Rochelle Rao (born 25 November 1988) is an Indian model and actress. She was crowned Miss India International in 2012. She was a contestant on the reality shows '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6'', '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5'', '' Bigg Boss 9'' and '' Nach Baliye 9''. She also appeared as a main character in ''

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''.

Early life

Rochelle Rao was born in

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on 25 November 1988. Her father, Nicolas V Rao, of Telugu-German ancestry is a naturalist while her mother, Wendy Rao, is an

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. Her sister Paloma Rao is also an actress. She holds a

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from MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai.

Femina Miss India

Rochelle Rao competed in the fifth Pantaloons Femina Miss India South pageant in January 2012 where she was first runner up. She lost the title to Shamata Anchan. She later participated at Femina Miss India and emerged as the ''Femina Miss India International 2012'' winner. She has also won three subtitles. "Miss Glamorous Diva", "Miss Ramp Walk", "Miss Body Beautiful". She represented India at

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pageant held in October 2012 (Okinawa, Japan) where she ranked ninth out of 68 countries.

Career

She won the Femina Miss India International 2012Miss India – Miss Diva – World Pageants – Indiatimes.com
Feminamissindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 23 October 2015. crown. Prior to this she was a model and anchor in Chennai. Rochelle was crowned by the outgoing titleholder

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. She later turned host for season six of the

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. Currently living in Mumbai, she has anchored various events and TV shows. She has also featured in many men's magazines.Men's magazine 1
Gqindia.com (22 February 1999). Retrieved on 2015-10-23.Men's magazine 2
Gqindia.com (22 February 1999). Retrieved on 2015-10-23. Keith and Rochelle

She was featured in the February 2014 page of the Kingfisher calendar. In August 2013, Rochelle was seen in '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' season 6 which aired on Colors as a wild card entrant. She did not get chosen for the show as she did her performance. She was also seen in season 5 of the show '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi'' in 2014. She was the second contestant to be eliminated from the show that was hosted by

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. In late 2014 she was seen on an adventurous travel show on Fox Life called ''Life Mein Ek Baar'' along with

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, Pia Trivedi and

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. In 2015, Rao became a contestant on the Indian reality TV series, '' Bigg Boss 9'' along with boyfriend

Keith Sequeira Keith Sequeira (born 30 April 1980) is an Indian actor, and a former model and VJ. He modeled for Raymond's ''The Complete Man campaign'' before gaining popularity as ''VJ Keith'' on B4U. He featured in the music video "Shake It Daddy" with A ...

. She was paired with

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but later changed with

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. Rao is currently playing various roles in the comedy show ''

'' on Sony TV which started in April 2016. She was last seen in 1962: The War in the Hills as Rimpa.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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