# Get Gorgeous

Get Gorgeous was an Indian reality television show and model talent search that premiered in 2004 by one of India's music channels, Channel V India. The show was formatted by Kaveri Mehrotra while Amar Deb was the head of the channel. Get Gorgeous was about discovering the next face of modeling in India.

## Judges and other staff members

| Judge/ Staff Member | Season (cycle) | Season (cycle) | Season (cycle) | Season (cycle) | Season (cycle) | Season (cycle) |
| Judge/ Staff Member | 1 (2004) | 2 (2005) | 3 (2006) | 4 (2007) | 5 (2008) | 6 (2010) |
| Hosts |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah-Jane Dias | Main | | | | | |
| Archana Vijaya | Contestant | Main | | | | |
| Pia Trivedi | | | Main | Main | Main | |
| VJ Andy | | | | | Main | Main |
| Judging panelists |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Mehta | Main | | | | | |
| Sameer Parekh | Main | | | | | |
| Tanya LeFebvre | Main | | | | | |
| Aparna Chandra | Main | | | | | |
| Aparna Behl | Main | Main | | | | |
| Ambika Pillai | Main | Main | | | | |
| Hemant Trivedi | Main | Main | | | | |
| Milind Soman | | Main | | | | |
| Mohan Neelkantan | | Main | | | | |
| Nayanika Chatterjee | | Main | Main | | | |
| Colston Julian | | Main | Main | | | |
| Dino Morea | | | Main | | | |
| Marc Robinson | | | Main | | | |
| Surily Goel | | | Main | | | |
| Rajeev Goswami | | | Main | | | |
| Nikhil Mehra | | | | Main | | |
| Shantanu Mehra | | | | Main | | |
| Neha Kapur | | | | Main | | |
| Alison Kanuga | | | | Main | | |
| Deanne Pandey | | | | Main | | |
| Samantha Kochhar | | | | Main | | |
| Manoj Jadhav | | | | Main | | |
| Kushal Parmanand | | | | Main | | |
| Rahul Khanna | | | | | Main | |
| Rohit Gandhi | | | | | Main | |
| Nisha Kutty | | | | | Main | |
| Yasmin Haz | | | | | Main | |
| Upen Patel | | | | | Main | |
| Kamal Sidhu | | | | | | Main |
| Vikram Bawa | | | | | | Main |
| Gayatri Khanna | | | | | | Main |
| Model mentor |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diandra Soares | | | | | Main | |
| Gauahar Khan | | | | | Main | |
| Sahil Shroff | | | | | | Main |
| Archana Vijaya | Contestant | | | | | Main |

## Seasons

| Season | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants | Number of contestants | Destination |
| 1 | 1 July 2004 | Aarohi Mishra Archana Vijaya Natasha Suri Tanvi Singh | — | Abha Bakaya, Anjali Raj, Asha B. R., Drashta Sarvaiya, Lakshmi Rebecca, Latika Chauhan, Mihika Verma, Natasha Bahmani, Natasha Sethi, Sanya Aslam Shaikh, Sapna Chandrasekaran, Shereen Appanna | 16 | Goa Mumbai |
| 2 | 23 April 2005 | Priyanka Shah | Tina Noronha | Mitali Badkur & Tanushree Biswas & Tina Desai & Tonisha Pawar, Kanika Khanna & Priyanka Kumar & Rinita Talapatra & Smita Sharma, Chahat Sabaji & Mahima Chaudhary & Melanie D'Mello & Ridhima Sharma, Malika Jan & Sudharani Gupta | 16 | Bentota Mumbai |
| 3 | 16 March 2006 | Anurita Jha Meenal Thakur | Dipitha Shayan | Andrea Wiltshire, Dimple Anand, Jyothi Mahadev, Rucha Gawas, Rupalee Yadav, Swetha Reddy | 15 | Mumbai |
| 4 | 7 June 2007 | Rachel Varghese | Rebecca Maumkel | Sarika, Mizpah Waters, Sneha, Nina Sarkar, Kirtana Krishnan, Arlette Evita Grao, Arika Silaichia, Nidhi Sunil | 10 | Goa Mumbai |
| 5 | 16 May 2008 | Iris Maity | Gwendolyn Athaide Salome Narayana Polaki | Himani & Pavitra & Ramya & Saghar, Sameera, Lavanya Tripathi, Roopa, Arushi Virani, Aarohi Kadam & Anjali Raut & Setareh Nour | 14 | Kerala Mumbai Paris |
| 6 | 29 August 2010 | Preeti Chauhan Rajat Dahiya | Roushni Das Udit Methi | Gauri Janwalikar & Michael Obidiki, Charudutt Sapra, Tanya Nambiar, Shibani Suvarna, Pankaj Tanwar, Ankit Raj & Hazel Sobti, Asmita Sood, Samridh Bawa, Asif Sataar & Mruga Kulkarni, Riddhima Shahani, Veir Dhillon, Bharat Sharma & Jenny Ghottra | 20 | Goa Mumbai Delhi |

