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Sapre exhibited controversies in India when she and her ex-boyfriend [[Milind Soman]], another supermodel from her era, posed nude in a print ad for Tuff Shoes. The social service branch of the Mumbai police had registered a case in August 1995 after Sapre and Soman posed in the nude, wearing only shoes and a python wrapped around them. Another case was filed under the Wildlife Protection Act against the advertising agency for illegal use of the python. The accused include the publishers and distributors of two magazines that featured the controversial ad, the advertising agency, the two models and the photographers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/903786.cms |title=Tuff shoes case: Madhu, Milind plead not guilty |publisher= ''[[The Times Of India]]'' |date=29 Oct 2004 |accessdate=28 Dec 2011}}</ref> The case lasted for 14 years, after which the courts acquitted the accused.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/903786.cms |title=Tuff shoes case: Madhu, Milind plead not guilty |publisher= ''[[The Times Of India]]'' |date=29 Oct 2004 |accessdate=28 Dec 2011}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Madhu Sapre | |
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| Born | Madhushree Sapre July 14, 1971 |
| Spouse | Gian Maria |
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| Hair color | Black |
Madhu Sapre (Marathi: मधु सप्रे, born July 14, 1971) is an Indian model from Maharashtra.
Early life
Sapre was born in Nagpur, into a Maharashtrian family which moved to Mumbai after her birth. She is from the Andheri suburb of Mumbai.
Career
In the 1990s, Sapre was an athlete who rose to fame when she started modeling at a very young age.
She represented India at the 1992 Miss Universe pageant, where she was the 2nd runner up. In her answer to her final question at the pageant, Sapre talked about the lack of sports fields in India for athletes to practice on. Her rather unusual answer made her the third finalist that evening instead of the winner.
In the book "Pride of India" depicting India's supreme queens, Madhu says "All the officials had told us that our answers had to be truthful," she says, "and coming from the heart. Nobody told us we had to be politically correct. I said what my heart told me and I lost. According to me India has been in poverty for many years, so it was not going to suddenly change in one year by my becoming the prime minister. But there are other areas like art and sports in which we can improve. And being a sportsgirl I had suffered because we don't have the equipment and the grounds in India. In the brief time you get to answer I wanted to say all this but perhaps because of my inadequacy in English, I could not express myself."[1] She has also acted in the film Boom.
Sapre exhibited controversies in India when she and her ex-boyfriend Milind Soman, another supermodel from her era, posed nude in a print ad for Tuff Shoes. The social service branch of the Mumbai police had registered a case in August 1995 after Sapre and Soman posed in the nude, wearing only shoes and a python wrapped around them. Another case was filed under the Wildlife Protection Act against the advertising agency for illegal use of the python. The accused include the publishers and distributors of two magazines that featured the controversial ad, the advertising agency, the two models and the photographers.[2] The case lasted for 14 years, after which the courts acquitted the accused.[3]
Personal life
Sapre lives in Italy with her husband Gian Maria and shuttles between India and Italy.[4] She was briefly engaged to Milind Soman.
References
- ^ "Madhu Sapre - Miss India 1992 / Miss Universe 2nd Runner up". Rediff. 22 October 1997. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "Tuff shoes case: Madhu, Milind plead not guilty". The Times Of India. 29 Oct 2004. Retrieved 28 Dec 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Tuff shoes case: Madhu, Milind plead not guilty". The Times Of India. 29 Oct 2004. Retrieved 28 Dec 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Celebrity Surfing with Madhu Sapre
External links
- Madhu Sapre at IMDb
- Model marriages, indeed The Tribune – April 28, 2002
- Good guy turns bad The Tribune – September 22, 2003