Priyanka Shah

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Priyanka Shah
Priyanka Shah at Rohhit Verma's sister Swati's birthday bash.jpg
Shah at Rohhit Verma's sister Swati's birthday bash
Born1984 (age 3839)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActress & netball player
Beauty pageant titleholder
Years active2015–present

Priyanka Shah (born 1984[ citation needed ]) is an Indian former netball player, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of Miss Tourism India 2007 and a finalist in Femina Miss India 2007. She is also the winner of Get Gorgeous 2005.

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Early life and career

Shah's parents are Maharashtrian and Gujarati. [1] Shah is an Engineering graduate from MIT College Pune. She is also a former captain of the India national netball team. [2]

In pageantry she won the Miss Tourism India title in 2007.[ citation needed ]

She was supposed to make her debut through a Tamil film titled Kalla Kadhalan opposite actor Sibiraj and Kannada actor Vishal Hedge in 2008, but the film was shelved. Shah has completed a course in acting at the Kishore Namit Kumar acting school in Mumbai.

Filmography

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References

  1. "Get Gorgeous Winner Priyanka Shah Makes Her Tamil Film Debut". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  2. Anand, Shilpa Nair (29 May 2011). "Kochi's date with fashion week". The Hindu . Retrieved 30 May 2011.