Natasha Suri

Career

In the Miss World 2006 contest held in Poland, Suri was termed an absolute favourite by the international press and voters. She placed in the top 15 semifinals and also placed in the top 3 in the "Best Body" competition amongst 120 contenders and in top 5 in the talent round. Before winning Miss India 2006, she also won several other contests like the Navy Queen, Miss Maharashtra, and Get Gorgeous-1 on Channel V's National supermodel hunt.

Natasha debuted as an actor in 2016 with the superhit Malyalam film King Liar with south Indian superstar Dileep. She has acted in the popular webseries 'Inside Edge' produced by Excel entertainment, starring along with Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chadha and Angad Bedi. The series was Amazon prime video exclusive.

Suri had debuted as a fashion model at Rome Fashion Week, subsequently modelling at Dubai Fashion Week, Sri Lanka Fashion Week, India Fashion Weeks (Delhi) and Lakme Fashion Weeks(Mumbai) for more than five seasons each. In all she has modelled for over 600 fashion shows and has hosted over 100 live events. Natasha was appointed as the official green carpet host for IIFA awards 2017' held in New York.

As a photographic model she has been on several magazine covers, product endorsements, and the face of prestigious print campaigns as well as topline designer campaigns. She was discovered by ace lensman Atul Kasbekar and was featured in the annual Canon Calendar as one of the 'Most Beautiful Faces of 2006'. Atul described Natasha in the calendar as a 'Goddess with a perfect hour glass body meant to be in front of the camera and having the most amazing waistline in the country'.

Suri is a popular TV host too having hosted more than a dozen shows. She first hosted the TV show Cell Guru on NDTV India and a luxury and lifestyle show Velvet. She then hosted the show Big Switch in season-3 with film director Rohit Shetty as her co-host. She hosted another reality show SuperDude' on UTV Bindass. She hosted her own style and fashion-based show Style Police on UTV Bindass. She has co-hosted Lady Gaga's exclusive interview for UTV Bindass with Shahrukh Khan at the first ever Indian Grand Prix. She was a celebrity contestant on the reality show Zor Ka Jhatka (Indian version of the water-based adventure show Wipeout) hosted by Shahrukh Khan.

She was appointed Tourism Ambassador of Mauritius in 2007, receiving the 'Friends of Mauritius' accolade from the country's Deputy Prime Minister. In 2006 the President of Sri Lanka felicitated her for her role as an Indian ambassador during her tenure as Miss India. In 2012, she was invited as the guest of honour and felicitated at the Seychelles India National parade by the Seychelles government. In 2008, she was conferred upon the 'Pillar of Hindustan' award for her achievements in the fashion & beauty industry.

Suri was born and bred in Mumbai and graduated with a bachelor's degree course in business management from Jai Hind College in Mumbai, receiving the "Jai Hind Achievers" alumnus trophy in 2008. Her mother Radha Rajan Suri, whom she considered to be her backbone and strength, died in February 2017. She has two sisters: 1)Rupali Suri, who is a Gladrags megamodel winner, a well established host and theatre actor and 2)Soniya Suri, who is an entrepreneur. Ethnically she has half Punjabi and half Telugu roots.

Beauty pageants won

Modelling credits