Mehr Jesia (born 30 November 1970) is an Indian producer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Femina Miss India Universe 1986 and represented India at Miss Universe 1986.

Early life and background

Jesia was born into a

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family on 30 November 1970. She completed her schooling in J B Vaccha High School for Parsi Girls, Dadar, Mumbai. She grew up in Dadar Parsi Colony in Mumbai.

Career

Jesia started her career in 1980s, and won the

Femina Miss India Miss India, also known as Femina Miss India, is a national beauty pageant in India that selects representatives to compete in the Miss World competition, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. It is organized by ''Femina (India), F ...

title in 1986. Soon she became a part of the first generation of Indian supermodels like

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, Feroze Gujral, Shyamolie Verma and Anna Bredmeyer.

Film career

Jesia and Arjun Rampal produced the film '' I See You'' (2006) through their production company Chasing Ganesha. The film starred Rampal, Vipasha Agarwal,

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and

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Personal life

She married former model and Bollywood actor

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in 1998. They have two daughters. On 28 May 2018 the couple announced separation in a joint statement after 20 years of marriage. They were granted divorce by a

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family court in November 2019. The couple's two daughters will live with their mother.

References

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