Get Gorgeous was an Indian reality television show and model talent search that premiered in 2004 by one of India's music channels, Channel V India. The show was formatted by Kaveri Mehrotra while Amar Deb was the head of the channel. Get Gorgeous was about discovering the next face of modeling in India.
Judges and other staff members
Judge/ Staff Member Season (cycle) 1 (2004) 2 (2005) 3 (2006) 4 (2007) 5 (2008) 6 (2010) Hosts Sarah-Jane Dias colspan="1" colspan="5" Archana Vijaya colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="4" Pia Trivedi colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="1" VJ Andy colspan="4" colspan="2" Judging panelists Mickey Mehta colspan="1" colspan="5" Sameer Parekh colspan="1" colspan="5" Tanya LeFebvre colspan="1" colspan="5" Aparna Chandra colspan="1" colspan="5" Aparna Behl colspan="2" colspan="4" Ambika Pillai colspan="2" colspan="4" Hemant Trivedi colspan="2" colspan="4" Milind Soman colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="4" Mohan Neelkantan colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="4" Nayanika Chatterjee colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="3" Colston Julian colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="3" Dino Morea colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" Marc Robinson colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" Surily Goel colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" Rajeev Goswami colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="3" Nikhil Mehra colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Shantanu Mehra colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Neha Kapur colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Alison Kanuga colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Deanne Pandey colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Samantha Kochhar colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Manoj Jadhav colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Kushal Parmanand colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Rahul Khanna colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" Rohit Gandhi colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" Nisha Kutty colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" Yasmin Haz colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" Upen Patel colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" Kamal Sidhu colspan="5" colspan="1" Vikram Bawa colspan="5" colspan="1" Gayatri Khanna colspan="5" colspan="1" Model mentor Diandra Soares colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" Gauahar Khan colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" Sahil Shroff colspan="5" colspan="1" Archana Vijaya colspan="1" colspan="4" colspan="1"
Seasons Season Premiere date WinnerRunner-up Other contestantsNumber of contestantsDestination 1Aarohi MishraArchana VijayaNatasha SuriTanvi SinghAbha Bakaya, Anjali Raj, Asha B. R., Drashta Sarvaiya, Lakshmi Rebecca, Latika Chauhan, Mihika Verma, Natasha Bahmani, Natasha Sethi, Sanya Aslam Shaikh, Sapna Chandrasekaran, Shereen Appanna16GoaMumbai2Priyanka ShahTina NoronhaMitali Badkur & Tanushree Biswas & Tina Desai & Tonisha Pawar, Kanika Khanna & Priyanka Kumar & Rinita Talapatra & Smita Sharma, Chahat Sabaji & Mahima Chaudhary & Melanie D'Mello & Ridhima Sharma, Malika Jan & Sudharani Gupta16BentotaMumbai3Anurita JhaMeenal ThakurDipitha ShayanAndrea Wiltshire, Dimple Anand, Jyothi Mahadev, Rucha Gawas, Rupalee Yadav, Swetha Reddy15Mumbai4Rachel VargheseRebecca MaumkelSarika, Mizpah Waters, Sneha, Nina Sarkar, Kirtana Krishnan, Arlette Evita Grao, Arika Silaichia, Nidhi Sunil10GoaMumbai5Iris MaityGwendolyn AthaideHimani & Pavitra & Ramya & Saghar, Sameera, Lavanya Tripathi, Roopa, Arushi Virani, Aarohi Kadam & Anjali Raut & Setareh Nour14KeralaMumbaiParis6Preeti ChauhanRajat DahiyaRoushni DasUdit MethiGauri Janwalikar & Michael Obidiki, Charudutt Sapra, Tanya Nambiar, Shibani Suvarna, Pankaj Tanwar, Ankit Raj & Hazel Sobti, Asmita Sood, Samridh Bawa, Asif Sataar & Mruga Kulkarni, Riddhima Shahani, Veir Dhillon, Bharat Sharma & Jenny Ghottra20GoaMumbaiDelhi
Get Gorgeous 1 The show's first season aired on 1 July 2004, with the finale on 23 September 2004. It had 6,000 entries received and 16 finalists were taken to the coast of Goa. The season was hosted by VJ Sarah-Jane Dias, with renowned fitness instructor Mickey Mehta, photographer Sameer Parekh, well-known choreographers Tanya LeFebvre and Aparna Behl, designer Aparna Chandra, make-up expert Ambika Pillai and Hemant Trivedi as judges.
