Dipannita Sharma

Dipannita Sharma (born 2 November 1979) is an Indian supermodel and actress.

Sharma came into the limelight after making it to the final five of the Miss India 1998 contest. She was also adjudged 'Miss Photogenic' in the same contest. She has walked the ramp for all major designers in the country & for international design houses such as Valentino & Fendi in India. She was the worldwide face of the press campaign for Breguet watches & jewellery for 5 years. She has endorsed & been the face of several skin care brands in India such as Garnier, Nivea & Dettol soap. She has also hosted television shows, been a judge on a fashion based show on Mtv - Mtv making the cut & acted in the lead role on a show called Life Nahi Hai Laddoo before making her film debut with the 2002 Bollywood film 16 December.

Dipannita was born in the Oil India Limited colony town of Duliajan in Assam. Her father was a doctor in the O.I.L. Hospital. She studied in the Holy Child School Guwahati till her ninth standard, and pursued the rest of her school academics from St. Mary's school, Naharkatia. She later graduated in History from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi.

Dippanita is married to Delhi entrepreneur Dilsher Singh Atwal, a third generation businessman, and who is into his family business of mining,

and currently lives in Mumbai, India. Her younger sister is the television actress Arunima Sharma who is best known for her role as Rano in the soap opera Kasamh Se.

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