## Get Gorgeous 1

The show's first season aired on 1 July 2004, with the finale on 23 September 2004. It had 6,000 entries received and 16 finalists were taken to the coast of Goa. The season was hosted by VJ Sarah-Jane Dias, with renowned fitness instructor Mickey Mehta, photographer Sameer Parekh, well-known choreographers Tanya LeFebvre and Aparna Behl, designer Aparna Chandra, make-up expert Ambika Pillai and Hemant Trivedi as judges.
The show's prizes for this season include walking for designer Suneet Verma at Rome Fashion Week and a contract with Elite Model Management in India. The four winners were Aarohi Mishra, Archana Vijaya, Natasha Suri and Tanvi Singh.

### Contestants

| Name | Age | Height | Hometown |
| Abha Bakaya | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Delhi |
| Anjali Raj | 19 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Mumbai |
| Asha B. R. | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Bangalore |
| Drashta Sarvaiya | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Delhi |
| Lakshmi Rebecca | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Chennai |
| Latika Chauhan | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Delhi |
| Mihika Verma | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Mumbai |
| Natasha Bahmani | 17 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai |
| Natasha Sethi | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Mumbai |
| Sanya Aslam Shaikh | 17 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Mumbai |
| Sapna Chandrasekaran | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Bangalore |
| Shereen Appanna | 20 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Bangalore |
| Aarohi Mishra | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Bangalore |
| Archana Vijaya | 21 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Kolkata |
| Natasha Suri | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Mumbai |
| Tanvi Singh | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bhopal |

## Get Gorgeous 2

The second season first aired on 23 April 2005, with the finale on 11 June 2005, and it was hosted by season 1 winner Archana Vijaya. It had 5,000 entries received and 16 finalists were taken to the training camp at Taj Exotica in Bentota, Sri Lanka. The season had designers Hemant Trivedi, model Noyonika Chatterjee and model-turned-actor Milind Soman as judges.
The winner of the season was Priyanka Shah. She receive:
* A talent contract with Channel V India
* A modelling contract with Elite Model Management in India
* A campaign for LG CDMA
* Will be walking at India Fashion Week

### Contestants

| Name | Age | Height | Hometown | Outcome | Place |
| Mitali Badkur | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Bangalore | Episode 3 | 16-13 |
| Tanushree Biswas | 19 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Pune | Episode 3 | 16-13 |
| Tina Desai | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Bangalore | Episode 3 | 16-13 |
| Tonisha Pawar | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bangalore | Episode 3 | 16-13 |
| Kanika Khanna | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Delhi | Episode 5 | 12-9 |
| Priyanka Kumar | 23 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Delhi | Episode 5 | 12-9 |
| Rinita Talapatra | 18 | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | Mumbai | Episode 5 | 12-9 |
| Smita Sharma | 22 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Delhi | Episode 5 | 12-9 |
| Chahat Sabaji | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Delhi | Episode 6 | 8-5 |
| Mahima Chaudhary | 17 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Pune | Episode 6 | 8-5 |
| Melanie D'Mello | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Episode 6 | 8-5 |
| Ridhima Sharma | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Episode 6 | 8-5 |
| Malika Jan | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Bangalore | Episode 8 | 4-3 |
| Sudharani Gupta | 22 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Mumbai | Episode 8 | 4-3 |
| Tina Noronha | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Bangalore | Episode 8 | 2 |
| Priyanka Shah | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Pune | Episode 8 | 1 |

## Get Gorgeous 3

The third season first aired on 16 March 2006, and with the finale on 4 May 2006., and had fifteen finalists. The season was hosted by VJ Pia Trivedi, with model-turned-actor Dino Morea, model and ace fashion choreographer Marc Robinson, fashion designer Surily Goel, ace fashion choreographer Colston Julian, model Noyonika Chatterjee, and choreographer Rajiv Goswami as judges.
The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India and a modelling contract with Matrix Model Management in India. The winners of this season were Anurita Jha and Mrunal Thakur.

