Kanishtha Dhankar is an Indian actress and Supermodel who was crowned Pantaloons Mission India 2011, where Hasleen Kaur was crowned the Femina Mission India Earth.
Background
Kanishtha was born on 21 September 1988 in Mumbai, India to Raj Singh Dhankhar, a Commodore in the Indian Navy, and Kusum Dhankhar. Her father was posted in Mumbai at the time of her birth. Her mother is a school teacher and a home maker and has worked extensively with the Naval Wives Welfare Association in Mumbai.
Career
Her ancestral family is from Haryana. Kanishtha was raised in Colaba, Mumbai. She pursued a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Hassaram Rijhumal College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai.
Kanishtha began her career in modelling in her last year at university where she was scouted by modeling agents.
She has been travelling the world for work. She moved to New York for a few months where she walked the runway at the Mercedes Benz fashion week spring summer 2013.
She competed at the 2011 pageant which was held on November 6, 2011 in London, United Kingdom, and she was in top 30.