Nina Manuel is an Indian model, television host, and VJ.

Early life

Manuel was born on 24 April in

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, India to a father from

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and a mother from

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. She did her schooling in

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and

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. She returned to Mumbai to complete her graduation in commerce from

Mithibai College The Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics is a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts, Science and Commerce. ...

. She intended to become a lawyer, as she had finished 2 years in

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. Her mother saw an advertisement in the newspaper for the Femina Look of the Year contest in 1995. Manuel's mother encouraged her to participate and she did. Although, she did not win eventually, she did get spotted by Mehr Jessia. This started her

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career. She left GJ Advani Law College after six months in favour of pursuing a modelling career.

Career

Manuel began her modeling career with a show for Ensemble, an

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store, and got picked up by India's top designers. She started out doing a lot of ramp shows and consequently got modelling contracts with San Miguel, Lawman Jeans,

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, ''

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'' and

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. She has also done shoots for designers and music videos with

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and

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. She has done ramp shows for designers like

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, Raghvendra Rathod and Ravi Bajaj. Manuel's television career spans six years and includes three shows that she has hosted - ''Nina at 9'' on Zee Muzic, ''Midnite Manuel'' on Zee Muzic and ''After Hours'' on Zee Cafe. She was also a VJ on

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, where she hosted the show ''Late Night V''.

Personal life

Nina Manuel married

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-based businessman Luv Shah in a

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at the

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, Mumbai and a Church wedding at St. Peter's Church,

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in early 2010. She moved to New York City after her marriage and currently lives between New York and

. They have one son, Zane Manuel Shah (born 2015).

References

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