Mehr Jesia (Arjun Rampal’s Ex-wife) Age, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Mehr Jessia
Profession	Model
Famous For	Being the Ex-wife of Arjun Rampal
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in feet inches- 5’ 10”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 60 kg in pounds- 132 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	32-28-32
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	30 November 1970
Age (as in 2018)	48 Years
Birthplace	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
School	The J.B. Vachha High School, Mumbai
College/University	Sophia College for Women, Mumbai
Educational Qualification	College dropout
Debut	Model: 1980s Producer: I See You (2006)
Religion	Zoroastrianism (Parsi)
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Swimming, Travelling, Dancing
Controversies	• In 2012, Ram Gopal Varma had gone to Arjun's house for script narration, where he said that he hates dogs and kids. After which, Mehr asked him to leave as they not only have a dog but also 2 daughters. • On 3 March 2017, Mehr and Sussanne Khan were part of a party hosted by Fardeen Khan, but it ended up having an ugly fight, though the reason behind it is still unknown.
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Divorced [1]Bollywood Shaadis
Affair/Boyfriend	Arjun Rampal (Actor)
Marriage Date	29 March 1998
Family
Husband/Spouse	Arjun Rampal (m. 1998-sep. 2018)
Children	Son- None Daughters- Mahikaa Rampal (born in 2002), Myra Rampal (born in 2005)
Parents	Father- Homi Jesia (Model, Worked in Air India - Died in 2015) Mother- Vera Jesia (Airhostess)
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- Avan Jesia (Elder, Teacher & Novelist)
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Parsi Dhansak
Favourite Model(s)	Shyamoli Varma, Vanessa Vaz, Chrissy Teigen
Favourite Actor(s)	Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan
Favourite Film	A Star Is Born (2018)
Favourite Colour	Black
Favourite Fashion Designer(s)	Rohit Khosla, Tarun Tahiliani
Favourite Athlete	Andre Agassi (Tennis)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Toyota Corolla

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mehr Jesia

• Does Mehr Jesia smoke?: Not Known

• Does Mehr Jesia drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Mehr was born into a Gujarati-Parsi family and has spent her childhood in Mumbai’s Dadar Parsi Colony.

• During her college days, she was expelled due to lack of attendance.

• Though she wasn’t good in studies, she was a fine athlete and had played badminton and snooker at the national level, and swam at state-level.

• She started her career as a model in 1980s.

• She won the ‘Femina Miss India Universe’ title in 1986.
  

  Mehr Jesia – Femina Miss India 1986

• The same year, she went on to represent India for the ‘Miss Universe’ beauty pageant in Panama City.

• In 1998, she was offered a role in Dimple Kapadia starring ‘Zooni,’ but she declined the offer as she could barely speak Hindi.

• Instead of doing movies, she continued her modelling and later, was counted amongst India’s first supermodels.
  

  Mehr Jesia in her modelling days

• She first met Arjun Rampal at an airport when they were supposed to do a modelling assignment together for textile house ‘Vimal.’

• In 1994, she surprised everyone by quitting her modelling career when it was at its peak and started a modelling agency called ‘Face One.’

• She also got a life-changing offer to replace Italian model Isabella Rossellini as the new international face of the French fashion brand ‘Lancome,’ but she turned down the offer because she didn’t want to leave Mumbai.

• She had to pay for having an inter-religion marriage as she was thrown out of her religion, and wasn’t even allowed to enter a fire temple (place of worship for Parsis).

• If she wasn’t a model, she would have been a psychiatrist.

• Her ‘Hindi’ has always been atrocious.

• On 27 May 2018, after 20 years of marriage, Mehr and Arjun Rampal decided to separate their ways.
  

  Mehr Jesia and Arjun Rampal’s press statement after separation