Mehr Jesia

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Mehr Jesia
Mehr jessia rampal.jpg
Born (1970-11-30) 30 November 1970 (age 54)
Occupation Model
Spouse
(m. 1998;div. 2019)
Children2
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Femina Miss India Universe 1986
Major
competition(s)
Femina Miss India Universe 1986
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1986 (Unplaced)

Mehr Jesia (born 30 November 1970) is an Indian producer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Femina Miss India Universe 1986 and represented India at Miss Universe 1986. [1] [2]

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Early life and background

Jesia was born into a Parsi family on 30 November 1970. [3] She completed her schooling in J B Vaccha High School for Parsi Girls, Dadar, 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 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] They were granted divorce by a Bandra family court in November 2019. The couple's two daughters will live with their mother. [8] [9]

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References

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  2. "Style wise". The Hindu . 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Life, as Mehr Jesia knows it". DNA. 20 September 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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  6. Mehr Jesia at IMDb
  7. "Arjun Rampal And Mehr Jesia Announce Their Separation After 20 Years Of Marriage". Headlines Today. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. "Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jesia granted divorce, ending 21 years of marriage". India Today. 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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Preceded by Miss India
1986
Succeeded by