The show's prizes for this season include walking for designer Suneet Verma at Rome Fashion Week and a contract with Elite Model Management in India. The four winners were Aarohi Mishra, Archana Vijaya, Natasha Suri and Tanvi Singh.
Contestants NameAgeHeightHometownAbha Bakaya23DelhiAnjali Raj19MumbaiAsha B. R.20BangaloreDrashta Sarvaiya23DelhiLakshmi Rebecca23ChennaiLatika Chauhan21DelhiMihika Verma19MumbaiNatasha Bahmani17MumbaiNatasha Sethi20MumbaiSanya Aslam Shaikh17MumbaiSapna Chandrasekaran23BangaloreShereen Appanna20BangaloreAarohi Mishra18BangaloreArchana Vijaya21KolkataNatasha Suri20MumbaiTanvi Singh20Bhopal
Get Gorgeous 2 The second season first aired on 23 April 2005, with the finale on 11 June 2005, and it was hosted by season 1 winner Archana Vijaya. It had 5,000 entries received and 16 finalists were taken to the training camp at Taj Exotica in Bentota, Sri Lanka. The season had designers Hemant Trivedi, model Noyonika Chatterjee and model-turned-actor Milind Soman as judges.
The winner of the season was Priyanka Shah. She receive:
A talent contract with Channel V India A modelling contract with Elite Model Management in India A campaign for LG CDMA Will be walking at India Fashion Week
Contestants
NameAgeHeightHometownOutcomePlaceMitali Badkur24BangaloreEpisode 316-13Tanushree Biswas19PuneTena B.21BangaloreTonisha Pawar21BangaloreKanika Khanna20DelhiEpisode 512-9Priyanka Kumar23DelhiRinita Talapatra18MumbaiSmita Sharma22DelhiChahat Sabaji22DelhiEpisode 68-5Mahima Chaudhary17PuneMelanie D'Mello21MumbaiRidhima Sharma20MumbaiMalika Jan22BangaloreEpisode 84-3Sudharani Gupta22MumbaiTina Noronha22Bangalore2Priyanka Shah21Pune1
Get Gorgeous 3 The third season first aired on 16 March 2006, and with the finale on 4 May 2006., and had fifteen finalists. The season was hosted by VJ Pia Trivedi, with model-turned-actor Dino Morea, model and ace fashion choreographer Marc Robinson, fashion designer Surily Goel, ace fashion choreographer Colston Julian, model Noyonika Chatterjee, and choreographer Rajiv Goswami as judges.
The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India and a modelling contract with Matrix Model Management in India. The winners of this season were Anurita Jha and Mrunal Thakur.
Season 3 Contestants NameAgeAndrea Wiltshire17Dimple AnandJyothi MahadevLizaLuckyMallika BhattRucha Gawas18Rupalee YadavSabreenShwetha ReddySimranSofiaDipitha ShayanAnurita Jha23Meenal Thakur22
Get Gorgeous 4
The fourth season aired on 7 June 2007 and with the finale on 9 August 2007.
VJ Pia Trivedi will once again host this season, along with the judging panel were make-up artist Samantha Kochhar, fashion choreographer Alison Kanuga, fashion designer duo Shantanu Mehra & Nikhil Mehra, former model-turned-celebrity fitness trainer Deanne Pandey, Femina Miss India Universe 2006 Neha Kapur, photographer Manoj Jadhav and fashion editor for Seventeen Kushal Parmanand. The 10 finalists travelled to the Swaswara resort in Goa. The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India and a modelling contract with Elite Model Management in India. The winner of the season was Rachel Varghese.
The Grand Finale had over 1,000 guests visiting the live runway. The anchor of the live show was Channel V's VJ Pia Trivedi. During the taping of the season, Channel [V] allowed a blogger from Trendy.com to live among the contestants and collect exclusive behind-the-scenes material for a section of the show's website called "The Gorgeous Blogger".
