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Ujjwala Raut
Indian model From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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].
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Career
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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]
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Personal life
Her father was a Deputy Commissioner in Mumbai Police[14]. She was married to Maxwell Sterry on 19 June 2004[15] and the couple divorced in 2011. They have one daughter named Ksha.[16][17][18]
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