Manasvi Mamgai | |
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| Born | 10 October 1989 |
| Education | Hansraj Public School, Panchkula, Haryana |
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| Height | 1.74 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Elite Model Look India 2006 Miss Tourism International 2008 Femina Miss India World 2010 |
Manasvi Mamgai (born 10 October 1989) is an Indian actress, model, activist and beauty pageant titleholder.[1] She won the title of Femina Miss India 2010 and represented India at Miss World 2010. She previously won the titles of Miss India Tourism International and Miss Tourism International 2008. In 2016, Manasvi, became the Indian Ambassador to the Republican Hindu Coalition.[2]
She was a contestant on the Indian reality TV show, Bigg Boss Season 17, which started in October 2023.
Manasvi was born in Delhi but grew up in Chandigarh. Her mother Prabha, is from Uttarakhand.[3] By the age of 15, she had won almost 50 state and national awards in dancing, singing, and skating.[4]
She won Elite Model Look India in 2006 and debuted at the India Fashion Week. She also won Miss Tourism International 2008.[5] After winning Miss India 2010, she represented India at the Miss World beauty pageant, held in China in 2010. She was chosen as the top 8 in the Miss World Finale in 2010 in the Dances of the world.[6] Since then she has walked the ramp for many top Indian designers and shot various campaigns. She has also shot for top Indian and international magazines like Vogue, Elle, Femina, Verve, Cosmopolitan, New face, Code of style, etc.[7]
Manasvi is an alumnus of Anupam Kher's acting school in Mumbai, Actor Prepares.[8] In 2012 she was a part of the movement-based play LIMBO that received critical reviews.[9] It was showcased in Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai and screened in Paris.[10] The same year she appeared in the movie The World Before Her.[citation needed]
In 2014 she played the antagonist, Marina opposite Ajay Devgn in the Eros International studio movie Action Jackson, directed by Prabhu Deva. Manasvi appeared on the famous Indian comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil along with her Action Jackson star cast. In 2015 she was nominated for the Best Debutant award at Filmfare Awards where she was also a presenter. In 2020 she was lead of the 2 music videos, Yaadein by American R&B duo TheMxxnlight and Dum ba Dum by Daler Mehndi.[11]
Manasvi currently lives in Los Angeles where she is pursuing a career in acting and producing.[12] She recently was the winner of the American game show The Price Is Right.[13]
She played the role of Juhi Bhatia in The Trial in 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar. She entered the reality game show Bigg Boss Season 17 as a wild-card entry in October 2023.
In 2016, Manasvi, became the Indian Ambassador to the Republican Hindu Coalition.[14]
Manasvi put together the "Humanity United against Terror" a Bollywood Charity Concert which took place on 15 October 2016 at NJ Exposition center in Edison, New Jersey.[15] The concert was addressed by President-Elect Donald Trump. She even performed in it with Bollywood celebrities including Malaika Arora, Prabhu Deva, Sophie Choudry.[16]
Manasvi along with Bollywood singing sensation Mika Singh, performed at Trump's pre-inaugural Welcome Celebrations held at Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. She led over a dozen Indian dancers performing to some of the popular Bollywood numbers including the Oscar-winning "Jai Ho" of A R Rahman. The live event was played out in front of 800,000 people and was telecast to over 2 billion viewers worldwide.[17] Manasvi attended a lot of the Inaugural functions including Trump's VIP Candle Light Dinner at Union Station.[18]
Manasvi attended the first time celebration of Diwali at The Oval Office in the presence of President Donald Trump on 17 October 2017.[19][20] Manasvi is very active in the RHC Immigration campaign to have equitable treatment of DALCA kids (300,000 legal childhood arrivals from India who lose their status at the age of 21) and reduce the Green Card backlog of hi-skilled legal immigrants based on merit.[21]