Vaishali Desai is an Indian model and actress. She won the Indian title of

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. She debuted in the film ''

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''.

Early life

Vaishali Desai is a

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. She is the grandniece of filmmaker

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. Vaishali was brought up in

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. Vaishali did her schooling in Sophia High School, Bangalore. She finished her graduation from

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. After her

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contest she shifted her base to Mumbai with her family for modelling and further studies. Vaishali was doing ramp shows in Bangalore and was a top model. Her first show was when she was fourteen. Her major break and entry in the acting world was with her first commercial for Ponds Dreamflower Talc. She later was seen in ads like Tanishq, Compaq, Raymonds. Vaishali has, however, not changed her name to Vyshalee Desai as given in her debut film ''

''. Vaishali recently starred in a short psychological horror film titled ''

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'', the film was officially selected at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival and competed under the Asian Short Film Competition Category.

Modelling and advertisements

She was seen in a

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laptop ad and in the very famous

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ad. She is now being seen in another Tanishq ad with Nafisa Ali. She has done ads for products like Swarnam Oil and Power detergent. Vaishali was seen in an ad with

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for Sunfeast, and in a

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Gulabari ad. Vaishali did her first video for

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for the song 'Aisa na dekho Mujhe.' She did three videos for the band

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. She did "Soneya" with them which was followed by "

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" which was directed by

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. Vaishali had participated in the Elite Look of the Year contest and was the second runner-up. Vaishali participated in the Pond's

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contest and was the third runner-up becoming the Miss India International even though she wasn't in the five finalists. Vaishali then left in the same year for the

contest in

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but failed to win due to her having

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. Vaishali has done ramp shows for top Indian designers. She has participated in the

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, and Sri Lankan Fashion week and done shows for

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, etc. She has done a lot of print and editorial work as well.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desai, Vaishali 21st-century Indian actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Gujarati people Actresses in Hindi cinema Miss International 2005 delegates Actresses from Mumbai Mount Carmel College, Bangalore alumni