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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Sheetal_Mallar/D0dtyNPU">Sheetal Mallar</a> from <a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a> was the first winner of <a href="/facts/Femina_Look_of_the_Year/KxqhnrTa">Femina Look of the Year</a> contest and was the first one to represent India at <a href="/facts/Elite_Model_Look/sHQlT29c">Elite Model Look</a> contest in 1994. She was among the Top 15 finalist at the <a href="/facts/Elite_Model_Look/sHQlT29c">Elite Model Look 1994</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Other notable winners of <a href="/facts/Femina_Look_of_the_Year/KxqhnrTa">Femina Look of the Year</a> include <a href="/facts/Ujjwala_Raut/0801xLYG">Ujjwala Raut</a>, <a href="/facts/Carol_Gracias/u9t3lsYh">Carol Gracias</a>, and <a href="/facts/Nethra_Raghuraman/u5UBSkeX">Nethra Raghuraman</a>. </p> <h2 id="20042012-event">2004–2012 Event</h2> <p>Elite Model Management launched in India in 2003 by Sushma Puri. In 2004, she sent two models to compete at Elite Model Look, Vibhinita Verma and Sucheta Sharma.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In 2006 <a href="/facts/L%2527Oreal_Paris/pUkFnueA">L'Oreal Paris</a> with Elite Model Management India did a nationwide contest telecast on <a href="/facts/Zoom_(Indian_TV_channel)/uu4HF9w9">Zoom</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> where <a href="/facts/Manasvi_Mamgai/dyAkEBrc">Manasvi Mamgai</a> was announced winner<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> she went on to participate in Elite Model Look 2006 in <a href="/facts/Marrakesh/aVpGaF8h">Marrakesh</a>. </p> <h2 id="2014present">2014–present</h2> <p>Since 2014, MAX India organises the event under the license owner <a href="/facts/Marc_Robinson/9nlNHeVU">Marc Robinson</a>. The MAX Elite Model Look 2014 finale was held in <a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a> on October 12, 2014, the winners represented India the Elite Model Look 2014 contest held in <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>. Former <a href="/facts/Femina_Miss_India_2013/fVXJU1Kz">Femina Miss India Supranational</a> Vijaya Sharma of <a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a> and Rinku Malik of <a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a> were declared winners of the event.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="indian-representatives-to-elite-model-look-contest">Indian representatives to Elite Model Look Contest</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td>Winner</td><td>'Runner up</td><td>Finalist/Semifinalist</td><td>Unplaced</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Female Representatives</h3> <ul><li>The following women have represented India at Elite Model Look contest.</li></ul> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Age</th><th>Height</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Placement at Elite Model Look</th></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td><a href="/facts/Sheetal_Mallar/D0dtyNPU">Sheetal Mallar</a></td><td>19</td><td>1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a></td><td>Top 15</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>Charmaine Shackleton</td><td>18</td><td>1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Goa/KKXvbLSS">Goa</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/Ujjwala_Raut/0801xLYG">Ujjwala Raut</a></td><td>17</td><td>1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a></td><td>Top 15</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><a href="/facts/Nethra_Raghuraman/u5UBSkeX">Nethra Raghuraman</a></td><td>20</td><td>1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Gujarat/HwmVfMwr">Gujarat</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><a href="/facts/Carol_Gracias/u9t3lsYh">Carol Gracias</a></td><td>19</td><td>1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><a href="/facts/Karishma_Modi/Gu0u9KuE">Karishma Modi</a></td><td>18</td><td>1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Gujarat/HwmVfMwr">Gujarat</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2004</td><td>Suchtra Sharma</td><td>18</td><td>1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>Vibhinita Verma</td><td>17</td><td>1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Bangalore/LoufLHv4">Bangalore</a></td><td>Top 20</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><a href="/facts/Manasvi_Mamgai/dyAkEBrc">Manasvi Mamgai</a></td><td>16</td><td>1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>Prerana Sharma</td><td>18</td><td>1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Erika Packard</td><td>20</td><td>1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>Arshia Ahuja</td><td>19</td><td>1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Punjab%2c_India/bHPSN45a">Punjab</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Archana Kumar</td><td>23</td><td>1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a></td><td>Top 15</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Dayana_Mendoza/TRXD9QaQ">Dayana</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td>21</td><td>1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Bangalore/LoufLHv4">Bangalore</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Vijaya Sharma</td><td>22</td><td>1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><a href="/facts/Dipti_Sharma/p959e0Dj">Dipti Sharma</a></td><td>20</td><td>1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Chandigarh/naV8Beal">Chandigarh</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr></tbody></table> <h4>Winners Notes</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dipti_Sharma/p959e0Dj">Dipti Sharma</a> was a finalist at Campus Princess 2015.