Top Model India (season 1)

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Season of television series

Top Model India

Season 1
Country of origin| India
No. of episodes| 10
Release
Original network| Colors Infinity
Original release| 4 February (2018-02-04) –
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)

Top Model India, season 1 was the first installment of Top Model India. The series premiered on Colors Infinity on 4 February 2018 at 8:00 pm IST (UTC+5:30). Sixteen finalists were chosen to compete for the show.

The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Mahir Pandhi from Delhi. As his prizes, he received a one-year modelling contract with Bling Entertainment Solution.

## Cast[edit]

### Contestants[edit]

Contestant  | Age  | Height  | Hometown  | Finish  | Place

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| Nupura Bhaskar  | 26  | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)  | Mumbai | Episode 2  | 13
| Lemuel Huffman  | 25  | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)  | New York, United States  | Episode 3  | 12
| Marina Lang  | 21  | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)  | Manipur | Episode 4  | 11
| Pearl Almeida  | 24  | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)  | Mumbai | Episode 5  | 10
| Sidharth Neeraj Sharma  | 27  | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)  | Mumbai | Episode 6  | 9-8
| Ram Ramasamy  | 22  | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  | Mumbai
| Gurin Bal  | 29  | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)  | Toronto, Canada | Episode 8  | 7
| Rishitha Koruturu  | 19  | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)  | Hyderabad | Episode 9  | 6-5
| Joshua Chhabra  | 22  | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  | Mumbai
| Satabdi Dutta Banik  | 22  | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)  | Kolkata | Episode 10  | 4
| Aishwarya Suresh  | 24  | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)  | Mumbai | 3
| Shehzad Deol  | 25  | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  | New Delhi | 2
| Mahir Pandhi  | 21  | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)  | New Delhi | 1

### Judges & Mentor[edit]

* Lisa Haydon
* Anaita Shroff Adajania
* Atul Kasbekar
* Shibani Dandekar

## Episodes[edit]

### Episode 1[edit]

Original airdate: 4 February 2018

* Special guest: Dhruv Kapoor

### Episode 2[edit]

Original airdate: 11 February 2018

* First call-out: Gurin Bal
* Bottom two: Joshua Chhabra & Nupura Bhaskar
* Eliminated: Nupura Bhaskar
* Featured photographer: Atul Kasbekar
* Special guest: Ricky Chatterjee

### Episode 3[edit]

Original airdate: 18 February 2018

* First call-out: Joshua Chhabra
* Bottom two: Lemuel Huffman & Marina Lang
* Eliminated: Lemuel Huffman
* Featured photographer: Amit Khanna
* Special guest: Daniel Bauer

### Episode 4[edit]

Original airdate: 25 February 2018

* First call-out: Joshua Chhabra
* Bottom two: Marina Lang & Sidharth Neeraj Sharma
* Eliminated: Marina Lang
* Featured photographer: Toranj Kayvon
* Special guest: Nora Fatehi

### Episode 5[edit]

Original airdate: 4 March 2018

* Entered: Ram Ramasamy
* First call-out: Mahir Pandhi
* Bottom two: Pearl Almeida & Satabdi Dutta Banik
* Eliminated: Pearl Almeida
* Featured photographer: Varun Mehta
* Special guest: Anshuka Parwani

### Episode 6[edit]

Original airdate: 11 March 2018

* Immune: Gurin Bal
* First call-out: Aishwarya Suresh
* Bottom three: Joshua Chhabra, Ram Ramasamy & Sidharth Neeraj Sharma
* Eliminated: Ram Ramasamy & Sidharth Neeraj Sharma

### Episode 7[edit]

Original airdate: 18 March 2018

* First call-out: Shehzad Deol
* Bottom two: Joshua Chhabra & Mahir Pandhi
* Eliminated: None
* Special guest: Miss Malini

### Episode 8[edit]

Original airdate: 25 March 2018

* First call-out: Joshua Chhabra
* Bottom two: Gurin Bal & Rishitha Koruturu
* Eliminated: Gurin Bal

