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{{Short description|Indian actress and supermodel (b. 1988)}}
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| name = Kanishtha Dhankar
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| birth_name = Kanishtha Raj Singh Dhankhar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|09|21}}<ref name="beautypageants.indiatimes.com">{{cite web | url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/photoshow/7634057.cms?curpg=11 | title=Aditi Mishra - Profile | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=12 November 2018 }}</ref><ref name="gupp.in">http://gupp.in/kanishtha-dhankhar/</ref>
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| occupation = [[Model (person)|Model]], [[Actress]]
| years_active = 2008-present

| title = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India World 2011]]
| competitions = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India World 2011]] (Winner) (Miss Body Beautiful) (Miss No Marks) (Miss Ramp Model) (Miss Beautiful Legs) (Miss Water Baby)
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'''Kanishtha Dhankar''' (born 21 September 1988) is an Indian actress and [[supermodel]] who was<ref>{{cite news |title=Be a Good Model as Kanishtha |url=http://makesmodelingtips.blogspot.com/2011/09/kanishtha-dhankhar-biography-profile.html#.Tq94YPTkdwd|work=Blogs-Spot.com |date=30 May 2010 |accessdate=29 November 2010 }}</ref> crowned Pantaloons ''[[Femina Miss India|Miss India]]'' 2011, where [[Hasleen Kaur]] was crowned the [[Femina Miss India]] Earth. She later represented India at the [[Miss World 2011]] pageant<ref>{{cite news |title=Kanishtha Win's pantaloona femina miss India as Miss World |url=http://globalbeauties.com/blog/2011/04/kanishtha-dhankhar-wins-femina-miss-india-2011/ |work=Global Beauties |date=30 May 2010 |accessdate=29 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417014106/http://globalbeauties.com/blog/2011/04/kanishtha-dhankhar-wins-femina-miss-india-2011/ |archive-date=17 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> where she placed in top 30.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com|title=Miss India Femina Miss India 2011|publisher=Feminamissindia.indiatimes.com |accessdate=2011-06-06}}</ref>

==Early life==
Kanishtha was born on 21 September 1988<ref name="beautypageants.indiatimes.com"/><ref name="gupp.in"/> at the naval base in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] to Raj Singh Dhankhar, a [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] in the [[Indian Navy]], and Kusum Malhan Dhankhar. She is second of their three children. Her father was posted in Mumbai at the time of her birth. Her mother is a school teacher and a home maker and has worked extensively with the Naval Wives Welfare Association in Mumbai. Her ancestral family is from [[Haryana]]. Kanishtha was raised in [[Colaba]], Mumbai. She pursued a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree in [[H.R. College of Commerce and Economics]] in Mumbai.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/New-Miss-India-Kanishtha-Dhankar-is-a-Haryanavi-jat-girl/articleshow/8024553.cms | title=New Miss India Kanishtha Dhankar is a Haryanavi jat girl | first=Deepender | last=Deswal | date=19 April 2011 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=12 November 2018 }}
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==Career==

Kanishtha began her career in modelling in her last year at university where she was scouted by modeling agents.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}} She has been travelling the world for work. She moved to New York for a few months where she walked the runway at the Mercedes Benz fashion week spring summer 2013.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

In 2008, she appeared in [[Madhur Bhandarkar]]'s film ''[[Fashion (2008 film)|Fashion]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indicine.com/bollywood/fashion/|title=Fashion Bollywood (Movie)|publisher=Indicine|accessdate=2009-03-25}}</ref> as a [[Model (person)|model]] with [[Kangana Ranaut]] and [[Priyanka Chopra]].

She walked the ramp for Lakme Fashion week, Wills India fashion week, Couture week to name a few. She has also been cover girl and is acclaimed to be the next big thing in the Indian fashion industry. She has been featured in and has shot for fashion magazines like ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Grazia'', ''Harpers Bazaar'', ''Marie Claire'', ''Cosmopolitan'' and has also been on the cover of ''Elle'', ''Marie Claire'', ''Grazia'', and ''Cosmopolitan''.

The latest feathers under her cap include the Sabyasachi campaign, Hemant & Leconet campaign, being the first face at the Wills India fashion week. Also she will be featured in The Project Runway season 10 finale with Heidi Klum.

===Miss World===
She competed at the ''[[Miss World 2011]]'' pageant which was held on 6 November 2011 in London, United Kingdom, and she was in top 30.

==See also==
* [[Femina Miss India]]
* [[Miss World 2011]]

==References==
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[[Category:Female models from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Femina Miss India winners]]
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