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{{Infobox model | {{Infobox model | ||
|image= Ujjwala_Raut.jpg | |image= Ujjwala_Raut.jpg | ||
|name = Ujjwala Raut | |name = Ujjwala Raut | ||
|caption = | |caption = Raut in June 2012 | ||
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|06|11}} | |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|06|11}} | ||
|birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[India]] | |birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[India]] | ||
|birth_name = | |birth_name = | ||
|children = 1 | |children = 1 | ||
|height = {{height|m=1.78}} | |height = {{height|m=1.78}} | ||
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| agency = {{Flatlist| | | agency = {{Flatlist| | ||
* Brave Model Management (Milan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/ujjwala-raut|title=Supermodel Ujjwala Raut|website=Models.com|language=en}}</ref> }} | * Brave Model Management (Milan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/ujjwala-raut|title=Supermodel Ujjwala Raut|website=Models.com|language=en}}</ref> }} | ||
| relatives=[[Sonali Raut]] (sister)}} | |||
'''Ujjwala Raut''' (born 11 June 1978) is an [[ | '''Ujjwala Raut''' (born 11 June 1978) is an Indian [[Supermodel]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.openchest.com/oc-in-print/supermodel-ujjwala-raut/|title=OC Interview: OPEN CHEST Interview with supermodel Ujjwala Raut|date=2006-06-01|website=Celebrity Hollywood Bollywood Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-30|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430083958/https://www.openchest.com/oc-in-print/supermodel-ujjwala-raut/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tewari |first=Bandana |date=2024-07-08 |title=Ujjwala Raut on the abandonment of hustle culture and surrendering to the codes of soft living |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/ujjwala-raut-on-the-abandonment-of-hustle-culture-and-surrendering-to-the-codes-of-soft-living |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Vogue India |language=en-IN}}</ref> She is considered one of India's first supermodels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Ujjwala Raut: 'The definition of supermodel is not interpreted correctly in India' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/ujjwala-raut-definition-of-supermodel-not-interpreted-correctly-in-india-9261931/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghosal |first=Sharmistha |date=2024-07-18 |title=Supermodel Ujjwala Raut poses in 3 exclusive looks for Indulge as she explains what's ailing the modelling industry here |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/celebs/2024/Jul/18/supermodel-ujjwala-raut-poses-in-3-exclusive-looks-for-indulge-as-she-explains-whats-ailing-the-modellingindustry-here |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Indulgexpress |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Raut was a 17-year-old commerce student when she won "[[Femina Look of the Year]]" at the [[Femina Miss India]] 1996 contest.<ref name=":0" /> She was also among the top fifteen in the 1996 [[Elite Model Look]] contest in [[Nice]].<ref> | [[File:Ujjwala Raut (March, 2019).jpg|thumb|right|Ujjwala Raut in 2019]] | ||
Raut was a 17-year-old commerce student when she won "[[Femina Look of the Year]]" at the [[Femina Miss India]] 1996 contest.<ref name=":0" /> She was also among the top fifteen in the 1996 [[Elite Model Look]] contest in [[Nice]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ujjwalaraut.net/bio.php |title=Biography Of Ujjwala Raut India's First Super Model {{!}} Ujjwala Raut The Show Stopper<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-date=31 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531021036/http://www.ujjwalaraut.net/bio.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.bellazon.com/main/topic/1200-ujjwala-raut/ Ujjwala Raut – Fashion Models – Bellazon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She walked the runway for, among others: [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint-Laurent]], Roberto Cavalli, [[Hugo Boss]], Cynthia Rowley, [[Diane von Fürstenberg|Diane von Furstenberg]], Dolce & Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, [[Gucci]], Givenchy, Valentino, [[Oscar de la Renta]], and Emilio Pucci, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/photos/ujjwala-raut-heres-what-the-40-year-old-supermodel-of-the-90s-is-doing-now/16956|title=Ujjwala Raut: Here's what the 40-year-old supermodel of the 90s is doing now|website=mid-day|language=en|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> | |||
She was the first Indian to appear as the face of [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila |date=2011-08-25 |title=I had to protect my daughter: Ujjwala Raut |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/tabloid/i-had-to-protect-my-daughter-ujjwala-raut/story-iuYmTtG39toO0269tg3hnN.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115032544/http://www.hindustantimes.com/tabloid/i-had-to-protect-my-daughter-ujjwala-raut/story-iuYmTtG39toO0269tg3hnN.html |archive-date=15 November 2017 |access-date=2025-07-29 |work=www.hindustantimes.com/ |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
