# List of Elle (India) cover models

List of Elle (India) cover models attempts to catalogue all people who have appeared as cover models on the Indian edition of Elle magazine, starting with the magazine's first issue in December 1996.

## 1996–1997

* Month
* December 1996
* January 1997
* February
* March
* April
* May
* June
* July
* August
* September
* October
* November
* December

## 1998

| Month | Cover model |
| January | |
| February | |
| March | |
| April | |
| May | |
| June | |
| July | |
| August | Shahrukh Khan |
| September | |
| October | |
| November | |
| December | |

## 1999

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Viveka Babajee | |
| February | Bipasha Basu & Dino Morea | |
| March | Karisma Kapoor | |
| April | | |
| May | Malaika Arora Khan | |
| June | | |
| July | | |
| August | Pregnant model. | |
| September | | |
| October | | |
| November | | |
| December | 3 models. | 3rd Anniversary Issue. |

## 2000

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Aishwarya Rai | |
| February | | |
| March | | |
| April | | |
| May | | |
| June | Bipasha Basu & John Abraham | |
| July | | |
| August | Sushmita Sen | |
| September | | |
| October | Ujjwala Raut | |
| November | | |
| December | Female model & Shahrukh Khan | 4th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2001

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Britney Spears | |
| February | Nina Manuel | |
| March | | |
| April | Udita Goswami | |
| May | Riya Sen | |
| June | | |
| July | Aishwarya Rai | |
| August | | |
| September | Tabu | |
| October | Ujjwala Raut | |
| November | | |
| December | | 5th Anniversary Issue. Designer Special. |

## 2002

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | | |
| February | Riya Sen | |
| March | Yana Gupta | |
| April | Nina Manuel | |
| May | | |
| June | Sameera Reddy | |
| July | Ujjwala Raut | |
| August | Shivani Kapoor | |
| September | Sapna Kumar | |
| October | Dipannita Sharma | |
| November | | |
| December | Kareena Kapoor | 6th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2003

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | | |
| February | | |
| March | Jennifer Lopez | |
| April | Lakshmi Menon | |
| May | | |
| June | | |
| July | Malaika Arora Khan | |
| August | Rekha | |
| September | Preity Zinta | |
| October | Ujjwala Raut | |
| November | Udita Goswami | |
| December | Dannii Minogue | 7th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2004

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Beyoncé | |
| February | | |
| March | Yana Gupta | |
| April | Charlize Theron | |
| May | Anoushka Shankar | |
| June | | |
| July | Sushmita Sen | |
| August | Soha Ali Khan | |
| September | Kylie Minogue | |
| October | Bipasha Basu | |
| November | Katrina Kaif | |
| December | | 8th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2005

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Saira Mohan | |
| February | Elizabeth Jagger | |
| March | | |
| April | | |
| May | Sonalika Sahay | |
| June | Deepika Padukone | |
| July | 2 models | |
| August | Monikangana Dutta | |
| September | Mallika Sherawat | |
| October | Bipasha Basu | |
| November | Eva Longoria | |
| December | Linda Evangelista | 9th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2006

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Neha Kapur | |
| February | Priyanka Chopra | |
| March | Madonna | |
| April | Monikangana Dutta | |
| May | | |
| June | Ujjwala Raut | |
| July | Neha Kapur | |
| August | Keira Knightley | |
| September | Sapna Kumar | |
| October | Kareena Kapoor | |
| November | | |
| December | Ujjwala Raut | 10th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2007

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann | |
| February | | |
| March | Kylie Minogue | |
| April | | |
| May | Ujjwala Raut | |
| June | Monikangana Dutta | |
| July | Tamara Moss | |
| August | Natasha Gilbert | |
| September | Deepika Padukone | |
| October | | |
| November | Monikangana Dutta | |
| December | Diana Penty | 11th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2008

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Melissa Mehra | |
| February | Sonalika Sahay | |
| March | Mia Uyeda | |
| April | | |
| May | Lisa Haydon | |
| June | Madonna | |
| July | | |
| August | Sonam Kapoor | |
| September | Priyanka Chopra | |
| October | Gabriella Wright | |
| November | Lakshmi Menon | |
| December | Deepika Padukone | 12 Fabulous Years of Fashion. The Anniversary Issue. |

## 2009

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Bojana Tatarska | |
| February | Tamara Moss | |
| March | Sonam Kapoor | |
| April | Lisa Haydon | |
| May | Kareena Kapoor | |
| June | Diana Penty | |
| July | Megan Fox | |
| August | Katrina Kaif | |
| September | Jyothsna Chakravarthy | |
| October | Giselli Monteiro | |
| November | Lara Dutta | |
| December | Smita Lasrado, Jyothsna Chakravarthy, Rebecca Tyagi | 13th Anniversary Special. |

## 2010

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Shruti Haasan | |
| February | Freida Pinto | |
| March | Lady Gaga | |
| April | Lakshmi Menon | |
| May | Lisa Haydon | |
| June | Tamara Moss | |
| July | Genelia D'Souza | |
| August | Sonam Kapoor | |
| September | Diana Penty | |
| October | Lisa Ray | |
| November | Sonia Dara & Sendhil Ramamurthy | |
| December | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | 14th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2011

