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Priyanka Shah

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Priyanka Shah
Shah at Rohhit Verma's sister Swati's birthday bash
Born
Occupation(s)Actress, netball player
Beauty pageant titleholder
Years active2015–present
Netball career
Years Club team(s) Apps
Maharashtra
Years National team(s) Caps
2005–?  India

Priyanka Shah is an Indian former netball player, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of Miss Tourism India 2007 and a finalist in Femina Miss India 2007. She is also the winner of Get Gorgeous 2005.

Early life and career

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Shah's parents are Maharashtrian and Gujarati.[1] Shah is an Engineering graduate from MIT College Pune.

Shah made her netball debut at the Asian Youth Championship in Malaysia in 2002.[2] She is also the former captain of the India national netball team.[3] She captained the national team at the 2005 Asian Netball Championships.[4]

In 2005, she won the second edition of the reality television show Get Gorgeous.[5]

She was supposed to make her debut through a Tamil film titled Kalla Kadhalan opposite actor Sibiraj and Kannada actor Vishal Hedge in 2008, but the film was shelved. Shah has completed a course in acting at the Kishore Namit Kumar acting school in Mumbai.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Get Gorgeous Winner Priyanka Shah Makes Her Tamil Film Debut". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Priyanka selected". The Times of India. 23 September 2002.
  3. ^ Anand, Shilpa Nair (29 May 2011). "Kochi's date with fashion week". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Malaysia will be my winning ground". The Times of India. 23 November 2007.
  5. ^ "Getting gorgeous, in style". The Telegraph. 13 June 2005.
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