Asha Bhat
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Born | Bhadravati, Karnataka, India | 5 September 1992
Alma mater | R.V. College of Engineering |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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Years active | 2014–Present |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Dark Brown |
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Asha Bhat (born 5 September 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title.[1] She made her acting debut with 2019 Hindi film Junglee alongside Vidyut Jammwal[2] and then appeared in 2021 Kannada action thriller film Roberrt.[3]
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Early life and education
Asha Bhat was born in Bhadravati, an industrial city in the Shimoga district of Indian state of Karnataka on 5 September 1992 to parents Subrahmanya and Shyamala Bhat. Both her parents are medical laboratory technicians and have been serving the Bhadravati city clinical laboratories. She has one elder sister, Dr. Akshatha, who is a paediatrician.[4]
Bhat attended St. Charles School in Bhadravathi and pursued her pre-university education at Alva's Pre-University College in Moodbidri.[5] She enrolled for National Cadet Corps (NCC) while studying at the Alvas College and was selected to participate in the Republic Day Camp. She was a member of NCC delegation from SAARC nations and visited Sri Lanka Military Academy and won all rounder award in the year 2009, awarded by the president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa.[6]
She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Electronic engineering from R.V. College of Engineering.[7]
Currently she is based in Mumbai, and apart from being a model and actress, she is also a social activist and runs her own NGO named the Astra Foundation.[8]
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Pageantry
In 2014, she participated in Miss Diva pageant organized by The Times Group and was crowned Miss India Supranational 2014, next to Alankrita Sahai who was crowned Miss India Earth 2014 and Noyonita Lodh, the eventual winner of the contest and was crowned Miss India Universe, at the grand finale of the pageant held on 14 October 2014 at Westin Mumbai Garden City in Mumbai. Asha also won three special awards at Miss Diva 2014 namely, Miss Congeniality, Miss Beautiful Smile and Miss Fascinating.
She represented India at Miss Supranational 2014 held in Krynica-Zdrój in Poland and was the winner of the pageant held on 5 December 2014. She also won the special award for "Best in Talent" and 2nd runner up for "Best National Costume" at the pageant. Her national costume was designed by internationally acclaimed fashion designer and beauty pageant mentor Melvyn Noronha. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Miss Supranational 2013, Mutya Johanna Datul from Philippines.
During her one-year tenure with Miss Supranational she visited Thailand, Myanmar, Hungary, Mauritius, China and numerous countries around Poland and India.
In May 2015, she travelled to Thailand and judged the grand finale of Miss Grand Thailand. Along with Miss Supranational 2014 first runner up and the winner of Miss Grand Thailand 2014, Parapadsorn Disdamrong she crowned Tharathip Sukdarunpat as Miss Supranational Thailand[9] at the conclusion of the event held on 12 May 2015 at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.
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Source: "Asha Bhat", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 17th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asha_Bhat.
References
- ^ "India's Asha Bhat is the first Indian to win Miss Supranational 2014 title". ibnlive.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Ahead of 'Junglee' trailer launch, Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant and Asha Bhat visit Siddhivinayak temple". The Times of India. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Suresh, Sunayana (5 September 2019). "Asha Bhat to make her sandalwood debut opposite Darshan". Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Asha Bhat attributes her success to parents' encouragement". The Hindu.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "'Miss Supra' Asha Bhat gets felicitated by Alvas foundation". newskarnataka.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ VEERENDRA P.M. (27 October 2014). "Asha Bhat felicitated". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Divya Nair (9 December 2014). "How an Indian cadet became Miss Supranational". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Asha Bhat: Tribute to a Girl with Golden Heart". thegreatpageantcommunity.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Beauty queen Asha Bhat crowns Miss Supranational Thailand 2015". IndiaTimes. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Ahead of trailer release Junglee actors Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant and Asha Bhat visit Siddhivinayak temple". Times Now. 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Glad to start my journey down south with a Kannada film: Asha Bhat". Indian Express. 5 September 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "First Look: Ori Devuda deals with new age romance". Greatandhra. 9 November 2021.
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