Ushoshi Sengupta

Ushoshi Sengupta
Ushoshi Sengupta
Born (1988-07-30) 30 July 1988 (age 36)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleI AM She 2010
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		I AM She 2010
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2010 unplaced

Ushoshi Sengupta (born 30 July 1988)[2] is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of I Am She – Miss Universe India and represented India in Miss Universe 2010 held at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, on 23 August 2010.[3]

Early life

Born in Kolkata, Sengupta is the daughter of an official in the Indian Air Force.[4] She graduated from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ballygunje, Kolkata, where she excelled at mathematics and was offered a scholarship to an engineering college, but decided to pursue liberal arts and professional modeling. She has a bachelor's degree in Humanities from the St. Xavier's College, Kolkata of the University of Calcutta, and worked as a model[5] before becoming Miss Universe India. Sengupta made her debut in the Bengali movie industry with Egoler Chokh which was released in August 2016 and was directed by Arindam Sil.[6]

Filmography

Film career

Year Name Language Director Co-cast Character
2012 Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen Hindi Sajid Khan Akshay Kumar, Asin, John Abraham, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez Cameo
2013 Goodbye December Malayalam Sajeed A. Nandini Rai
2016 Eagoler Chokh Bengali Arindam Sil Saswata Chatterjee, Joya Ahsan, Payel Sarkar, Anirban Bhattacharya, Gaurav Chakraborty, Arunima Ghosh, June Malia Shyamangi

Miss Universe 2010

Ushoshi won the first edition of I am She - Miss Universe India, a national pageant organized by Tantra Entertainment Private limited, in collaboration with former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen. As the official representative of her country to the 2010 Miss Universe pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada on 23 August 2010, she participated as one of the 83 delegates who vied for the crown of eventual winner, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.

References

  1. ^ "Contestants Profiles - Times of India". The Times of India. New Delhi, India. 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  2. ^ "I Am She 2010 Candidate – Ushoshi Sengupta". Universal Queen. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. ^ "मिस इंडिया यूनिवर्स उशोषी की नजर बॉलीवुड पर" [Miss India Universe Ushoshi eyes Bollywood]. Khaskhabar (in Hindi). 2 June 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Ushoshi Sengupta – Miss India 2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  5. ^ Usha Lakra (21 May 2010). "Meet Ushoshi Sengupta - Miss India Universe 2010". ApunKaChoice. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Tollywood". The Telegraph. India. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
Awards and achievements
New title I Am She
2010 		Succeeded by
Vasuki Sunkavalli
Preceded byas Femina Miss India Universe Miss Universe India
2010 		Succeeded by