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Elite Model Look India is an annual modelling contest held in
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since 2004. The winner of the event represents
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
at Elite Model Look, an International modelling contest .
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is the present franchise holder of this contest in India. The current winners of Elite Model Look India are Dipti Sharma and Pranav Patidar. They represented India at the world finale of Elite Model Look Contest held in
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. Earlier,
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used to send its winner to the contest. However it was discontinued after 1999 for unknown reasons. Elite Model Look India started in 2004 after the launch of Elite Model Management India in 2003 owned by Sushma Puri.


History

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was the first winner of
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contest and was the first one to represent India at Elite Model Look contest in 1994. She was among the Top 15 finalist at the Elite Model Look 1994. Other notable winners of
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include
Ujjwala Raut Ujjwala Raut (born 11 June 1978) is an Indian supermodel. Career Raut was a 17-year-old commerce student when she won " Femina Look of the Year" at the Femina Miss India 1996 contest. She was also among the top fifteen in the 1996 Elite Model Lo ...
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2004–2012 Event

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was announced winner she went on to participate in Elite Model Look 2006 in
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2014–present

Since 2014, MAX India organises the event under the license owner
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. The MAX Elite Model Look 2014 finale was held in
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on October 12, 2014, the winners represented India the Elite Model Look 2014 contest held in
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. Former Femina Miss India Supranational Vijaya Sharma of
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and Rinku Malik of
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were declared winners of the event.


Indian representatives to Elite Model Look Contest


Female Representatives

* The following women have represented India at Elite Model Look contest.


Winners Notes

* Dipti Sharma was a finalist at Campus Princess 2015. * Vijaya Sharma was Asian Supermodel 2012-2nd Runner Up and Femina Miss India Supranational 2013 , later represented India at Miss Supranational 2013 and was among the top 20 semifinalists. * Dayana was a finalist at the Femina Miss India 2011 contest. *
Manasvi Mamgai Manasvi Mamgai is a former Miss India, model, and Bollywood actress. She resides at Los Angeles, California, USA along with her family. Early life Manasvi was born in Delhi but grew up in Chandigarh. Her mother Prabha, is from Uttarakhand. B ...
later won Miss Tourism International 2008 and
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in 2010 and is now a Bollywood actress.


Male Representatives

* ''The following men have represented
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at Elite Model Look contest.''


Gallery

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Ujjwala Raut Ujjwala Raut (born 11 June 1978) is an Indian supermodel. Career Raut was a 17-year-old commerce student when she won " Femina Look of the Year" at the Femina Miss India 1996 contest. She was also among the top fifteen in the 1996 Elite Model Lo ...
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Nethra Raghuraman Nethra Raghuraman is an Indian actress and model. She has been selected as Look Of The Year contest winner for Femina magazine in 1997. She also won the Best Female Newcomer title at Star Screen Awards in 2000. Her most notable films include ' ...
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Carol Gracias Carol Gracias is an Indian super model. She is a past winner of the coveted India's L'Oréal/Elite ''Look of the Year'' title. In 2006, she participated and became the runner-up in the reality show '' Bigg Boss 1''. Early life Carol Gracias, I ...
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Manasvi Mamgai Manasvi Mamgai is a former Miss India, model, and Bollywood actress. She resides at Los Angeles, California, USA along with her family. Early life Manasvi was born in Delhi but grew up in Chandigarh. Her mother Prabha, is from Uttarakhand. B ...
, Winner 2006


References


External links


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