Alesia Raut is an Indian fashion choreographer, model, and actress, who was a contestant of the reality show khatron ke Khiladi.
Wiki/Biography
Alesia Raut was born on Monday, 21 December 1981 (age 40 years; as of 2022) in Moscow. She is the daughter of an Indian father and a Russian mother. Alesia did schooling at Bombay Cambridge Gurukul, Andheri, Mumbai and pursued graduation in commerce from Mithibai College in Juhu, Mumbai. In 1999, when Alesia was 19 years old, her parents forwarded some of her pictures to the contest named, Look of the year contest, which was organized by the Times Group in India, where she went till the finals. Alesia in 2001, participated in the Indian fashion week and that is when she started to be a part of the regular fashion shows. She continued modelling, got featured in many ramp shows and albums. Alesia was trained by Lubna Adams and Nayonika Chaterjee. Alesia did around eleven music albums and many fashion shows.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 10″
Hair Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Alesia Raut’s father’s name is Vijay Raut, who is an Indian, and her mother’s name is Natasha Raut, who is a Russian.
She has one elder brother, Amrit Raut, and a younger sister, Anjali Raut. Anjali is a model in Mumbai.
Husband & Children
Alesia Raut got married twice. Firstly, she got married to a Russian economist, Alexander Yanovski, who was the son of Alesia’s mother’s best friend. Alesia moved to Moscow after her first marriage, however, the marriage didn’t last long and they both got separated. Alesia moved back to India with her son in 2007. After coming back to India, she met Siddhaanth Suryavanshi in February 2016.
They got engaged on 12 April 2017
Alesia and Siddhaanth got married in November 2017, in Mumbai.
Alesia has a son, Mark, from her first marriage and a daughter, Diza, who is from Siddhaanth’s first marriage. Diza lives with her mother and often visits Alesia and Siddhaanth.
Career
As a model
Alesia started her career in modelling in 1999 when her parents forwarded her photographs to a contest named, Look of the year, organized by the Times Group in India, where she went till the finals.
In 2001, she participated in Indian fashion week, after which she continued modelling. Alesia did her first music video in 2003. She worked in many music videos like Meri Beri Ke Ber, Ek Aankh Maru. Alesia worked in many tv commercials. She walked a ramp in many fashion shows like Lakme fashion week, Wills Lifestyle India fashion week shows, Singapore fashion week, International institute of fashion design shows, and also for top designers like Manish Malhotra.
Apart from this, Alesia also worked as a VJ and was also an anchor for a travel show in Star One.
Alesia participated in the reality show khatron ke Khiladi.
As a trainer
After returning back to India in 2007, Alesia along with her sister, Anjali Raut, started a modelling training academy named, Cocoaberry talent academy, in Mumbai, where Alesia and her sister trained the aspiring models for the glamorous world of fashion.
Alesia is the ramp walk trainer for Miss India and Miss Universe pageants.
As a judge
Alesia was a judge in Miss India 2017.
She was also a judge in the northeast Diva show in 2019.
As an actress
Alesia worked in Madhur Bhandarkar’s movie Fashion in 2008, in which she played the role of the model.
Favourites
Food: Paneer butter masala
Music: Neele Neele Amber
Facts/Trivia
- According to Alesia, during her school and college days, she was a shy student and lacked confidence.
- Elesia is a huge fan of RD Burman, Gulzar and Helen. Alesia said that she enjoys all the songs in which Helen had danced.
- According to Alesia Raut, the thing she loves about the fashion industry is that she gets to try a lot of new clothes.