Simran Kaur Mundi

Simran Kaur Mundi Biography

Simran Kaur Mundi is an Indian actress and model. She was Femina Miss India Universe 2008 and debut Bollywood with Jo Hum Chahein in 2011. In 2013, she made Punjabi debut with Best of Luck and Telugu debut with Potugadu. She has signed Ekta Kapoor’s Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho gayi where she works aside Siddharth Gupta and is slated to release in 2014. She was born in a Jat Sikh family in Mumbai and later did schooling at Delhi Public School and Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior. She has worked with Fame Cinemas in Andheri - as a guest relations executive after completing graduation.

While working at Fame Cinemas she got noticed by makeup artists, Bharat and Dorris and they encouraged her to participate in Miss India Pageant. She didn’t have any formal training or experience. Yet she was crowned Miss India in the year 2008. She was crowned Femina Miss India Universe 2008 in Mumbai on April 5, 2008 and later she represented India at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held at the Diamond Bay Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 13, 2008. She became 1st runner-up in the Beach Beauty Competition, 2nd runner-up in the Evening Gown Contest and 4th in the National Costume Round, though couldn’t reach the final round.

Later she made a successful modelling career working with many leading brands of the country. She walked the ramp for all the major fashion designers of India at the Lakme India Fashion Weeks 2008-2011, Wills India Fashion Weeks 2010, 2011, India Couture Weeks 2008-2010 and Dubai Fashion Week. She also walked the red carpet for the film Outrage at the Cannes film festival in 2010 and also walked the ramp at the Cannes Fashion Paranoia 2010. In 2011, she participated in game show Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout anchored by Shah Rukh Khan. Simran made her debut as a host for the first ever Hockey India League played in India.

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Updated: June 15, 2016