Ujjwala Raut | |
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 Raut in June 2012 | |
| Born | 11 June 1978 |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Sonali Raut (sister) |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
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Ujjwala Raut (born 11 June 1978) is an Indian Supermodel. [2] [3] She is considered one of India's first supermodels. [4] [5]
Raut was a 17-year-old commerce student when she won "Femina Look of the Year" at the Femina Miss India 1996 contest. [2] She was also among the top fifteen in the 1996 Elite Model Look contest in Nice. [6] [7] She walked the runway for, among others: 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, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. [8]
She was the first Indian to appear as the face of Yves Saint Laurent (designer) [9]
She was also among the first Indians to have walked for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, having done so twice, in 2002 and 2003. [10] In 2012, she co-hosted and judged the Kingfisher Calendar Hunt with model Milind Soman. [11]
She has acted in a Hindi Language Bollywood movie Sanam Teri Kasam (2016 film) [12] [13]
She was honored as one of the Women of the Year 2025 by Harper's Bazaar India in its second edition of these annual awards. [14] [15]
Her father was a Deputy Commissioner in Mumbai Police. [10] She was married to Maxwell Sterry on 19 June 2004 [16] and the couple divorced in 2011. They have one daughter named Ksha. [17] [18] [19]
| Name | Year | Role | Channel |
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| MTV Supermodel of the Year [20] [21] | 2019 | Mentor | MTV India |
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