Get Gorgeous was an Indian reality television show and model talent search that premiered in 2004 by one of India’s music channels, Channel V India. The show was formatted by Kaveri Mehrotra while Amar Deb was the head of the channel. Get Gorgeous was about discovering the next face of modeling in India.
Seasons
Get Gorgeous 1
The show’s first season aired in July 1, 2004 with the finale on September 23, 2004. It had 6,000 entries received and 16 finalists were taken to the coast of Goa. The season was hosted by designers Hemant Trivedi and Aparna Chandra, with make-up artistAmbika Pillai, choreographers Tanya and Aparna Behl, fitness guru Mickey Mehta and lensman Sameer Parekh as judges. The show’s prizes for this season include walking for designer Suneet Verma at Rome Fashion Week and a contract with Elite Model Management in India. The four winners were Aarohi Mishra, Archana Vijaya, Natasha Suri and Tanvi Singh.
Season 1 Contestants
Get Gorgeous 2
The second season first aired in April 23, 2005 with the finale in July 16, 2005 and it was hosted by season 1 winner Archana Vijaya. The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India, a modelling contract with Elite Model Management in India, a campaign for LG CDMA and will be walking at India Fashion Week. The winner of this season was Priyanka Shah.
Season 2 Contestants
Get Gorgeous 3
The third season first aired in 2006, and had fifteen finalists. The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India and a modelling contract with Matrix Model Management in India. The winners of this season were Anurita Jha and Meenal Thakur.
Season 3 Contestants
Get Gorgeous 4
The fourth season aired on June 7, 2007. The season's host was Samantha Kocchar, with Alison Kanuga and Shantanu & Nikhil judging. The 10 finalists travelled to the Swaswara resort in Goa. The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India and a modelling contract with Elite Model Management in India. The winner of the season was Rachel Varghese. The Grand Finale had over 1,000 guests visiting the live runway. The anchor of the live show was Channel V's VJ Pia Trivedi. During the taping of the season, Channel allowed a blogger from Trendy.com to live among the contestants and collect exclusive behind-the-scenes material for a section of the show's website called “The Gorgeous Blogger”.
Contestants
Get Gorgeous 5
The fifth season aired in May 16, 2008 and with the finale on July 26, 2008. This season was hosted again by VJ Pia Trivedi. Indian Supermodels Diandra Soares and Gauhar Khan were judges. The 10 finalists travelled to Kerala. This season garnered an average of 10 million viewers, making it the highest rated season of the show's history. The winner of the season was Iris Maity, beating Gwen Athaide and Salome Narayana Polaki in the finale. She receive:
The sixth season aired in August 29, 2010 and with the finale on November 21, 2010. This season was hosted by VJ Andy. Indian Supermodels Sahil Shroff and Neha Kapur were the new judges. After 2 years gap, the show return with 20 brand new contestant, including male contestant for the first time. The prizes include: a talent contract with Channel V India and a modelling contract with Kwan Model Management. The winner of the season was Preeti Chauhan & Rajat Dahiya.
