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Shikha Swarup
Actress
Name Shikha Swarup
Role Actress
Date of Birth 23 October
Address 309, B/i, C Wing, Devadiga Soc., Om Nagar, Andheri (E),Mumbai-99.
Tel 28214840
Encylopedia Biography Filmography :
Shikha Swaroop is an Indian actor, and a former Miss India winner. She was born in the Punjabi-Swaroop family in Delhi. She obtained her degree from St. Stephen's College. While still in college, she was crowned Miss India 1988 and continued to wear this crown until 1991 when she relinquished it to Preeti Mankotia. No beauty contests were held during 1989 and 1990 due to the demise of the sponsor, Eve's Weekly. The contests resumed after a new sponsor, Femina, took over in 1991. Apart from being crowned Miss India 1988, she won a gold medal in the All India Pistol Shooting Championship in 1988 itself. Apart from modeling, she played badminton on a national level. Before her career catapulted, she suffered a major setback when she became seriously ill. She has appeared in several '90s Bollywood movies, and also on television in a serial called Chandrakanta which was a huge hit. In 1995, Shikha Swaroop married Vidhit S Tarneja, an Engineer in Tezas and is now settled in Cupertino California. She has twin sons.