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Top Model India season 1

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{{Infobox television season

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| caption = Season 1 contestants

| num_episodes = 10

| network = Colors Infinity

| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2018|2|4}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2018|4|8}}

| episode_list =

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Top Model India, season 1 was the first installment of Top Model India. The series premiered on Colors Infinity on 4 February 2018 at 8:00 pm IST (UTC+5:30). Sixteen finalists were chosen to compete for the show.

The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Mahir Pandhi from Delhi.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-09 |title=Congratulations! Delhi's Mahir Pandhi is the winner of Top Model India |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/television/reality-tv/story/congratulations-delhi-s-mahir-pandhi-is-the-winner-of-top-model-india-1207901-2018-04-09 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=India Today |language=en}} As his prizes, he received a one-year modelling contract with Bling Entertainment Solution.{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Aakash |date=2022-12-20 |title=Who Is Mahir Pandhi, Rumoured Boyfriend Of Bigg Boss 16’s Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia? All You Need To Know |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2022/bigg-boss-16-who-is-mahir-pandhi-rumoured-boyfriend-of-nimrit-kaur-ahluwalia-all-you-need-to-know-344631.html |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=filmibeat.com |language=en}}

Cast

=Contestants=

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colspan="2"|Contestant

! Age

! Height

! Hometown

! Finish

!Place

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|Nupura Bhaskar

|26

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|Mumbai

|Episode 2

|13

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|Lemuel Huffman

|25

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|New York, United States

|Episode 3

|12

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|Marina Lang

|21

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|Manipur

|Episode 4

|11

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|Pearl Almeida

|24

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|Mumbai

|Episode 5

|10

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|Sidharth Neeraj Sharma

|27

|{{height|m=1.85}}

|Mumbai

|rowspan="2"|Episode 6

|rowspan="2"|9-8

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|Ram Ramasamy

|22

|{{height|m=1.83}}

|Mumbai

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|Gurin Bal

|29

|{{height|m=1.77}}

|Toronto, Canada

| Episode 8

| 7

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|Rishitha Koruturu

|19

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|Hyderabad

|rowspan="2"|Episode 9

|rowspan="2"|6-5

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|Joshua Chhabra

|22

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|Mumbai

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|Satabdi Dutta Banik

|22

{{height|m=1.70}}

|Kolkata

|rowspan="4"|Episode 10

|4

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|Aishwarya Suresh

|24

|{{height|m=1.75}}

|Mumbai

|3

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|Shehzad Deol

|25

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|New Delhi

|2

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|Mahir Pandhi

|21

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|New Delhi

|1

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=Judges & Mentor =

Episodes

=Episode 1=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-2-4}}

  • Special guest: Dhruv Kapoor

=Episode 2=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-2-11}}

  • First call-out: Gurin Bal
  • Bottom two: Joshua Chhabra & Nupura Bhaskar
  • Eliminated: Nupura Bhaskar
  • Featured photographer: Atul Kasbekar
  • Special guest: Ricky Chatterjee

=Episode 3=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-2-18}}

  • First call-out: Joshua Chhabra
  • Bottom two: Lemuel Huffman & Marina Lang
  • Eliminated: Lemuel Huffman
  • Featured photographer: Amit Khanna
  • Special guest: Daniel Bauer

=Episode 4=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-2-25}}

  • First call-out: Joshua Chhabra
  • Bottom two: Marina Lang & Sidharth Neeraj Sharma
  • Eliminated: Marina Lang
  • Featured photographer: Toranj Kayvon
  • Special guest: Nora Fatehi

=Episode 5=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-3-4}}

  • Entered: Ram Ramasamy
  • First call-out: Mahir Pandhi
  • Bottom two: Pearl Almeida & Satabdi Dutta Banik
  • Eliminated: Pearl Almeida
  • Featured photographer: Varun Mehta
  • Special guest: Anshuka Parwani

=Episode 6=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-3-11}}

  • Immune: Gurin Bal
  • First call-out: Aishwarya Suresh
  • Bottom three: Joshua Chhabra, Ram Ramasamy & Sidharth Neeraj Sharma
  • Eliminated: Ram Ramasamy & Sidharth Neeraj Sharma

=Episode 7=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-3-18}}

  • First call-out: Shehzad Deol
  • Bottom two: Joshua Chhabra & Mahir Pandhi
  • Eliminated: None
  • Special guest: Miss Malini

=Episode 8=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-3-25}}

  • First call-out: Joshua Chhabra
  • Bottom two: Gurin Bal & Rishitha Koruturu
  • Eliminated: Gurin Bal

=Episode 9=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-4-1}}

  • First call-out: Mahir Pandhi
  • Bottom three: Aishwarya Suresh, Joshua Chhabra & Rishitha Koruturu
  • Eliminated: Joshua Chhabra & Rishitha Koruturu
  • Special guest: Dino Morea

