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Mumbai girl Danielle Canute wins 'India's Next Top Model'
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Mumbai girl Danielle Canute
was declared the winner of the first season of "India’s Next Top Model" -
and she's thrilled with the title.
The 18-year-old dusky beauty,
along with the other contestants, Gloria Tep and Rushali Rai
participated in the finale, judged by the show's mentors Lisa Haydon,
Dabboo Ratnani, Anusha Dandekar and Neeraj Gaba.
“When I
auditioned for the show, I had no idea that I would make it through to
the first round of elimination, let alone winning the show. I am so
happy and thrilled to have won 'India’s Next Top Model'.
"I'm
just a normal teenager who got to work with the biggest names in the
industry at such a young age and also got to be mentored by Lisa Haydon,
Neeraj Gaba, Anusha Dandekar and Dabboo Ratnani," Canute, who's in the
second year of graduation, said in a statement.
Calling it an "unreal" experience, Canute added that it "is the biggest platform I could have got."
She
won the title against the most confident models. As a winner, she has
received a year's contract with talent management agency Bling! She also
gets a chance to get a spread in a fashion magazine, and is now the
online face for TRESemmé India for a year.
In the hunt to find India’s Next Top Model, the reality show, presented by MTV, commenced on July 19 with 13 new faces.
The
success of the first season of the show, which is an Indian version of
"America's Next Top Model", has given its makers a reason to cheer.
“We
are very happy with the show’s success and the overwhelming response
received during the first season of 'India's Next Top Model'.
"With
the number of viewers that have accepted and enjoyed this season, we
are confident that the franchise has a bright future in India," Akash
Sharma, co-founder and executive producer, Bulldog Media and
Entertainment, the exclusive rights holder and producer for the India
franchise of "America's Next Top Model", said.