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 MemberSeason (cycle)
1 (2004)2 (2005)3 (2006)4 (2007)5 (2008)6 (2010)
Hosts
Sarah-Jane DiasMain
Archana VijayaContestantMain
Pia TrivediMain
VJ AndyMain
Judging panelists
Mickey MehtaMain
Sameer ParekhMain
Tanya LeFebvreMain
Aparna ChandraMain
Aparna BehlMain
Ambika PillaiMain
Hemant TrivediMain
Milind SomanMain
Mohan NeelkantanMain
Nayanika ChatterjeeMain
Colston JulianMain
Dino MoreaMain
Marc RobinsonMain
Surily GoelMain
Rajeev GoswamiMain
Nikhil MehraMain
Shantanu MehraMain
Neha KapurMain
Alison KanugaMain
Deanne PandeyMain
Samantha KochharMain
Manoj JadhavMain
Kushal ParmanandMain
Rahul KhannaMain
Rohit GandhiMain
Nisha KuttyMain
Yasmin HazMain
Upen PatelMain
Kamal SidhuMain
Vikram BawaMain
Gayatri KhannaMain
Model mentor
Diandra SoaresMain
Gauahar KhanMain
Sahil ShroffMain
Archana VijayaContestantMain

Seasons

SeasonPremiere dateWinnerRunner-upOther contestantsNumber of contestantsDestination
11 July 2004Aarohi Mishra Archana Vijaya Natasha Suri Tanvi Singh—N/aAbha Bakaya, Anjali Raj, Asha B. R., Drashta Sarvaiya, Lakshmi Rebecca, Latika Chauhan, Mihika Verma, Natasha Bahmani, Natasha Sethi, Sanya Aslam Shaikh, Sapna Chandrasekaran, Shereen Appanna16India Goa Mumbai
223 April 2005Priyanka 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 Gupta16Sri Lanka Bentota India Mumbai
316 March 2006Anurita Jha Meenal ThakurDipitha ShayanAndrea Wiltshire, Dimple Anand, Jyothi Mahadev, Rucha Gawas, Rupalee Yadav, Swetha Reddy15India Mumbai
47 June 2007Rachel VargheseRebecca MaumkelSarika, Mizpah Waters, Sneha, Nina Sarkar, Kirtana Krishnan, Arlette Evita Grao, Arika Silaichia, Nidhi Sunil10India Goa Mumbai
516 May 2008Iris MaityGwendolyn Athaide Salome Narayana PolakiHimani & Pavitra & Ramya & Saghar, Sameera, Lavanya Tripathi, Roopa, Arushi Virani, Aarohi Kadam & Anjali Raut & Setareh Nour14India Kerala Mumbai France Paris
629 August 2010Preeti Chauhan Rajat DahiyaRoushni Das Udit 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 Ghottra20India Goa Mumbai Delhi

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

NameAgeHeightHometown
Abha Bakaya231.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Delhi
Anjali Raj191.65 m (5 ft 5 in)Mumbai
Asha B. R.201.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Bangalore
Drashta Sarvaiya231.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Delhi
Lakshmi Rebecca231.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Chennai
Latika Chauhan211.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Delhi
Mihika Verma191.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Mumbai
Natasha Bahmani171.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Mumbai
Natasha Sethi201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Mumbai
Sanya Aslam Shaikh171.85 m (6 ft 1 in)Mumbai
Sapna Chandrasekaran231.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Bangalore
Shereen Appanna201.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)Bangalore
Aarohi Mishra181.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Bangalore
Archana Vijaya211.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Kolkata
Natasha Suri201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Mumbai
Tanvi Singh201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Bhopal

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:

Contestants

NameAgeHeightHometownOutcomePlace
Mitali Badkur241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)BangaloreEpisode 316-13
Tanushree Biswas191.65 m (5 ft 5 in)Pune
Tena B.211.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Bangalore
Tonisha Pawar211.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Bangalore
Kanika Khanna201.75 m (5 ft 9 in)DelhiEpisode 512-9
Priyanka Kumar231.65 m (5 ft 5 in)Delhi
Rinita Talapatra181.60 m (5 ft 3 in)Mumbai
Smita Sharma221.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Delhi
Chahat Sabaji221.80 m (5 ft 11 in)DelhiEpisode 68-5
Mahima Chaudhary171.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Pune
Melanie D'Mello211.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Mumbai
Ridhima Sharma201.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Mumbai
Malika Jan221.73 m (5 ft 8 in)BangaloreEpisode 84-3
Sudharani Gupta221.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Mumbai
Tina Noronha221.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Bangalore2
Priyanka Shah211.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Pune1

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

NameAge
Andrea Wiltshire17
Dimple Anand
Jyothi Mahadev
Liza
Lucky
Mallika Bhatt
Rucha Gawas18
Rupalee Yadav
Sabreen
Shwetha Reddy
Simran
Sofia
Dipitha Shayan
Anurita Jha23
Meenal 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

