Elite Model Look India


Elite Model Look India is an annual modelling contest held in India since 2004. The winner of the event represents India at Elite Model Look, an International modelling contest.
Marc Robinson is the present franchise holder of this contest in India. The current winners of Elite Model Look India are Dipti Sharma and Pranav Patidar. They represented India at the world finale of Elite Model Look Contest held in Milan, Italy. Earlier, Femina Look of the Year used to send its winner to the contest. However it was discontinued after 1999 for unknown reasons. Elite Model Look India started in 2004 after the launch of Elite Model Management India in 2003 owned by Sushma Puri.

History

from Mumbai was the first winner of Femina Look of the Year contest and was the first one to represent India at Elite Model Look contest in 1994. She was among the Top 15 finalist at the Elite Model Look 1994. Other notable winners of Femina Look of the Year include Ujjwala Raut, Carol Gracias, and Nethra Raghuraman.

2004–2012 Event

Elite Model Management launched in India in 2003 by Sushma Puri. In 2004, she sent two models to compete at Elite Model Look, Vibhinita Verma and Sucheta Sharma. In 2006 L'Oreal Paris with Elite Model Management India did a nationwide contest telecast on Zoom where Manasvi Mamgai was announced winner she went on to participate in Elite Model Look 2006 in Marrakesh.

2014–present

Since 2014, MAX India organises the event under the license owner Marc Robinson. The MAX Elite Model Look 2014 finale was held in Mumbai on October 12, 2014, the winners represented India the Elite Model Look 2014 contest held in China. Former Femina Miss India Supranational Vijaya Sharma of New Delhi and Rinku Malik of New Delhi were declared winners of the event.

Indian representatives to Elite Model Look Contest

Female Representatives

YearWinnerAgeHeightHometownPlacement at Elite Model Look
2015Dipti Sharma20ChandigarhUnplaced
2014Vijaya Sharma22New DelhiUnplaced
2012Dayana21BangaloreUnplaced
2011Archana Kumar23New DelhiTop 15
2010Arshia Ahuja19PunjabUnplaced
2009Erika Packard20MumbaiUnplaced
2008Prerana Sharma18New DelhiUnplaced
2006Manasvi Mamgai16New DelhiUnplaced
2004Suchtra Sharma18New DelhiUnplaced
2004Vibhinita Verma17BangaloreTop 20
1999Karishma Modi18GujaratUnplaced
1998Carol Gracias19MumbaiUnplaced
1997Nethra Raghuraman20GujaratUnplaced
1996Ujjwala Raut17MumbaiTop 15
1995Charmaine Shackleton18MumbaiUnplaced
1994Sheetal Mallar19MumbaiTop 15

Male Representatives

YearWinnerAgeHeightHometownPlacement at Elite Model Look
2016Siddharth Puranik22RaipurUnplaced
2015Pranav Patidar21RajasthanUnplaced
2014Rinku Malik21New DelhiUnplaced

Winners notes