Prime Highlights-
- Sixteen former pageant contestants take part in a 72-hour business bootcamp testing leadership and strategy.
- Mario powers the season alongside partners including Golubhai Badalia, Lakme Academy, Vega, and Cool Lip Music.
Key Facts-
- FEF launches Miss Entrepreneur India, its first original IP on Gadbad TV, as India’s first business reality show for former pageant contestants.
- Sanjay Nigam and Manju Yagnik say the show redefines the modern crown around leadership, ambition, and entrepreneurship.
Background-
Fashion Entrepreneur Fund has launched Miss Entrepreneur India, billed as the country’s first business reality show built around former beauty pageant winners and finalists. The series tests contestants on leadership, business acumen, and decision-making rather than conventional pageantry.
The show marks FEF Studios’ first original production on its YouTube platform, Gadbad TV. Sixteen former pageant contestants from across India will take part in a 72-hour business bootcamp featuring live pitches, leadership challenges, crisis simulations, and team tasks. Organizers designed the format to test strategy, resilience, and the ability to lead under pressure.
Sanjay Nigam, founder of Fashion Entrepreneur Fund, said the show reflects where India is headed and places pageant contestants in a setting that tests their judgment, resilience, and capacity to build value. He added that the modern crown now centers on what a woman can build, lead, and achieve.
Shaine Soni and Daisy Khound host the series, blending reality entertainment with entrepreneurial challenges. Manju Yagnik, vice chairperson of Nahar Group and a director at Fashion Entrepreneur Fund, called the show a fresh take on pageantry that lets women step beyond convention and build their own ventures.
Mario powers the first season in association with Nahar Builders, alongside partners including Golubhai Badalia, Lakme Academy, Vega, Cool Lip Music, and Nahar’s Nectar Field. The show premieres on Gadbad TV on YouTube and signals FEF’s broader push into original digital content.
