Sonal Chauhan

Indian Fashion Model and Actress

Profile
Full name              Sonal Chauhan
Birth date              May 16, 1987
Birth place            Noida, India
Occupation           Model, Actress
Height                  5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)


Biography
Sonal Chauhan is an Indian fashion model and actress. She has won several beauty contests and made her acting debut in the movie Jannat directed by Kunal Deshmukh. Her family hailed from famous Royal Chauhan Rajput of Mainpuri. Her father is a police inspector and she has one elder brother and two sisters, one younger and one elder. She studied at Delhi Public School, Noida  and then Philosophy honors at Gargi College in New Delhi.

Modelling career  
She was crowned as the Miss World Tourism 2005 at Miri, Sarawak state of Malaysia.
She is the first Indian to have claimed Miss World Tourism title. She has been a popular model of Delhi, and has appeared in a number of advertisement campaigns in print and electronic media. She appeared in the ads of brands like Ponds and Nokia. She also appeared on the cover page of FHM and The Man magazine. She walked the ramp as show stopper for jewellery brand YS18 at the India International Jewelry Week 2011.

Acting career 
She first appeared on screen in Himesh Reshammiya's album Aap Kaa Suroor. Kunal Deshmukh, director of Jannat, saw her at a restaurant in Mumbai. He asked for her contact number, and in a week she was on the floors shooting.  In the movie she was paired opposite Emraan Hashmi. She has walked the ramp for many fashion shows and has modeled in print campaigns for brands like LG, Reliance CDMA, Hero Honda Passion, Nokia, Hindustan Times, Delhi Times, and many more.  Soon after Jannat was released, V N Aditya called her after seeing her portfolio through her agent. Impressed by her, he signed her for Telugu movie Rainbow opposite Rahul.  She is also acting in a Kannada movie Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu with Shivrajkumar,which is shot in 7 wonders of the world. (Source Wikipedia)

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