### Episode 9[edit]

Original airdate: 1 April 2018

* First call-out: Mahir Pandhi
* Bottom three: Aishwarya Suresh, Joshua Chhabra & Rishitha Koruturu
* Eliminated: Joshua Chhabra & Rishitha Koruturu
* Special guest: Dino Morea

### Episode 10[edit]

Original airdate: 8 April 2018

* Final four: Aishwarya Suresh, Mahir Pandhi, Satabdi Dutta Banik & Shehzad Deol
* Eliminated outside of judging panel: Satabdi Dutta Banik
* Final three: Aishwarya Suresh, Mahir Pandhi & Shehzad Deol
* Eliminated: Aishwarya Suresh
* Final two: Mahir Pandhi & Shehzad Deol
* Top Model India: Mahir Pandhi
* Special guest: Manish Malhotra, Akash Sharma

## Summaries[edit]

### Results[edit]

Order | Episodes

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1[a] | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5[b] | 6[c][d] | 7[e] | 8 | 9[f] | 10[g]
1  | Nupura | Gurin | Joshua | Joshua | Mahir | Aishwarya | Shehzad | Joshua | Mahir | Mahir
2  | Mahir | Aishwarya | Satabdi | Rishitha | Joshua | Satabdi | Aishwarya | Mahir | Shehzad | Shehzad
3  | Aishwarya | Mahir | Sidharth | Satabdi | Aishwarya | Gurin | Satabdi | Aishwarya | Satabdi | Aishwarya
4  | Shehzad | Lemuel | Rishitha | Gurin | Sidharth | Mahir | Rishitha | Satabdi | Aishwarya | Satabdi
5  | Pearl | Satabdi | Gurin | Mahir | Shehzad | Shehzad | Gurin | Shehzad | Joshua
Rishitha |
6  | Sidharth | Shehzad | Shehzad | Shehzad | Rishitha | Rishitha | Joshua
Mahir | Rishitha
7  | Rishitha | Pearl | Pearl | Pearl | Ram | Joshua | Gurin |
8  | Lemuel | Sidharth | Mahir | Aishwarya | Gurin | Ram
Sidharth |
9  | Satabdi | Rishitha | Aishwarya | Sidharth | Satabdi
10  | Joshua | Marina | Marina | Marina | Pearl |
11  | Marina | Joshua | Lemuel |
12  | Gurin | Nupura |

The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was immune from elimination
The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom two
The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
The contestant won the competition

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ In episode 1, the pool of 16 semi-finalists was narrowed down to the top 12 contestants. The first official elimination took place in episode 2.
2. ^ In episode 5, Ram was added to the cast as a wildcard contestant.
3. ^ In episode 6, Gurin won immunity by winning the challenge.
4. ^ In episode 6, Joshua, Ram and Sidharth landed in the bottom three. Ram and Sidharth were both eliminated.
5. ^ In episode 7, Mahir and Joshua landed in the bottom two. After Mahir received his picture it was revealed it was a non-elimination.
6. ^ In episode 9, Aishwarya, Joshua and Rishitha landed in the bottom three. Joshua and Rishitha were both eliminated.
7. ^ In episode 10, Satabdi was eliminated outside of judging panel.

### Photo shoot guide[edit]

* Episode 1 photo shoot: OPPO selfies (casting)
* Episode 2 photo shoot: Tribal beauty shots with a Tarantula
* Episode 3 photo shoot: Lingerie(By Amante) and Men's Innerwear - in Pairs
* Episode 4 photo shoot: Renault Captur campaign; Black and White Photo shoot with Lisa Haydon in Anaita Shroff Adajania's Styling
* Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing With a Horse in White Outfits
* Episode 6 photo shoot: "Raw and Rugged"- Posing and Runway in Desert
* Episode 7 photo shoot: 7 deadly sins \- Location: Graveyard
* Episode 8 photo shoot: "SuperHeroes"- Posing in a Vertical Runway with Silk Fabric
* Episode 9 photo shoot: "Back Stage Life"- Wearing Ethnic Designs
* Episode 10 fashion show: Fashion show for Manish Malhotra

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India's Next Top Model

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* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4

Winners|

* Pranati Prakash

Other Alumni|

* Monica Gill

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* Asia's Next Top Model
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