Mehr Jesia

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Mehr Jesia
Mehr jessia rampal.jpg
Born (1968-11-30) 30 November 1968 (age 53)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationModel
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1998⁠–⁠2019)​
Children2
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleFemina Miss India Universe 1986
Major
competition(s)		Femina Miss India Universe 1986
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1986 (Unplaced)

Mehr Jesia (born 30 November 1968) is a former Miss India and an Indian supermodel.[1][2]

Early life and background[]

Jesia was born into a Parsi family on 30 November 1968.[3] She completed her schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mumbai. She grew up in Dadar Parsi Colony in Mumbai.[3]

Career[]

Jesia started her career in 1980s, and won the Femina Miss India title in 1986. Soon she became a part of the first generation of Indian supermodels like Madhu Sapre, Feroze Gujral, Shyamolie Verma and Anna Bredmeyer.[4][5]

Film career[]

Jesia and Arjun Rampal produced the film I See You (2006) through their production company Chasing Ganesha. The film starred Rampal, Vipasha Agarwal, Sonali Kulkarni and Boman Irani.[6]

Personal life[]

She has always shown great interest in sports, and was known to enjoy swimming, badminton, and other sports before she became a model.

She married former model and Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal in 1998. They have two daughters. On 28 May 2018 the couple announced separation in a joint statement after 20 years of marriage.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Catch-Up With The Past Miss Indias". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Style wise". The Hindu. 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b "Life, as Mehr Jesia knows it". DNA. 20 September 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  4. ^ Aasheesh Sharma (21 September 2013). "Memories of a master". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. ^ Sujata Assomull (25 April 2009). "The magic of Mehr". India Today. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  6. ^ Mehr Jesia at IMDb
  7. ^ "Arjun Rampal And Mehr Jesia Announce Their Separation After 20 Years Of & On 21 November 2019 officialy [sic] are divorced Marriage". Headlines Today. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
Preceded by Miss India
1986 		Succeeded by
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