1. Nafisa Joseph was an Indian model, video jockey and beauty pageant titleholder.
13 Facts About Nafisa Joseph
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Nafisa Joseph was the winner of Femina Miss India Universe 1997 and was a finalist in the Miss Universe 1997 pageant in Miami Beach.
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Nafisa Joseph was born on 28 March 1978 in Delhi, and was brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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Nafisa Joseph was the younger of two daughters born to father Nirmal Joseph, a Malayali and mother Usha Joseph, a Bengali, who was a descendant of Rabindranath Tagore.
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Nafisa Joseph was groomed as a model by Prasad Bidapa.
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Nafisa Joseph was the youngest participant at the Miss India pageant in 1997, which she won.
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Nafisa Joseph participated in the Miss Universe Pageant at Miami Beach, Florida on 16 May 1997, and was amongst the 10 semifinalists in the pageant.
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Nafisa Joseph ran the MTV House Full show for close to five years.
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Nafisa Joseph launched a television programming unit 2's Company with the help of her fiance, Gautam Khanduja.
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Nafisa Joseph had a brief cameo in the Subhash Ghai film Taal.
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Nafisa Joseph hanged herself in her flat in Versova on 29 July 2004.
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Nafisa Joseph was to marry businessman Gautam Khanduja in a few weeks' time.
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Nafisa Joseph's parents filed a police report accusing her fiance for her death, claiming that Khanduja had been desperate to get out of the wedding for some time, and sought his custodial interrogation.