### Season 3 Contestants

| Name | Age |
| Andrea Wiltshire | 17 |
| Dimple Anand | |
| Jyothi Mahadev | |
| Liza | |
| Lucky | |
| Mallika Bhatt | |
| Rucha Gawas | 18 |
| Rupalee Yadav | |
| Sabreen | |
| Shwetha Reddy | |
| Simran | |
| Sofia | |
| Dipitha Shayan | |
| Anurita Jha | 23 |
| Meenal Thakur | 22 |

## Get Gorgeous 4

The fourth season aired on 7 June 2007 and with the finale on 9 August 2007.
VJ Pia Trivedi will once again host this season, along with the judging panel were make-up artist Samantha Kochhar, fashion choreographer Alison Kanuga, fashion designer duo Shantanu Mehra & Nikhil Mehra, former model-turned-celebrity fitness trainer Deanne Pandey, Femina Miss India Universe 2006 Neha Kapur, photographer Manoj Jadhav and fashion editor for Seventeen Kushal Parmanand. The 10 finalists travelled to the Swaswara resort in Goa. The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India and a modelling contract with Elite Model Management in India. The winner of the season was Rachel Varghese.
The Grand Finale had over 1,000 guests visiting the live runway. The anchor of the live show was Channel V's VJ Pia Trivedi. During the taping of the season, Channel [V] allowed a blogger from Trendy.com to live among the contestants and collect exclusive behind-the-scenes material for a section of the show's website called "The Gorgeous Blogger".

### Contestants

| Name | Age | Height | Hometown | Outcome | Place |
| Sarika | 23 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Bangalore | Episode 4 | 10-9 |
| Mizpah Waters | 24 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | Delhi | Episode 4 | 10-9 |
| Sneha | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Delhi | Episode 5 | 8-7 |
| Nina Sarkar | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Episode 5 | 8-7 |
| Kirtana Krishnan | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Bangalore | Episode 7 | 6 |
| Arlette Evita Grao | 18 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Mumbai | Episode 13 | 5-4 |
| Arika Silaichia | 17 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Pune | Episode 13 | 5-4 |
| Nidhi Sunil | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Bangalore | Episode 13 | 3 |
| Rebecca Maumkel | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Mumbai | Episode 13 | 2 |
| Rachel Varghese | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Episode 13 | 1 |

## Get Gorgeous 5

The fifth season aired on 16 May 2008 and with the finale on 26 July 2008. The 10 finalists travelled to Kerala and the 3 finalist travelled to Paris. This season garnered an average of 10 million viewers, making it the highest rated season of the show's history.
VJ Pia Trivedi will once again host this season, along with the judging panel were fashion designer duo Rahul Khanna & Rohit Gandhi, fitness expert Yasmin Haz, photographer Nisha Kutty and actor Upen Patel. Indian Supermodels Diandra Soares and Gauahar Khan were also judges and their model mentor.
The winner of the season was Iris Maity, beating Gwen Athaide and Salome Narayana Polaki in the finale. She receive:
* A talent contract with Channel V worth ₹1.000.000
* A modelling contract with ICE Model Management
* A trip to Paris to feature in a shoot for Christian Dior
* An exclusive splash feature in L'Officiel

### Season 5 Contestants

| Name | Age | Height | Hometown | Model Coach | Outcome | Place |
| Himani Sharma | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Noida | — | Episode 2 | 14-11 |
| Pavitra | 20 | | Mumbai | — | Episode 2 | 14-11 |
| Ramya | 21 | | Mumbai | — | Episode 2 | 14-11 |
| Saghar | 19 | | Pune | — | Episode 2 | 14-11 |
| Sameera Baig | 22 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Mumbai | Diandra | Episode 3 | 10 |
| Lavanya Tripathi | 18 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Dehradun | Gauahar | Episode 4 | 9 |
| Roopa | 19 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Pune | Diandra | Episode 5 | 8 |
| Arushi S Pilot | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Mumbai | Gauahar | Episode 6 | 7 |
| Aarohi Kadam | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Mumbai | Gauahar | Episode 7 | 6-4 |
| Anjali Raut | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Mumbai | Diandra | Episode 7 | 6-4 |
| Setareh Nour | 18 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Mumbai | Diandra | Episode 7 | 6-4 |
| Gwendolyn Athaide | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Gauahar | Episode 10 | 3-2 |
| Salome Narayana Polaki | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Gauahar | Episode 10 | 3-2 |
| Iris Maity | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Diandra | Episode 10 | 1 |

## Get Gorgeous 6

The sixth season aired on 29 August 2010 and with the finale on 21 November 2010. This season was hosted by VJ Andy with the brand new judges were: model Kamal Sidhu, fashion photographer Vikram Bawa and fashion designer Gayatri Khanna, and 2 new mentor are supermodels Sahil Shroff & Archana Vijaya. After 2 years gap, the show return with 20 brand new contestant, including male contestant for the first time. The prizes include a 1-year modelling contract with Kwan Entertainment. The two winner of the season were Preeti Chauhan & Rajat Dahiya.