</li> <li>Vijaya Sharma was Asian Supermodel 2012-2nd Runner Up and <a href="/facts/Femina_Miss_India_2013/fVXJU1Kz">Femina Miss India Supranational 2013</a>, later represented India at Miss Supranational 2013 and was among the top 20 semifinalists.</li> <li>Dayana was a finalist at the <a href="/facts/Femina_Miss_India/KCKDK4Fu">Femina Miss India 2011</a> contest.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Manasvi_Mamgai/dyAkEBrc">Manasvi Mamgai</a> later won <a href="/facts/Miss_Tourism_International/uqFDoz4I">Miss Tourism International 2008</a> and <a href="/facts/Femina_Miss_India/KCKDK4Fu">Femina Miss India</a> in 2010 and is now a Bollywood actress.</li></ul> <h3>Male Representatives</h3> <ul><li><i>The following men have represented <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> at Elite Model Look contest.</i></li></ul> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Age</th><th>Height</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Placement at Elite Model Look</th></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Siddharth Puranik</td><td>22</td><td>1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Raipur/3cWJrofI">Raipur</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Pranav Patidar</td><td>21</td><td>1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/Rajasthan/rC0MvrRD">Rajasthan</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Rinku Malik</td><td>21</td><td>1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Delhi/9UMpnDN8">New Delhi</a></td><td>Unplaced</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EliteModelLookIndia/">Elite Model Look India Official Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.elitemodellook.com/in/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Elite modelling agency to hold contest in August". 2004-04-20. Retrieved 2016-09-24. <a href="http://zeenews.india.com/home/elite-modelling-agency-to-hold-contest-in-august_155373.html" target="_blank">http://zeenews.india.com/home/elite-modelling-agency-to-hold-contest-in-august_155373.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Sheetal Mallar, a woman with international appeal, wins Femina Look of the Year Contest". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 15 October 2014. <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sheetal-mallar-a-woman-with-international-appeal-wins-femina-look-of-the-year-contest/1/294005.html" target="_blank">http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sheetal-mallar-a-woman-with-international-appeal-wins-femina-look-of-the-year-contest/1/294005.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"SUCHETA SHARMA JAMES". www.explosivefashion.in. Retrieved 2016-09-24. <a href="http://www.explosivefashion.in/indian-models/sucheta-sharma-james.html" target="_blank">http://www.explosivefashion.in/indian-models/sucheta-sharma-james.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Vibhinta Verma - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-09-24. <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/model-of-the-day/Vibhinta-Verma/articleshow/4825333.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/model-of-the-day/Vibhinta-Verma/articleshow/4825333.cms</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>www.exchange4media.com. "Zoom to present L'Oreal Paris Elite Model Look 2006". Retrieved 2016-09-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/zoom-to-present-l%25E2%2580%2599oreal-paris-elite-model-look-2006_22408.html" target="_blank">http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/zoom-to-present-l%25E2%2580%2599oreal-paris-elite-model-look-2006_22408.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Manasvi Mamgai wins Elite Model Look India 2006". indiantelevision.org.in. Retrieved 13 October 2014. <a href="http://www.indiantelevision.org.in/headlines/y2k6/sep/sep195.htm" target="_blank">http://www.indiantelevision.org.in/headlines/y2k6/sep/sep195.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"MAX Elite Model Look 2014 Finale". santabanta.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014. <a href="http://www.santabanta.com/gallery/events/max-elite-model-look-2014-finale/winners--vijaya-sharma-and-rinku-malik/283792/" target="_blank">http://www.santabanta.com/gallery/events/max-elite-model-look-2014-finale/winners--vijaya-sharma-and-rinku-malik/283792/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"RINKU MALIK & VIJAYA SHARMA winners of MAX Elite Model Look (India) 2014". wordpress.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014. <a href="https://starfriday.wordpress.com/tag/rinku-malik-vijaya-sharma-winners-of-max-elite-model-look-india-2014/" target="_blank">https://starfriday.wordpress.com/tag/rinku-malik-vijaya-sharma-winners-of-max-elite-model-look-india-2014/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Grand Finale of MAX Elite Model Look 2014". bollywoodhungama.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141022214842/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/photos/view/stills/parties-and-events/id/2681511" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141022214842/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/photos/view/stills/parties-and-events/id/2681511</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"MAX Elite Model Look winners Vijaya Sharma and Rinku Malik to compete in China". wn.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014. <a href="http://article.wn.com/view/2014/10/14/MAX_Elite_Model_Look_winners_Vijaya_Sharma_and_Rinku_Malik_t/" target="_blank">http://article.wn.com/view/2014/10/14/MAX_Elite_Model_Look_winners_Vijaya_Sharma_and_Rinku_Malik_t/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"DAYANA-iNDIA". elitemodellook.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014. <a href="https://www.elitemodellook.com/finalists2012/all/india.html" target="_blank">https://www.elitemodellook.com/finalists2012/all/india.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>