11 Top Fashion Models In India – The Fashion Epitomes

Women are standing on the top in many fields. The confidence and position of successful people seems easy for audiences. But we must also look their struggle. Entering into the fashion and beauty industries is easy but making efforts is difficult.

Being fashion industry a competitive field, models come and go. But few of the fashion Indian models justified their profession well. They stood by criticism and failures. The Indian fashion models dint only made their career but also lifted the standards of Indian fashion. Most of the Indian models also explored and represented India for fashion and beauty.

Making the marking at the peaks in any field may look easy when it is not yours. But the one who is running the path experiences the ups and downs. You must know how tough it is to be a model and how great it is live for the passion.

Indian Models Who Are Ruling The Fashion World

1. Angela Jonsson

Angela Jonsson sizzled walking on the ramp for many famous designers like Manish Malhotra, Anita Dongre. She also did modelling for jewellers and hair care brands. This gorgeous lady was listed in 50 Most Desirable Women in India in 2011 by Times.

She got famous when she won Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt in 2011 and which was a turning point in her life. Later in 2012, Angela judged 2012 Kingfisher Calendar Girl Hunt. Her personality and face are her best assets which made her appear on many magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and many more.

Angela is trying hard to give an entry into Bollywood. It is said that she is learning Hind language and working on her acting skills.

2. Noyonika Chatterjee

Noyonika is from basically from Calcutta and she started her career at very small age, 13 years old. She one of the best and top most fashion model.

She came with zeal of being a successful model and stood with same zeal in the fashion industry till today. This fashion ruling lady is a modelling for the past two decades. The dusky skin beauty reversed many of the cliche ideas of modelling.

Her views on fashion are sharp and clear. She is showed the true passion for modelling by standing in the filed for long years. She was the most famous Indian model in 1990’s. She took at break after marriage and having a baby.

When giving an interview long time back about “about the decline of the supermodel era in India”- She said, “The designers are to be blamed because, at one point in India, we became bigger than the designers.”

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3. Nethra Raghuraman

The ramp walker and the model got the charm of being in the top. She was just 19 years when she won the award for Femina Magazine. Later she explored in the fashion world as a model and won many more awards. Her struggle to settle financially led her into a reality show “Khathro ke Kiladi” and she was the winner.

Being a girl from family of doctors and engineers, she even though made an entry into the fashion field.

She gave dazzling appearances in many of the fashion weeks. She worked as a model for Tanishq jewlers, ponds like reputed brands. She said that her parents were in support with her dreams and ambitions. She describes herself as a simple person, extremely hard working and she is it.

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4. Carol Gracias

She was born to a Goan Catholic family and oringinally from Mumbai. She is not only a successful modle made also acted in cameo role in few Bollywood movies and music videos. In 1998 she won the title of India’s L’Oréal/Elite Look of the Year. She walked for Gaurang Shah’s show and it continued for many years. She enjoyed the experience of walking on ramp and so she also agreed to walk when she was pregnant as well.

She is beautiful as she is super confident on the ramp every time. Fashion industry looks perfect physique and zero size. But this real beauty broke the stereotypes and made the by showing the baby bump on the ramp.

5. Archana Akhil Kumar

Archana Kumar is a beauty from Bangalore. If you know that she is a model, then you must know a little more about her. This beauty was a state level basketball player and field hockey player. Yes! She is into everything and everywhere.

She hit the competition of Elite Look of the Year 2011 in Shanghai and got selected among the top 10 models of the world. No wonder that she featured on huge magazines like Vogue India, Elle India, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire. We can say that there is an inculcated vibrant persona and she described her as a fun loving person.

6. Ujjwalla Raut

Ujjwal Raut Started modelling at teenage, when she was 17 years and she won Femina Look of the year in 1996. She was also among the list of top 15 models Elite Model Look contest 1996. Ujjwalla won the Miss India title and she had to look back in her field. She is one of the few models in whole Asia who explored in her field of modelling even in Paris and New York fashion circles.

She walked for many reputed brands and known for her best work. Some of the popular brands she worked for are Yves Saint-Laurent, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Cynthia Rowley, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, Gucci, Givenchy, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, and Emilio Pucci, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

7. Nina Manuel

Nina Manuel ruled the Indian fashion world over a decade. She topped in the top 50 people in Elle Magazine (India) for 5 years consecutively which is a super achievement as fashion model. When models are voted or listed as the best, it considered in many aspects. Being a top Indian model, she was also able to enter into the list of 100 sexiest women in the world by Maxim and FHM magazines.

She is a favourite model for many of the big Indian fashion designers like Manish Arora, Tarun Tahiliani, Rohit Bal, and Sabyasachi Mukherjee .

She also hosted the TV show “After hours” in Channel V and still she is one of the ruling fashion models in India.

8. Sheetal Mallar

The natural looking model Sheetal model hails from Mumbai. She started her career at the age of 16. She attended the competitions Femina Look of the Year and the Elite Look of the Year 1994. Through Elite she worked for in New York, Paris and Milan for two years. Now, she is a contemporary Indian photographer which is a complete different field. And she is no less in the no connection field photography and this shows her passion towards what she chooses. She said that, she got opportunity of observing Her initial interest was for art and painting.

9. Padma Lakshmi

She is a model turned chef and she loves to eat but always fit as a model. She achieved a life which many people dream for. Lakshmi is a popular author of cookbooks. She is a feminist and admires other feminists. Every modern and young must take inspiration from her for being an epitome where she is going.

She grew up in the field and stood as the first International model.

Discriminating someone based on their skin colour and bullying them is cruel and it is tough to deal. Lakshmi gone through bullying and bad times in her childhood in her school. We can say, her life story is almost a moral story, where we get to learn many crucial things.

10. Madhu Sapre

Madhu Sapre was an athlete but started dreaming her role in modelling. She made an entry in Femina Miss India 1992 and she was the winner. She took part in Miss Universe Pageant representing India and she was the runner up. She entered and conquered the fashion industry for a good time. Later after having a baby, she ditched the profession and started enjoying motherhood. Even though she left the modelling field, by then she inspired many young models.

She also acted in a Bollywood movie Boom along with Katrina Kaif and Padma Lakshmi.

11. Mehr Jessia

Jesia started her career in the 1980s and she was the winner of Femina Miss India1986. Mehr Jessia is a super model who set the ramp on fire with her elegant moves. She stood true to her modelling profession and her path. She always understood the chic styles and kept trending. She is a fashion inspiration with her appearances and styles. She always has interest in sports and enjoys swimming and badminton and other sports as well.

As faced several problems at the age of 20s, feels that she is happy at 40s. She have an independent life and a family of her own.

We can only see success of the models but there are untold stories at back stages. All the top Indian models are made the best of their careers and it is not a simple thing to hold on the passion taking the criticism and various opinions. Their experiences and struggle is conveying the inspiration and that is what we wanted to give out of this article.

Not just their names and tags, get to know about their inspiration journey.