She was also among the first Indians to have walked for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, having done so twice, in 2002 and 2003.<ref name="Team">{{Cite web |last=Team |first=DNA Web |title=Who is Ujjwala Raut, India's first supermodel now reportedly dating IPL founder and Sushmita Sen's 'ex beau' Lalit Modi? |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-who-is-ujjwala-raut-supermodel-reportedly-dating-ipl-founder-sushmita-sen-ex-boyfriend-lalit-modi-3058845 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> In 2012, she co-hosted and judged the Kingfisher Calendar Hunt with model [[Milind Soman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/photo-gallery/indian-supermodel-ujjwala-rauts-hot-bikini-photos-will-ring-a-bell-of-romance-in-your-heart-heres-proof/365787|title=Indian supermodel Ujjwala Raut's hot bikini photos will ring a bell of romance in your heart! Here's proof {{!}} Entertainment News|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> | |||
She has acted in a Hindi Language Bollywood movie [[Sanam Teri Kasam (2016 film)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ujjwala Raut {{!}} Actress |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2101141/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanam Teri Kasam (2016) - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://movieslist.best/movie/sanam-teri-kasam-2016/cast/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=movieslist.best |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
She was honored as one of the Women of the Year 2025 by [[Harper's Bazaar]] India in its second edition of these annual awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2025: The game-changing winners you need to know |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.in/women-of-the-year-awards-2025/story/full-list-of-winners-of-harpers-bazaar-women-of-the-year-awards-2025-1295808-2025-10-28 |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=Harper Bazar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=India Today Lifestyle |date=2025-10-26 |title=Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2025: Power, creativity and purpose |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/story/harpers-bazaar-women-of-the-year-awards-2025-power-creativity-and-purpose-2808584-2025-10-26 |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Her father was a Deputy Commissioner in Mumbai Police.<ref name="Team"/> She was married to Maxwell Sterry on 19 June 2004<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Roshmila|title=I had to protect my daughter: Ujjwala Raut|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tabloid/i-had-to-protect-my-daughter-ujjwala-raut/article1-737368.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127120125/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/I-had-to-protect-my-daughter-Ujjwala-Raut/Article1-737368.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2012|publisher=Hindustan Times|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> and the couple divorced in 2011. They have one daughter named Ksha.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-11 |title=Ujjwala Raut, The Super Model Of The Past And Her Biography - Odiha News |url=https://newsodihaonline.com/ujjwala-raut-life-family-height-biography-husband/ |access-date=2022-04-29 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ugly-break-up-for-indias-first-supermodel-1776351.html|title=Ugly break-up for India's first supermodel|date=2009-08-23|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-my-life-revolves-around-my-daughter-ksha-says-ujjwala-raut-1085048|title=My life revolves around my daughter Ksha, says Ujjwala Raut |website=DNA|language=en|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> | |||
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== Television == | == Television == | ||
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! Name !! Year !! Role !! Channel | ! Name !! Year !! Role !! Channel | ||
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| [[MTV Supermodel of the Year]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/tv/mtv-supermodel-of-the-year-milind-soman-and-ujjwala-raut-photoshoot-is-every-bit-steamy-582211|title=Supermodel of the Year: Milind Soman and Ujjwala | | [[MTV Supermodel of the Year]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/tv/mtv-supermodel-of-the-year-milind-soman-and-ujjwala-raut-photoshoot-is-every-bit-steamy-582211|title=Supermodel of the Year: Milind Soman and Ujjwala Raut's photoshoot is every bit steamy | ||
|publisher=India TV |date=24 January 2020 |access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> || 2019 || Mentor || [[MTV India]] | |publisher=India TV |date=24 January 2020 |access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=18 December 2019 |title=MTV launches Supermodel of the Year |url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/mtv-launches-supermodel-of-the-year-191218 |access-date=25 December 2019 |publisher=Telly Chakkar}}</ref>|| 2019 || Mentor || [[MTV India]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1978 births]] | [[Category:1978 births]] | ||
