Name: Aanchal Kumar
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SKU: 261913
Rating: 4.3 (55 reviews)

Aanchal Kumar is a well-known Indian model, actress, and wife of Anupam Mittal, the founder of Shaadi.com.Growing up in Chandigarh, she first got interested in modelling during her school days. Due to her model-like physique, she was encouraged by her sisters to participate in modelling contests at school.Beauty with Brains, Aanchal was a topper at school who scored 91% in her board examinations. [9]The Tribune.Apart from being a scholar and model, Aanchal was also a basketball player, a member of her school basketball team.She moved to Mumbai, Maharastra, to live with her two elder sisters during her teens.Aanchal Kumar began her journey as a model at a very young age. At 17, she bagged various ad commercials, print as well as television.Two years later, Aanchal was contacted by the renowned Indian model maker Maureen Wadia, who is known for organizing the beauty pageant Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest. Maureen Wadias husband, Nusli Wadia, is the chairman of the Wadia Group. Then, Maureen was looking for a model to feature in the commercial for Bombay Dyeing, the flagship company of the Wadia Group, therefore, she had approached Aanchal. Not only did Aanchal secure the Bombay Dyeing commercial, but she was also introduced to the Gladrags beauty contest by Maureen. Maureen Wadia and Aanchal Kumar.In 1999, Aanchal Kumar came into the spotlight when she won the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest alongside the Indian actor John Abraham, who won the title among men. An excerpt from the Gladrags magazine featuring Aanchal Kumar and John Abraham as the winners of Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest (1999).Consequently, she bagged numerous modelling assignments from reputable brands like Rexona, Sunsilk, Coke, etc. A rising model, she earned Rs 1.25 lakh for the 1999 diet coke advertisement. Other Popular brands with which she has collaborated as a model include Marks & Spencer and Shoppers Stop. Aanchal Kumar walking the ramp at the Shoppers Stop Designer Of The Year 2017 fashion show in Mumbai.After her win in the Gladrags beauty contest, she took part in an intercontinental contest held in Germany. Although she didnt win the pageant, she was among the top five contestants.

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