Archana Gautam (born 1994 or 1995) is an Indian actress, politician, and model. She was crowned as Miss Uttar Pradesh 2014, ''Miss Bikini India'' 2018 and represented India at ''Miss Cosmos World'' 2018, and won sub title of Most Talent 2018. She is known for participating in reality shows ''Bigg Boss 16'' and where she emerged as the third runner-up, and '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13''.

Early life

Gautam was born in

Meerut Meerut (, ISO 15919, ISO: ''Mēraṭh'') is a city in the western region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, it is northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and is ...

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. She has completed her studies in Mass Communication from her town.

Acting career

She was awarded the title of ''Miss Uttar Pradesh'' in 2014. She has won ''Miss Bikini India'' 2018 and represented India at ''Miss Bikini Universe'' 2018. Gautam also represented India in ''Miss Cosmos 2018'' held at

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and won the sub title Most Talent 2018. From October 2022 to February 2023, she was seen as a participant in the

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's reality show '' Bigg Boss 16'', where she finished as the 3rd runner-up. Next she was seen participating in the stunt-based reality show '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13''. She has been seen in multiple music videos and is currently a participant in the show Celebrity MasterChef India 2025.

Political career

She joined

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in November 2021 and got a ticket from

Hastinapur (Assembly constituency) Hastinapur is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Meerut district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly c ...

for

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. She was among the 8 candidates from this constituency. She lost the seat to BJP candidate Dinesh Khatik who won 107587 votes, while Gautam received only 1,519 votes. In 2023, Gautam was assaulted along with her father, when she tried to enter Indian National Congress office in

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to congratulate

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and

Priyanka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (''née'' Gandhi; born 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician who is serving as the member of the Lok Sabha for Wayanad, Kerala, since November 2024. A member of the Indian National Congress, she is also serving as a ge ...

in the context of women reservation bill in

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. Gautam alleged personal assistant of Priyanka Gandhi, Sandeep Kumar of harassing her with death threats. She also alleged that women worker of Congress party office physically assaulted her and she had to escape from there to save her life. It was reported that her driver was also assaulted along with her father and her.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

Pageants

References

External links

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