Gehana Vasisth


Vandana Tiwari, known by her stage name Gehana Vasisth, is an Indian actress, model, and television presenter. After working for several brands as a model, she was crowned as Miss Asia Bikini. She did more than 70 advertisements. She later entered the film industry through lead role in a film called Filmy Duniya and did roles in Telugu cinema later she performed a handful of lead roles. Also, she has worked in many web series including Gandi Baat season 3 on Alt Balaji.

Early life

Vasisth was born in Chirimiri, Chhattisgarh, into a religious Brahmin family. Her mother Sita Tiwari is a housewife and her father Ravindra Tiwari was an education officer.
She has one younger sister Namrata and two younger brothers Vedant and Sankalp Tiwari. Her grandmother is the retired principal of Arera convent school. Her actual name was Vandana Tiwari and after entering into modeling field, she changed her name to Gehana Vasisth. Her friends call her by the nickname Zindagi.

Career

She has done her schooling from Chirimiri, Chhattisgarh and Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Later she completed her engineering degree in Computer Science from All Saints College of Technology, Bhopal.
She was first approached by a TV guy, Shahryar Khan, after which she got her first modeling advertisement for Monte Carlo brand, then doing a number of advertisements as a lead model. Later on she worked as a model for international brands including 'Philips Arena', 'Chevrolet Cruize car, 'Dreamstone jewellery', 'Palak sarees' and many more. She did about 70 advertisements.

Television

She was introduced as an anchor in Sahara One Television Channel. Later she did a lead role in the serial Behenein on Star Plus and appeared as VJ on True Life show on MTV India. She was anchor for Cricket World Cup 2015 for a news channel along with Yograj Singh and Atul Wassan.

Miss Asia Bikini

Vasisth came into the limelight when she won the Miss Asia Bikini contest of 2012, where she surpassed thousands of other entries. She polled the maximum number of votes in an online contest and was selected as the bikini model to represent India.

Filmography

Web Series

Vasishth got into the limelight from the Gandi Baat Season 3 on Alt Balaji. Later she worked in lead roles in following series:

Cardiac Arrest

On 22 November 2019 Gehana suddenly fell unconscious while filming a web series and was rushed to the hospital. The 32-year-old suffered cardiac arrest resulting from a severe stroke and very low blood pressure. She was critical and under observation.