Elite Model Look India

Elite Model Look India

Predecessor	Femina Look of the Year
Formation	2004
Type	Model Search Contest
Headquarters	Mumbai
Location	India
Membership	Elite Model Look
Official language	Hindi, English
License Owner	Marc Robinson
Key people	Vasanth Kumar Victoria Da Silva
Parent organisation	Max Fashion
Website	www.elitemodellook.com/in/

Elite Model Look India is an annual fashion event held in India since 2004. The winner of the event represents India at Elite Model Look contest. 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 Milan, Italy. The winners of the title take it for one year, taking part later in Elite Model Look contest.

Earlier, Femina Look of the Year used to send its winner to the contest. However it was discontinued after 1999 for unknown reasons. Elite Model Look India got the franchise in 1994.

In 2014, Navneet "Riknu" Malik and Vijaya Sharma, the winners of Elite Model Look India 2015 represent India at the world finale in China.^[1]

History

Sheetal Mallar, winner of Femina Look of the Year 1994, later placed in the top 15 at Elite Model Look world finale in 1994.

Sheetal Mallar from Mumbai was the first ever Indian to represent India at Elite Model Look contest in 1994 and was among Top 15 finalist at Elite Model Look 1994. She was the first ever winner of Femina Look of the Year contest.^[2][3][4]

The winners of Femina Look of the Year include Ujjwala Raut, Carol Gracias, Karishma Modi, Charmaine and Nethra.

2004–2012 Event

India has been participating in Elite Model Look since 1994 starting with Sheetal Mallar. She was the winner of Femina Look of the Year. In 2004, India sent two models to compete at the event. Vibhinita Verma and Suchitra were the first ever winners of Elite Model Look India Contest. Some notable winners are Dayana Errappa (Winner 2012) who later became one of the finalists at the Femina Miss India 2011 contest, Erika Packard (Winner 2009).^[5] Manasvi Mamgai (Winner 2006).^[6] She later won Miss Tourism International 2008 and was crowned Femina Miss India World 2010.

2014–present

In 2014, MAX India organised the event. The MAX Elite Model Look 2014 finale was held in Mumbai on October 12, 2014, the winners represented India the Elite Model Look 2014 contest held in China. Former Femina Miss India Supranational Vijaya Sharma of New Delhi and Rinku Malik of New Delhi were declared winners of the event.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Indian representatives to Elite Model Look Contest

Winner

Runner Up

Finalist/Semifinalist

Unplaced

Female Representatives

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

Year	Winner	Age	Height	Hometown	Placement at Elite Model Look
2015	Dipti Sharma	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Chandigarh	Unplaced
2014	Vijaya Sharma	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	New Delhi	Unplaced
2012	Dayana[11]	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Bangalore	Unplaced
2011	Archana Kumar	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	New Delhi	Top 15
2010	Arshia Ahuja	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Punjab	Unplaced
2009	Erika Packard	20	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	Mumbai	Unplaced
2008	Prerana Sharma	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	New Delhi	Unplaced
2006	Manasvi Mamgai	16	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	New Delhi	Unplaced
2004	Suchtra Sharma	18	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	New Delhi	Unplaced
	Vibhinita Verma	17	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Bangalore	Top 20
1999	Karishma Modi	18	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Gujarat	Unplaced
1998	Carol Gracias	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Mumbai	Unplaced
1997	Nethra Raghuraman	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	Gujarat	Unplaced
1996	Ujjwala Raut	17	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Mumbai	Top 15
1995	Charmaine Shackleton	18	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	Mumbai	Unplaced
1994	Sheetal Mallar	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Mumbai	Top 15

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 later won Miss Tourism International 2008 and Femina Miss India in 2010.

Male Representatives

• The following men have represented India at Elite Model Look contest.

Year	Winner	Age	Height	Hometown	Placement at Elite Model Look
2015	Pranav Patidar	21	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Rajasthan	Unplaced
2014	Rinku Malik	21	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)	New Delhi	Unplaced

Winners notes

• Rinku Malik was a finalist at Ru-Ba-Ru Mr India Global 2013-14 contest.

Photographs of some notable winners

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  Sheetal Mallar, Winner 1994

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  Ujjwala Raut, Winner 1996

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  Nethra Raghuraman, Winner 1997

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  Carol Gracias, Winner 1998

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  Manasvi Mamgai, Winner 2006

References

1. "MAX Elite Model Look winners Vijaya Sharma and Rinku Malik to compete in China". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. "Sheetal Mallar, a woman with international appeal, wins Femina Look of the Year Contest". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
3. "SUPER MODEL SHEETAL MALLAR BIOGRAPHY". indyareads.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
4. "ELITE MODEL LOOK". pageantopolis.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
5. "Erika is India's representative at this year's Elite Model Look Contest.She was a runner up in EML 2006". thefashionspot.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
6. "Manasvi Mamgai wins Elite Model Look India 2006". indiantelevision.org.in. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
7. "MAX Elite Model Look 2014 Finale". santabanta.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
8. "RINKU MALIK & VIJAYA SHARMA winners of MAX Elite Model Look (India) 2014". wordpress.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
9. "Grand Finale of MAX Elite Model Look 2014". bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
10. "MAX Elite Model Look winners Vijaya Sharma and Rinku Malik to compete in China". wn.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
11. "DAYANA-iNDIA". elitemodellook.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

External links

• Elite Model Look India Official Facebook
• Elite Model Look