Sonika Chauhan

Sonika Chauhan, also known as Sonika Simone Chauhan Singh, was an Indian actress, model, and television anchor. She was born on July 12, 1989, to Sharon Singh Chauhan and Vijay Singh Chauhan. She completed her schooling at La Martiniere, Kolkata and graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. In 2013 Chauhan participated in a beauty pageant, Miss Diva, which is a part of Femina Miss India that selects India’s representatives for the Miss Universe pageant. Though she did not win the contest, she was a popular contestant. Sonika Chauhan went on to work as a model in Mumbai and hosted a prime-time news show on a popular Indian channel. She acted in a Bengali television serial, Tumi Asbe Bole Story Soon >> Read More... (2014-2016), and a Punjabi film, Lovely Te Lovely (2015).

Her popularity grew as Chauhan anchored the Pro Kabaddi League. She was also an anchor at India Speed Week in 2017 and NEXA’s P1 Powerboat Racing Grand Prix in 2017. Chauhan was involved in a fatal car accident in Kolkata on April 29, 2017, along with actor Vikram Chatterjee Vikram Chatterjee is a Bengali actor who was born >> Read More... . She succumbed to a head injury at Ruby Hospital at age 27. Her parents established the Sonika Chauhan 27 Foundation on July 12, 2017, at Tollygunge Club in association with eight premier clubs of the country. The foundation aims to help fund the dreams of talented underprivileged girls and start a ‘designated driver’ campaign.