=Episode 10=

Original airdate: {{dts|format=dmy|2018-4-8}}

  • Final four: Aishwarya Suresh, Mahir Pandhi, Satabdi Dutta Banik & Shehzad Deol
  • Eliminated outside of judging panel: Satabdi Dutta Banik
  • Final three: Aishwarya Suresh, Mahir Pandhi & Shehzad Deol
  • Eliminated: Aishwarya Suresh
  • Final two: Mahir Pandhi & Shehzad Deol
  • Top Model India: Mahir Pandhi
  • Special guest: Manish Malhotra, Akash Sharma

Summaries

=Results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:92%"
rowspan=2|Ordercolspan=10|Episodes
1{{efn|name=Episode 1|In episode 1, the pool of 16 semi-finalists was narrowed down to the top 12 contestants. The first official elimination took place in episode 2.}}2345{{efn|name=Episode 5|In episode 5, Ram was added to the cast as a wildcard contestant.}}6{{efn|name=Episode 6|In episode 6, Gurin won immunity by winning the challenge.}}{{efn|name=Episode 6(2)|In episode 6, Joshua, Ram and Sidharth landed in the bottom three. Ram and Sidharth were both eliminated.}}7{{efn|name=Episode 7|In episode 7, Mahir and Joshua landed in the bottom two. After Mahir received his picture it was revealed it was a non-elimination.}}89{{efn|name=Episode 9|In episode 9, Aishwarya, Joshua and Rishitha landed in the bottom three. Joshua and Rishitha were both eliminated.}}10{{efn|name=Episode 10|In episode 10, Satabdi was eliminated outside of judging panel.}}
1

|Nupura||Gurin||Joshua||Joshua||Mahir||Aishwarya||Shehzad||Joshua||Mahir||style="background:limegreen"|Mahir

2

|Mahir||Aishwarya||Satabdi||Rishitha||Joshua||Satabdi||Aishwarya||Mahir||Shehzad||style="background:tomato"|Shehzad

3

|Aishwarya||Mahir||Sidharth||Satabdi||Aishwarya||style="background:gold"|Gurin||Satabdi||Aishwarya||Satabdi||style="background:tomato"|Aishwarya

4

|Shehzad||Lemuel||Rishitha||Gurin||Sidharth||Mahir||Rishitha||Satabdi||Aishwarya||style="background:darkred"|Satabdi

5

|Pearl||Satabdi||Gurin||Mahir||Shehzad||Shehzad||Gurin||Shehzad||rowspan="2" style="background:tomato"|Joshua
Rishitha||rowspan="2" style="background:darkgray" colspan=9|

6

|Sidharth||Shehzad||Shehzad||Shehzad||Rishitha||Rishitha||rowspan=2" style="background:lightblue"|Joshua
Mahir||Rishitha

7

|Rishitha||Pearl||Pearl||Pearl|| Ram||Joshua|| style="background:tomato" |Gurin||style="background:darkgray" colspan=8|

8

|Lemuel||Sidharth||Mahir||Aishwarya||Gurin|| rowspan="2" style="background:tomato" |Ram
Sidharth||rowspan="2" style="background:darkgray" colspan=7|

9

|Satabdi||Rishitha||Aishwarya||Sidharth||Satabdi

10

|Joshua||Marina||Marina||style="background:tomato"| Marina||style="background:tomato"| Pearl||style="background:darkgray" colspan=10|

11

|Marina||Joshua||style="background:tomato" |Lemuel||style="background:darkgray" colspan=11|

12

|Gurin||style="background:tomato" |Nupura||style="background:darkgray" colspan=12|

:{{Color box|Tomato|border=darkgray}} The contestant was eliminated

:{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} The contestant was immune from elimination

:{{Color box|Lightblue|border=darkgray}} The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom two

:{{color box|darkred|border=darkgray}} The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} The contestant won the competition

=Notes=

{{notelist}}

=Photo shoot guide=

  • Episode 1 photo shoot: OPPO selfies (casting)
  • Episode 2 photo shoot: Tribal beauty shots with a Tarantula
  • Episode 3 photo shoot: Lingerie(By Amante) and Men's Innerwear - in Pairs
  • Episode 4 photo shoot: Renault Captur campaign; Black and White Photo shoot with Lisa Haydon in Anaita Shroff Adajania's Styling
  • Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing With a Horse in White Outfits
  • Episode 6 photo shoot: "Raw and Rugged"- Posing and Runway in Desert
  • Episode 7 photo shoot: 7 deadly sins - Location: Graveyard
  • Episode 8 photo shoot: "SuperHeroes"- Posing in a Vertical Runway with Silk Fabric
  • Episode 9 photo shoot: "Back Stage Life"- Wearing Ethnic Designs
  • Episode 10 fashion show: Fashion show for Manish Malhotra

References

{{reflist}}

{{India's Next Top Model}}

Category:Top Model

Category:2018 Indian television seasons