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<div>{{short description|Indian model}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox pageant titleholder<br />
| name = Mehr Jesia<br />
| image = Mehr jessia rampal.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|11|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Model (person)|Model]]<br />
| spouse = {{married|[[Arjun Rampal]]|1998 | 2019}}<br />
| children = 2<br />
| title = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1986]]<br />
| competitions = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1986]]<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss Universe 1986]] (Unplaced)<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''Mehr Jesia''' (born 30 November 1968) is a former [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] and an Indian supermodel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2699055.cms |title=Catch-Up With The Past Miss Indias |accessdate=10 February 2010 |work=The Times Of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321175557/http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2699055.cms |archivedate=21 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/09/04/stories/2006090402010400.htm|title=Style wise|date=4 September 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=10 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918104820/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/09/04/stories/2006090402010400.htm|archive-date=18 September 2010|url-status=usurped}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
Jesia was born into a [[Parsi people|Parsi]] family on 30 November 1968.<ref name=dna/> She completed her schooling Kendralaya Vidya School, Mumbai. She grew up in [[Dadar Parsi Colony]] in Mumbai.<ref name=dna>{{cite web| title = Life, as Mehr Jesia knows it|publisher=DNA| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1191662/interview-life-as-mehr-jesia-knows-it|date=20 Sep 2008| accessdate = 2013-09-24}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Jesia started her career in 1980s, and won the [[Femina Miss India]] title in 1986. Soon she became a part of the first generation of Indian supermodels like [[Madhu Sapre]], [[Feroze Gujral]], Shyamolie Verma and Anna Bredmeyer.<ref name=htsep13>{{cite web| title = Memories of a master| newspaper = Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Memories-of-a-master/Article1-1125196.aspx| author = Aasheesh Sharma| date = 21 September 2013| accessdate = 2013-09-24| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130930061621/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Memories-of-a-master/Article1-1125196.aspx| archivedate = 30 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = The magic of Mehr |publisher=India Today| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/The+magic+of+Mehr/1/38788.html|author= Sujata Assomull|date= 25 April 2009|accessdate = 2013-09-24}}</ref><br />
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===Film career===<br />
Jesia and Arjun Rampal produced the film ''[[I See You (2006 film)|I See You]]'' (2006) through their production company [[Chasing Ganesha]]. The film starred Rampal, Vipasha Agarwal, [[Sonali Kulkarni]] and [[Boman Irani]].<ref>{{IMDb name|2510844}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She has always shown great interest in sports, and was known to enjoy swimming, badminton, and other sports before she became a model. <br />
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She married former model and Bollywood actor [[Arjun Rampal]] in 1998. They have two daughters. On 28 May 2018 the couple announced separation in a joint statement after 20 years of marriage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arjun Rampal And Mehr Jesia Announce Their Separation After 20 Years Of & On 21 November 2019 {{sic|official|y|nolink=y}} are divorced Marriage|url=https://headlinestoday.org/entertainment/682/arjun-rampal-and-mehr-jessia-announce-their-separation-after-20-years-of-marriage/|accessdate=28 May 2018|agency=Headlines Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727054630/https://headlinestoday.org/entertainment/682/arjun-rampal-and-mehr-jessia-announce-their-separation-after-20-years-of-marriage/|archive-date=27 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{succession box |<br />
before=[[Sonu Walia]]|<br />
title=[[Femina Miss India|Miss India]]|<br />
years=1986|<br />
after=[[Priyadarshini Pradhan]]<br />
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{{Arjun Rampal}}<br />
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[[Category:1968 births]]<br />
[[Category:Femina Miss India winners]]<br />
[[Category:Indian beauty pageant winners]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Parsi people]]<br />
[[Category:Miss Universe 1986 contestants]]<br />
[[Category:Parsi people from Mumbai]]<br />
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