NameAgeHeightHometownOutcomePlace
Sarika231.65 m (5 ft 5 in)BangaloreEpisode 410-9
Mizpah Waters241.63 m (5 ft 4 in)Delhi
Sneha241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)DelhiEpisode 58-7
Nina Sarkar191.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Mumbai
Kirtana Krishnan221.70 m (5 ft 7 in)BangaloreEpisode 76
Arlette Evita Grao181.65 m (5 ft 5 in)MumbaiEpisode 135-4
Arika Silaichia171.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Pune
Nidhi Sunil201.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Bangalore3
Rebecca Maumkel181.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Mumbai2
Rachel Varghese191.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Mumbai1

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:

Season 5 Contestants

NameAgeHeightHometownModel CoachOutcomePlace
Himani Sharma201.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Noida—N/aEpisode 214-11
Pavitra20Mumbai—N/a
Ramya21Mumbai—N/a
Saghar19Pune—N/a
Sameera Baig221.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)MumbaiDiandraEpisode 310
Lavanya Tripathi181.65 m (5 ft 5 in)DehradunGauaharEpisode 49
Roopa191.68 m (5 ft 6 in)PuneDiandraEpisode 58
Arushi S Pilot191.73 m (5 ft 8 in)MumbaiGauaharEpisode 67
Aarohi Kadam221.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)MumbaiGauaharEpisode 76-4
Anjali Raut211.78 m (5 ft 10 in)MumbaiDiandra
Setareh Nour181.65 m (5 ft 5 in)MumbaiDiandra
Gwendolyn Athaide241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)MumbaiGauaharEpisode 103-2
Salome Narayana Polaki221.70 m (5 ft 7 in)MumbaiGauahar
Iris Maity241.70 m (5 ft 7 in)MumbaiDiandra1

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.[citation needed]

Contestant

NameAgeHeightHometownModel CoachOutcomePlace
Gauri Janwalikar1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)MumbaiArchanaEpisode 220-19
Michael Obidiki251.90 m (6 ft 3 in)NashikArchana
Charudutt Sapra211.83 m (6 ft 0 in)New DelhiSahilEpisode 318
Tanya Nambiar231.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)New DelhiSahilEpisode 417
Shibani Suvarna231.73 m (5 ft 8 in)PuneArchanaEpisode 516
Pankaj Tanwar211.88 m (6 ft 2 in)HaryanaSahilEpisode 615
Ankit Raj221.83 m (6 ft 0 in)New DelhiArchanaEpisode 714-13
Hazel Sobti211.58 m (5 ft 2 in)GoaSahil
Asmita Sood201.68 m (5 ft 6 in)ShimlaSahilEpisode 812
Samridh Bawa191.70 m (5 ft 7 in)MumbaiArchanaEpisode 911
Asif Sataar211.83 m (6 ft 0 in)KashmirArchanaEpisode 1010-9
Mruga Kulkarni191.85 m (6 ft 1 in)PuneArchana
Riddhima Shahani201.68 m (5 ft 6 in)PuneSahilEpisode 118
Veir Dhillon201.90 m (6 ft 3 in)PuneArchanaEpisode 127
Bharat Sharma251.88 m (6 ft 2 in)MumbaiSahil6-5
Jagdip "Jenny" Ghottra231.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Toronto, CanadaSahil
Roushni Das†181.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)MumbaiArchanaEpisode 134-3
Udit Methi231.88 m (6 ft 2 in)PuneSahil
Preeti Chauhan231.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)New DelhiArchana2-1
Rajat Dahiya221.80 m (5 ft 11 in)New DelhiSahil

Results

PlaceModelEpisodes
234678910111213
2-1PreetiSAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFEWINNER
RajatSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUTSAFESAFELOWWINNER
4-3RoushniSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWLOWSAFELOWOUT
UditLOWSAFESAFESAFELOWSAFELOWSAFESAFELOWSAFEOUT
6-5BharatSAFELOWSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
JennySAFESAFELOWOUTSAFESAFEOUT
7VeirSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFEOUT
8RiddhimaLOWSAFESAFELOWSAFELOWSAFESAFEOUT
10-9AsifLOWSAFESAFELOWSAFELOWSAFEOUT
MrugaSAFEOUTSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
11SamridhSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEIMMOUT
12AsmitaSAFESAFELOWSAFESAFEOUT
14-13AnkitSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
HazelSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
15PankajSAFESAFESAFEOUT
16ShibaniSAFESAFELOWOUT
17TanyaLOWLOWOUT
18CharuduttSAFEOUT
20-19GauriOUT
MichaelOUT

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
  • Episode 11 photo shoot: Marico Hair & Care campaign
  • Episode 12 commercial & photo shoot: Mumbai Underworld online game; Grazia editorial in pairs
  • Episode 13 runway: India Fashion Week 2010

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