Contestants NameAgeHeightHometownOutcomePlaceSarika23BangaloreEpisode 410-9Mizpah Waters24DelhiSneha24DelhiEpisode 58-7Nina Sarkar19MumbaiKirtana Krishnan22BangaloreEpisode 76Arlette Evita Grao18MumbaiEpisode 135-4Arika Silaichia17PuneNidhi Sunil20Bangalore3Rebecca Maumkel18Mumbai2Rachel Varghese19Mumbai1
Get Gorgeous 5 The fifth season aired on 16 May 2008 and with the finale on 26 July 2008. The 10 finalists travelled to Kerala and the 3 finalist travelled to Paris. This season garnered an average of 10 million viewers, making it the highest rated season of the show's history.
VJ Pia Trivedi will once again host this season, along with the judging panel were fashion designer duo Rahul Khanna & Rohit Gandhi, fitness expert Yasmin Haz, photographer Nisha Kutty and actor Upen Patel. Indian Supermodels Diandra Soares and Gauahar Khan were also judges and their model mentor.
The winner of the season was Iris Maity, beating Gwen Athaide and Salome Narayana Polaki in the finale. She receive:
A talent contract with Channel V worth ₹1.000.000 A modelling contract with ICE Model Management A trip to Paris to feature in a shoot for Christian Dior An exclusive splash feature in L'Officiel
Season 5 Contestants
Name Age HeightHometown Model CoachOutcome PlaceHimani Sharma20NoidaEpisode 214-11Pavitra20MumbaiRamya21MumbaiSaghar19PuneSameera Baig22MumbaiDiandraEpisode 310Lavanya Tripathi18DehradunGauaharEpisode 49Roopa19PuneDiandraEpisode 58Arushi S Pilot19MumbaiGauaharEpisode 67Aarohi Kadam22MumbaiGauaharEpisode 76-4Anjali Raut21MumbaiDiandraSetareh Nour18MumbaiDiandraGwendolyn Athaide24MumbaiGauaharEpisode 103-2Salome Narayana Polaki22MumbaiGauaharIris Maity24MumbaiDiandra1
Get Gorgeous 6 The sixth season aired on 29 August 2010 and with the finale on 21 November 2010. This season was hosted by VJ Andy with the brand new judges were: model Kamal Sidhu, fashion photographer Vikram Bawa and fashion designer Gayatri Khanna, and 2 new mentor are supermodels Sahil Shroff & Archana Vijaya. After 2 years gap, the show return with 20 brand new contestant, including male contestant for the first time. The prizes include a 1-year modelling contract with Kwan Entertainment. The two winner of the season were Preeti Chauhan & Rajat Dahiya.
Contestant
Name Age Height Hometown Model Coach Outcome PlaceGauri JanwalikarMumbaiArchanaEpisode 220-19Michael Obidiki25NashikArchanaCharudutt Sapra21New DelhiSahilEpisode 318Tanya Nambiar23New DelhiSahilEpisode 417Shibani Suvarna23PuneArchanaEpisode 516Pankaj Tanwar21HaryanaSahilEpisode 615Ankit Raj22New DelhiArchanaEpisode 714-13Hazel Sobti21GoaSahilAsmita Sood20ShimlaSahilEpisode 812Samridh Bawa19MumbaiArchanaEpisode 911Asif Sataar21KashmirArchanaEpisode 1010-9Mruga Kulkarni19PuneArchanaRiddhima Shahani20PuneSahilEpisode 118Veir Dhillon20PuneArchanaEpisode 127Bharat Sharma25MumbaiSahil6-5Jagdip "Jenny" Ghottra23Toronto, CanadaSahilRoushni Das†18MumbaiArchanaEpisode 134-3Udit Methi23PuneSahilPreeti Chauhan23New DelhiArchana2-1Rajat Dahiya22New DelhiSahil
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The contestant was eliminated The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel The contestant was immune from elimination The contestant won the competition
Challenges
Episode 2 photo shoot: Makeover Episode 3 photo shoot: Swimsuit calendar for MiD-DAY Episode 4 commercial: Garnier product in pair Episode 5 commercial: Garnier product Episode 6 photo shoot: Homosexuality couple Episode 7 photo shoot: Adam and Eve Episode 8 video shoot & commercial: Bollywood couple; Scooty Pep motorbike in group Episode 9 commercial & photo shoot: LG Cookie smartphone in group; Rags to riches editorial Episode 10 photo shoot: Love in the air