[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:Female models | [[Category:Female models from Mumbai]] | ||
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 Raut in June 2012 | |
| Born | 11 June 1978 |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Sonali Raut (sister) |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
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Ujjwala Raut (born 11 June 1978) is an Indian Supermodel.[2][3] She is considered one of India's first supermodels.[4][5]
Career[edit | edit source]
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Raut was a 17-year-old commerce student when she won "Femina Look of the Year" at the Femina Miss India 1996 contest.[2] She was also among the top fifteen in the 1996 Elite Model Look contest in Nice.[6][7] She walked the runway for, among others: Yves Saint-Laurent, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Cynthia Rowley, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, Gucci, Givenchy, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, and Emilio Pucci, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[8]
She was the first Indian to appear as the face of Yves Saint Laurent (designer)[9]
She was also among the first Indians to have walked for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, having done so twice, in 2002 and 2003.[10] In 2012, she co-hosted and judged the Kingfisher Calendar Hunt with model Milind Soman.[11]
She has acted in a Hindi Language Bollywood movie Sanam Teri Kasam (2016 film)[12][13]
She was honored as one of the Women of the Year 2025 by Harper's Bazaar India in its second edition of these annual awards.[14][15]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Her father was a Deputy Commissioner in Mumbai Police.[10] She was married to Maxwell Sterry on 19 June 2004[16] and the couple divorced in 2011. They have one daughter named Ksha.[17][18][19]
Television[edit | edit source]
| Name | Year | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTV Supermodel of the Year[20][21] | 2019 | Mentor | MTV India |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Supermodel Ujjwala Raut". Models.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "OC Interview: OPEN CHEST Interview with supermodel Ujjwala Raut". Celebrity Hollywood Bollywood Blog. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ Tewari, Bandana (8 July 2024). "Ujjwala Raut on the abandonment of hustle culture and surrendering to the codes of soft living". Vogue India. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ↑ "Ujjwala Raut: 'The definition of supermodel is not interpreted correctly in India'". The Indian Express. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ↑ Ghosal, Sharmistha (18 July 2024). "Supermodel Ujjwala Raut poses in 3 exclusive looks for Indulge as she explains what's ailing the modelling industry here". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ↑ "Biography Of Ujjwala Raut India's First Super Model | Ujjwala Raut The Show Stopper". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ Ujjwala Raut – Fashion Models – Bellazon
- ↑ "Ujjwala Raut: Here's what the 40-year-old supermodel of the 90s is doing now". mid-day. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Roshmila (25 August 2011). "I had to protect my daughter: Ujjwala Raut". www.hindustantimes.com/. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Team, DNA Web. "Who is Ujjwala Raut, India's first supermodel now reportedly dating IPL founder and Sushmita Sen's 'ex beau' Lalit Modi?". DNA India. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "Indian supermodel Ujjwala Raut's hot bikini photos will ring a bell of romance in your heart! Here's proof | Entertainment News". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Ujjwala Raut | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "Sanam Teri Kasam (2016) - Full Cast & Crew". movieslist.best. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2025: The game-changing winners you need to know". Harper Bazar. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ↑ Desk, India Today Lifestyle (26 October 2025). "Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2025: Power, creativity and purpose". India Today. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Bhattacharya, Roshmila. "I had to protect my daughter: Ujjwala Raut". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "Ujjwala Raut, The Super Model Of The Past And Her Biography - Odiha News". 11 June 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ↑ "Ugly break-up for India's first supermodel". The Independent. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "My life revolves around my daughter Ksha, says Ujjwala Raut". DNA. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "Supermodel of the Year: Milind Soman and Ujjwala Raut's photoshoot is every bit steamy". India TV. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "MTV launches Supermodel of the Year". Telly Chakkar. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.