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{{short description|Indian supermodel from Maharashtra (born 1971)}}
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{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}
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| birth_name = Madhushree Sapre
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|7|14}}
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], India
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| occupation = [[Model (profession)|Model]], [[Actress]]
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| title = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1992]] [[Miss Universe 1992]] (2nd Runner Up)
| competitions = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1992]] (Winner) [[Miss Universe 1992]] (2nd Runner-Up)
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| spouse = Gian Maria
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'''Madhu Sapre''' (born 14 July 1971) is an [[India]]n [[Model (person)|supermodel]] from [[Maharashtra]]. She won [[Femina Miss India]] pageant in 1992.

==Career==
In the 1990s, Sapre was an athlete who rose to fame when she started modeling at a very young age. As [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] she represented India at the 1992 [[Miss Universe 1992|Miss Universe]] pageant, where she was the 2nd runner up.<ref name=R1>{{cite web|title=Madhu Sapre - Miss India 1992 / Miss Universe 2nd Runner up|url=http://health.rediff.com/style/oct/22book.htm|publisher=[[Rediff]] |accessdate=23 March 2011 |date=22 October 1997}}</ref>

Madhu says "All the officials had told us that our answers had to be truthful," she says, "and coming from the heart. Nobody told us we had to be politically correct. I said what my heart told me and I lost. According to me India has been in poverty for many years, so it was not going to suddenly change in one year by my becoming the prime minister. But there are other areas like art and sports in which we can improve. And being a sportsgirl I had suffered because we don't have the equipment and the grounds in India. In the brief time you get to answer I wanted to say all this but perhaps because of my inadequacy in English, I could not express myself."<ref name=R1 /> She has also acted in the 2003 film ''[[Boom (2003 film)|Boom]]''.

[[Milind Soman]], a male supermodel from her era, posed nude with her in a print ad for Tuff Shoes. The social service branch of the [[Mumbai police]] had registered a case in August 1995 after Sapre and Soman posed in the nude, wearing only shoes and a python wrapped around them. Another case was filed under the [[Wildlife Protection Act]] against the advertising agency for illegal use of the python. The accused include the publishers and distributors of two magazines that featured the controversial ad, the advertising agency, the two models and the photographers.<ref name=T1>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/903786.cms |title=Tuff shoes case: Madhu, Milind plead not guilty |newspaper= [[The Times of India]] |date=29 October 2004 |accessdate=28 December 2011}}</ref> The case lasted for 14 years, after which the courts acquitted the accused.<ref name=T1 />

==Personal life==
Sapre lives in [[Riccione]], a small town on the east coast of [[Italy]] with her husband, Italian businessman Gian Maria Emendatori and shuttles between India and Italy.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/netguide/2002/may/30madhu.htm Celebrity Surfing with Madhu Sapre]</ref> They have a daughter together named Indira.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/madhu-sapre-delivers-baby-girl/ Madhu Sapre delivers baby girl]</ref>
She met Emendatori through mutual friends while he was in [[India]] on a holiday. They got married in 2001, after which she moved to Riccione.<ref>[http://m.hindustantimes.com/brunch/mother-s-day-special-madhu-sapre-s-fairy-tale-life-in-italy/story-io9yCpz4z5wyXVwvfKG95I.html Madhu Sapre- Supermodel to Supermom]</ref>

==Filmography==

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! Year !! Title !! class="unsortable" | Role !! Language !! class="unsortable" |Notes
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| 2003|| ''[[Boom (film)|Boom]]'' || Anu Gaekwad || Hindi ||
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|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=1228829 |name=Madhu Sapre}}
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020428/spectrum/main7.htm Model marriages, indeed] The Tribune – 28 April 2002
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030922/edit.htm Good guy turns bad] The Tribune – 22 September 2003

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{{succession box |
before= [[Christabelle Howie]] |
title= [[Femina Miss India|Miss India Universe]] |
years= 1992 |
after= [[Namrata Shirodkar]]
}}
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{{Miss Universe 1992 delegates}}
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[[Category:Femina Miss India winners]]
[[Category:Indian beauty pageant winners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Marathi people]]
[[Category:Miss Universe 1992 contestants]]
[[Category:Actresses from Nagpur]]
[[Category:Female models from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi television]]
[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]

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->Sandeeps3rdeye at 15:45, 23 December 2021