### Contestant

| Name | Age | Height | Hometown | Model Coach | Outcome | Place |
| Gauri Janwalikar | | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Archana | Episode 2 | 20-19 |
| Michael Obidiki | 25 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Nashik | Archana | Episode 2 | 20-19 |
| Charudutt Sapra | 21 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | New Delhi | Sahil | Episode 3 | 18 |
| Tanya Nambiar | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | New Delhi | Sahil | Episode 4 | 17 |
| Shibani Suvarna | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Pune | Archana | Episode 5 | 16 |
| Pankaj Tanwar | 21 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Haryana | Sahil | Episode 6 | 15 |
| Ankit Raj | 22 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | New Delhi | Archana | Episode 7 | 14-13 |
| Hazel Sobti | 21 | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | Goa | Sahil | Episode 7 | 14-13 |
| Asmita Sood | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Shimla | Sahil | Episode 8 | 12 |
| Samridh Bawa | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Archana | Episode 9 | 11 |
| Asif Sataar | 21 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Kashmir | Archana | Episode 10 | 10-9 |
| Mruga Kulkarni | 19 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Pune | Archana | Episode 10 | 10-9 |
| Riddhima Shahani | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Pune | Sahil | Episode 11 | 8 |
| Veir Dhillon | 20 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Pune | Archana | Episode 12 | 7 |
| Bharat Sharma | 25 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Mumbai | Sahil | Episode 12 | 6-5 |
| Jagdip "Jenny" Ghottra | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Toronto, Canada | Sahil | Episode 12 | 6-5 |
| Roushni Das† | 18 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Mumbai | Archana | Episode 13 | 4-3 |
| Udit Methi | 23 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Pune | Sahil | Episode 13 | 4-3 |
| Preeti Chauhan | 23 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | New Delhi | Archana | Episode 13 | 2-1 |
| Rajat Dahiya | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | New Delhi | Sahil | Episode 13 | 2-1 |

### Results

| Place | Model | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Place | Model | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| 2-1 | Preeti | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | WINNER |
| 2-1 | Rajat | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | WINNER |
| 4-3 | Roushni | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | SAFE | LOW | OUT |
| 4-3 | Udit | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | OUT |
| 6-5 | Bharat | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
| 6-5 | Jenny | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | | | | | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
| 7 | Veir | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | OUT | | |
| 8 | Riddhima | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | |
| 10-9 | Asif | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | OUT | | | | |
| 10-9 | Mruga | SAFE | OUT | | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | |
| 11 | Samridh | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | IMM | OUT | | | | | |
| 12 | Asmita | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | |
| 14-13 | Ankit | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | |
| 14-13 | Hazel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Pankaj | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Shibani | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Tanya | LOW | LOW | OUT | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Charudutt | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20-19 | Gauri | OUT | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20-19 | Michael | OUT | | | | | | | | | | | |
    The contestant was eliminated
    The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
    The contestant was immune from elimination
    The contestant won the competition
* ↑ In episode 4, Tanya was eliminated from the casting challenge. Because of that, Mruga, who was eliminated last week, return to the competition.
* ↑ In episode 5, Asmita, Jenny & Shibani, who was in the bottom in the last episode, have a shoot-out in swimsuit at the pool, and Shibani was eliminated on that battle. The elimination in episode 5 was not shown, which carried over into the episode 6.
* ↑ The elimination result in episode 8 was not shown, which carried over into the first half of episode 9.
* ↑ In episode 11, Jenny & Rajat return to the competition for having the most audience's vote.
* ↑ In episode 12, Veir was eliminated for the worst performance on the commercial.The elimination result in episode 12 was not shown, which carried over into the first half of episode 13.

### Challenges

* Episode 2 photo shoots: Makeover
* Episode 3 photo shoot: Swimsuit calendar for MiD-DAY
* Episode 4 commercial: Garnier product in pair
* Episode 5 commercial: Garnier product
* Episode 6 photo shoot: Homosexuality couple
* Episode 7 photo shoot: Adam and Eve
* Episode 8 video shoot & commercial: Bollywood couple; Scooty Pep motorbike in group
* Episode 9 commercial & photo shoot: LG Cookie smartphone in group; Rags to riches editorial
* Episode 10 photo shoot: Love in the air
* Episode 11 photo shoot: Marico Hair & Care campaign
* Episode 12 commercial & photo shoot: Mumbai Underworld online game; Grazia editorial in pairs
* Episode 13 runway: India Fashion Week 2010