play Ragini/Savitri Devi in season 2 of
Alt Balaji
ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OT ...
's horror web series ''
Ragini MMS: Returns''.
In 2020, Agarwal and Sood co-hosted the ''Ace of Space'' spinoff ''
MTV Ace the Quarantine''.
In 2021, Agarwal participated in Voot's ''
Bigg Boss OTT
''Bigg Boss OTT'' (or ''Bigg Boss: Over-The-Top'') is a spin-off Indian Hindi-language reality digital series of the show ''Bigg Boss'' that airs exclusively on Viacom 18's streaming service platform Voot. The digital edition hosted by Karan ...
''
and emerged as the winner.
She also portrayed a mysterious make-up artist character named Grissy in the action-drama web series ''
Cartel
A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market. Cartels are usually associations in the same sphere of business, and thus an alliance of rivals. Mos ...
''.
Personal life
In 2017, She met actor and model Priyank Sharma on ''
MTV Splitsvilla 10'' where they were both runners-up. They were dating post ''Splitsvilla'' and Agarwal entered ''
Bigg Boss 11'' to part ways with Sharma.
In 2018, she met actor and former ''
MTV Roadies
''MTV Roadies'' is a youth-based reality show. It was launched in 2003 and airs on MTV India. The show is also digitally available on Voot.
In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks ...
'' contestant Varun Sood. They worked together on ''
Roadies: Real Heroes'' and ''
MTV Ace of Space
''MTV Ace of Space'' is an Indian reality competition television series that airs on MTV India. Created and hosted by Vikas Gupta, it premiered on 20 October 2018.
Series
Season 1
''Ace of Space 1'' is the first season of Indian reality comp ...
''. Following ''Ace of Space'', she and Sood confirmed they are dating. On 6 March 2022, she announced on social media that they had split.
On 28 October 2020, Agarwal's father died due to complications from
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
On 4 December 2022, she got engaged to Apurva Padgaonkar, a businessman and restaurateur, when he proposed her on her birthday party.
Media perception
Agarwal was listed sixth among ''
Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, t ...
''s Top 20 Most Desirable Women On Indian Television List in 2019, and nineteenth in 2020.
Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
Music videos
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Participants in Indian reality television series
Indian women television presenters
Indian beauty pageant winners
Indian female dancers
Indian dance teachers
Actresses from Mumbai
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants