Manasvi Mamgai is a former
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, model, and
Bollywood
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actress. She resides at
Los Angeles, California
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, USA along with her family.
Early life
Manasvi was born in
Delhi
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but grew up in
Chandigarh
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. Her mother Prabha, is from
Uttarakhand
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. By the age of 15, she had won almost 50 state and national awards in dancing, singing, and skating.
Beauty pageants and Modelling
She won
Elite Model Look India in 2006 and debuted at the
India Fashion Week
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The first event in 2000 featured the work ...
. She also won
Miss Tourism International
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The current Miss Tourism International is Suphatra Kliangprom from Thailand. She was crowned on ...
2008. After winning
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* Miss Diva, the national beauty pageant that sends its winners to Miss ...
2010, she represented India at the
Miss World beauty pageant, held in China in 2010. She was chosen as the top 8 in the Miss World Finale in 2010 in the Dances of the world. Since then she has walked the ramp for many top Indian designers and shot various campaigns. She has also shot top Indian and International magazines like
Vogue
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Business
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,
Elle
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, Femina,
Verve
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Music
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* ''The Verve E.P.'', a 1992 EP by The Verve
* ''Verve'' (R. Stevie Moore album)
* Verve Records, an American jazz record label
Businesses
* Verve Coffee Roasters, an American coffee ho ...
,
Cosmopolitan
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Hotels and resorts
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, New face, Code of style, etc.
Film and TV
![Ajay Devgn, Manasvi Mamgai, Prabhu Dheva at Song launch of film 'Action Jackson'](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Ajay_Devgn%2C_Manasvi_Mamgai%2C_Prabhu_Dheva_at_Song_launch_of_film_%27Action_Jackson%27.jpg)
Manasvi is an alumnus of
Anupam Kher's acting school in Mumbai, Actor Prepares. In 2012 she was a part of the movement-based play LIMBO that received critical reviews. It was showcased in
Prithvi theatre
Prithvi Theatre is one of Mumbai's best known theatres. It was built by Shashi Kapoor and his wife Jennifer Kapoor in memory of Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi's father, who had dreamt of having a "home" for his repertory theatre company, Prithvi Th ...
Mumbai and screened in Paris. The same year she appeared in the movie
The world before her.
In 2014 she played the antagonist, Marina opposite
Ajay Devgn
Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...
in the
Eros international
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studio movie
Action Jackson, directed by
Prabhu Deva
Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...
. Manasvi appeared on the famous Indian comedy show
Comedy Nights with Kapil along with her Action Jackson star cast. In 2015 she was nominated for the Best Debutant award at
Filmfare Awards where she was also a presenter. In 2020 she was lead of the 2 music videos, Yaadein by American R&B duo TheMxxnlight and Dum ba Dum by
Daler Mehndi.
Manasvi currently lives in
Los Angeles
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where she is pursuing a career in acting and producing. She recently was the winner of the American game show
The Price is right
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.
RHC Ambassador
In 2016 Manasvi, became the Indian Ambassador to Republican Hindu Coalition.
Humanity against terrorism concert
Manasvi put together the "Humanity United against Terror" a
Bollywood
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Charity Concert which took place on 15 October 2016 at NJ Exposition center in Edison,
New Jersey
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. The concert was addressed by President-Elect
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
. She even performed in it with Bollywood celebrities including
Malaika Arora Khan
Malaika Arora (born 23 October 1973) is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ and a television personality who appears in Hindi-language films. She made her debut as a film producer in 2008, with her former husband Arbaaz Khan, founding the co ...
,
Prabhu Deva
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,
Sophie Choudry
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Early life
Sophie Ch ...
.
Presidential inauguration performance
Manasvi along with Bollywood singing sensation
Mika Singh
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, performed at Trump's pre-inaugural Welcome Celebrations held at Lincoln Memorial in
Washington DC
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. She led over a dozen Indian dancers performing to some of the popular Bollywood numbers including the Oscar-winning "Jai Ho" of A R Rahman. The live event was played out in front of 800,000 people and was telecast to over 2 billion viewers worldwide. Manasvi attended a lot of the Inaugural functions including Trump's VIP Candle Light Dinner at Union Station.
Diwali celebrations at The Oval office
Manasvi attended the first time celebration of Diwali at The Oval Office in the presence of President Donald Trump on 17 October 2017. Manasvi is very active in the RHC Immigration campaign to have equitable treatment of DALCA kids (300,000 legal childhood arrivals from India who lose their status at the age of 21) and reduce the
Green Card
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backlog of hi-skilled legal immigrants based on merit.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Female models from Delhi
Actresses from New Delhi
Living people
Miss World 2010 delegates
Miss Tourism International delegates
Femina Miss India winners
Indian Hindus
Actresses in Hindi cinema