Nina Manuel

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Nina Manuel is an Indian model, television host, and VJ. Her father belongs to Kerala, and her mother belongs to Goa. She spent her childhood in Arabian countries like Dubai, Bahrain, and Kuwait as her father was a manager in Air India, and they had to travel a lot. In an interview, she said that she did her schooling at five different schools. She completed her schooling in these countries, and to pursue her graduation, she returned to Mumbai.According to Nina Manuel, while she was pursuing her graduation at Mithibai College, she participated in various fashion shows held in her college. Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi was the batchmate of Nina Manuel at Mithibai College. In an interview, Nina revealed that she used to skip her classes, and she would usually hang out with her friends in a corner in the college.According to Nina, while growing up, she aspired to become a lawyer, and she took admission to GJ Advani Law College; however, left her law studies after two years to pursue modelling.In 1995, Nina`s mother saw an advertisement about the Femina Look of the year contest in a newspaper. She insisted on her participation in the contest. She did not win the competition, but she caught the attention of Mehr Jesia.She started modelling with a show for Ensemble where many top fashion designers noticed her. Later, she went on to walk the ramps for many established brands including San Miguel, Lawman jeans, Bausch & Lomb, Levins, Coke, The Indian Express, and Kodak.Apart from modelling for various brands, Nina has also appeared in many music videos and walked the ramp for top designers like Suneet Varma, JJ Valaya, Raghvendra Rathod, and Ravi Bajaj. Nina Manuel walking the ramp.In an interview, she talked about her aspirations to become a model and the things that triggered her to pursue her career in modelling. She said, Earlier I didnt think that way but after my college when I participated in the Femina look of the year contest in 1995, I came across models like Madhu Sapre and Meher Jessia. It is then when I started knowing that I want to become one of them..In an interview, when she was asked about her experience as a VJ, she said that she enjoyed hosting the live shows. She said that her favourite show was After Hours, where she got a chance to meet many celebrities.Nina is married to a New York City-based businessman Luv Shah. They performed Hindu as well as Christian wedding ceremonies. Their Hindu wedding took place at JW Marriott Hotel in Juhu, and the Christian wedding took place at St Peters Church, Bandra. Nina took a Gujarati look for the pheras. She wore a white and maroon saree with a maroon choli designed by James Ferreir and some gold jewellery. The gown for her Christian wedding was designed by Gavin Maguel, and the post-wedding gown was designed by James Ferreira. Nina Manuels Gujarati look on her wedding.Her husband, Luv, wore a tuxedo from Narendra Kumar for the Church wedding and a sherwani by Aki Narula for the Hindu wedding.