Tulip Joshi

Profile
Birth name                     Tulip Joshi
Nickname                       Sanjana
Birth date                       September 11, 1979
Birth place                      Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation                     Model and Actress
Height                            5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m)
Hair color                       Brown
Eye color                       Brown

Life and Career
Joshi was born in Mumbai  to a Gujarati Indian father and an Armenian Lebanese mother and moved to India. She was brought up in Mumbai where she attended the Jamnabai Narsee School, and later Mithibai College from where she graduated majoring food science and chemistry. She excelled in sports, competing in athletics at the National level. She has two sisters, Selphi and Monalisa. Her sister Monalisa is married to Bollywood actor Rajat Bedi. She has a nephew, Vivann, and niece, Vera.

Tulip entered the Femina Miss India in 2000. She did not make it to the list of winners, but was noticed by many advertising agencies. She appeared in a number of advertising campaigns for big brands (Ponds, Pepsi, Siyaram, BPL, Smirnoff etc.). She also appeared in a video made as a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.