Carol Gracias

The star model was born on 28 December 1978 to a Goan Catholic household. She was born and brought up in Mumbai itself. With an oomph factor to die for, Carol has made it to the top of the industry with her diligent hard work and style quotient. The title of Femina Look of the Year and India's L'Oreal/Elite "Look of the year" has been of great help in shooting up her career.

Apart from being the most talked about, highly paid and the most popular Indian model, Carol has done a cameo in Homi Adajania’s ‘Being Cyrus’ starring Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan is a film celebrity born to actress  >> Read More... and a gig in Biswajeet Bora’s ‘ Aisa Yeh Jahaan Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ as well. She has also made an appearance along with Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan, or Abhishek Srivastava, is a ve >> Read More... in the song ‘Right Here Right Now’ of Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Bluffmaster’.

Soon, the reality show fever got to her as she entered the ‘Big Boss’ house in its first season itself. With her personal charm and enduring nature, she got the support of the viewers and finished as the first runner- up. Post this, she also took up the challenge to kill her fears by taking part in ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’, the Indian Fear Factor and where too she proved herself and finished as the second runner-up.

In 2006, Carol’s career hit a low when she underwent a wardrobe malfunction exposing her chest completely while walking the ramp of the Lakme Fashion Week. She was slapped with bad publicity, criticism, protesting activists and court cases too. However, she has put the mishap behind and is still the showstopper for reputed designers. In her personal life, as told by her friends to a trustworthy source, she is a music freak and foodie at heart. She has firm views about girl child education in India and has also shown a keen interest in studying child psychology shortly.