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Shraddha Kapoor | |
| February | Nidhi Sunil & Nicole Faria | |
| March | Maddison McKay | |
| April | Lisa Haydon | |
| May | Angela Jonsson | |
| June | Tamara Moss | |
| July | Deepika Padukone | |
| August | Rosie Huntington-Whiteley | |
| September | Katrina Kaif | |
| October | Kim Johnson | |
| November | Jyothsna Chakravarthy | |
| December | Shreiyah Sabharwal & 2 other models | 15th Anniversary Issue. |

## 2012

| Month | Cover model(s) |
| January | Ashika Pratt |
| February | Lady Gaga |
| March | Sonam Kapoor |
| April | Kanishtha Dhankar & Erika Packard |
| May | Nargis Fakhri |
| June | Jyothsna Chakravarthy |
| July | Ninja Singh |
| August | Lisa Haydon |
| September | Jacqueline Fernandez |
| October | Diana Penty |
| November | Katy Perry |
| December | Kanishtha Dhankhar & Anuj Choudhry |

## 2013

| Month | Cover model(s) | Notes |
| January | Isabelle Farias | |
| February | Carol Gracias, Bhavna Sharma, Indrani Dasgupta, Sapna Kumar & 1 model | Issue has 2 covers featuring 6 models - 3 on each cover. |
| March | Anushka Sharma | |
| April | Kalki Koechlin | |
| May | Deborah Priya Henry | |
| June | Rihanna | |
| July | Rasika Navare & Archana Akhil Kumar | |
| August | Deepika Padukone | |
| September | Lakshmi Menon | |
| October | Sonam Kapoor | |
| November | Diana Penty | |
| December | Archana Akhil Kumar | |

## 2014

| Month | Cover Model(s) |
| January | Alia Bhatt |
| February | Gia Johnson & Tamara Moss |
| March | Freida Pinto |
| April | Katheleno Kenze |
| May | Esha Gupta |
| June | Angelina Jolie |
| July | Smita Lasrado |
| August | Kiran Rao |
| September | Neelam Johal |
| October | Shraddha Kapoor |
| November | Parineeti Chopra |
| December | Sonam Kapoor |

## 2015

| Month | Cover Model(s) |
| January | Kalki Koechlin |
| February | Kim Kardashian |
| March | Lisa Haydon |
| April | Kanishtha Dhankar |
| May | Anushka Sharma |
| June | Radhika Nair & Monica Tomas |
| July | Twinkle Khanna |
| August | Kajol |
| September | Pernia Qureshi |
| October | Parineeti Chopra |
| November | Lakshmi Menon |
| December | Alia Bhatt |

## 2016

| Month | Cover Model(s) |
| January | Jacqueline Fernandez |
| February | Kareena Kapoor |
| March | Sayani Gupta |
| April | Diya Prabhakar |
| May | Padma Lakshmi |
| June | Diana Penty |
| July | Arundhati Roy |
| August | Kalki Koechlin |
| September | Sonam Kapoor |
| October | Anushka Sharma |
| November | Alia Bhatt |
| December | Deepika Padukone |

## 2017

| Month | Cover Model(s) |
| January | Vaani Kapoor |
| February | Radhika Nair |
| March | Kangana Ranaut |
| April | Bhumika Arora |
| May | Lisa Haydon |
| June | Sonakshi Sinha |
| July | Ujjwala Raut |
| August | Anushka Sharma |
| September | Freida Pinto |
| October | |
| November | Jacqueline Fernandez |
| December | Alia Bhatt |

## 2018

| Month | Cover Model(s) |
| January | Sonam Kapoor |
| February | Zayn Malik |
| March | Priyanka Chopra |
| April | Archana Akil Kumar, Malaika Arora, Dipannita Sharma, Ujjwala Raut & Mehr Jesia |
| May | Mindy Kaling |
| June | Zadie Smith |
| July | Aditi Rao Hydari & Rajkummar Rao |
| August | Twinkle Khanna |
| September | Deepika Padukone |
| October | Padmanabh Singh |
| November | Anushka Sharma |
| December | Oprah Winfrey |

## 2019

| Month | Cover Model(s) | Notes |
| January | Vicky Kaushal | Digital Cover: Naomi Janumala, Tashi Pedy, Namita |
| February | Alia Bhatt & Karan Johar | |
| March | Sonam Kapoor | |
| April | Ananya Panday | |
| May | Katrina Kaif | |
| June | Naomi Scott | |
| July | Kangana Ranaut | Digital Cover: Sonakshi Sinha |
| August | Taapsee Pannu | |
| September | Dipti Sharma, Ishaan Khatter, Sara Ali Khan, Jasprit Bumrah | Four different covers |
| October | Kareena Kapoor | |
| November | | |
| December | | |

## 2022

| Month | Cover Model(s) |
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| August | Masaba Gupta & Zahan Kapoor |
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