Manasvi Mamgai is an Indian actress, model, social worker and beauty pageant winner.
Early life
Mamgai was born in
Delhi and grew up in
Chandigarh. Her mother Prabha, was from
Uttarakhand.
By the age of 15, she had won around 50 state and national awards in dancing, singing, and skating.
Beauty pageants and modelling
Mamgai won Elite Model Look India in 2006, debuted at India Fashion Week and won Miss Tourism International 2008.
She was chosen as Miss India 2010 and represented India at the 2010
Miss World beauty pageant in China. She was chosen in the top eight in the Miss World Finale in 2010 in the Dances of the world.
Since then, she has modelled for Indian designers and shot various campaigns, including for Indian and international magazines such as
Vogue,
Elle,
Femina,
Verve,
Cosmopolitan and
New Face, and
Code of Style.
Film and TV
Mamgai is an alumnus of
Anupam Kher acting school in Mumbai.
In 2012 she was a part of the movement-based play,
LIMBO, that received critical reviews.
It was showcased in
Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai and screened in Paris.
The same year she appeared in the documentary
The World Before Her.
In 2014 she played the antagonist, Marina, opposite Ajay Devgn in the Eros International studio movie Action Jackson, directed by Prabhu Deva. Mamgai appeared in the Indian comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil along with her Action Jackson cast. In 2015, she was nominated for the Best Debutant award at Filmfare Awards where she was also a presenter. In 2020, she was lead of the music videos, "Yaadein" by American R&B duo TheMxxnlight and "Dum ba Dum" by Daler Mehndi.
Mamgai currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is pursuing a career in acting and producing.[ "The World Before Her: Miss India or Miss Militant". The Globe and Mail, November 9, 2012.]
She played the role of Juhi Bhatia in The Trial in 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar. She entered the reality game show Bigg Boss season 17 as a wild-card entry in October 2023.
RHC Ambassador
In 2016, Mamgai became the Indian Ambassador to the Republican Hindu Coalition.
Humanity against terrorism concert
Mamgai put together the "Humanity United against Terror" a
Bollywood Charity Concert which took place on 15 October 2016 at NJ Exposition center in Edison,
New Jersey.
The concert was addressed by President-Elect
Donald Trump. She even performed in it with Bollywood celebrities including
Malaika Arora,
Prabhu Deva,
Sophie Choudry.
Presidential inauguration performance
Mamgai, along with Bollywood singing sensation
Mika Singh, performed at Donald Trump's pre-inaugural Welcome Celebrations at Lincoln Memorial in
Washington DC. She led over a dozen Indian dancers performing to popular Bollywood numbers including the Oscar-winning "Jai Ho" of A R Rahman. The live event was played in front of 800,000 people and was telecast to over 2 billion viewers worldwide.
Mamgai attended other Inaugural functions, including Trump's VIP Candle Light Dinner at Union Station.
Diwali celebrations at The Oval office
Mamgai attended the first time celebration of
Diwali at The Oval Office in the presence of President Donald Trump on 17 October 2017.
She is active in the RHC Immigration campaign to have equitable treatment for DALCA kids (300,000 legal childhood arrivals from
India who lose their status at the age of 21) and reduce the Green Card backlog of hi-skilled legal immigrants based on merit.
