Nafisa Joseph (March 28, 1978 - July 29, 2004) was an Indian model and MTV video jockey. She was the winner of Miss India Universe 1997 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant.related to the wonderful Nayfisa who is an ispiring model and actress

Early days

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Nafisa Joseph was brought up in the city of Bangalore. She was the younger of two daughters born to father Nirmal Joseph, a Keralite and mother Usha Joseph, a Bengali, who was a descendant of Tagore and first cousin of Sharmila Tagore. Nafisa studied at Bishop Cotton School and St. Joseph's College, both at Bangalore. She was Catholic, but owed her Islamic name to the fact that her paternal grandmother was a Muslim.

Career

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Modelling

She started modelling at age 12 when her neighbour got her an opportunity to model for a Wearhouse ad. She was groomed as a model by Prasad Bidapa. Nafisa was the youngest participant at the Miss India pageant in 1997, which she won.

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