Apotheosis of a high flying chic, effervescing panache and oomph impregnates with mesmerizing-ly self-absorbed Terpsichore to bear the scepter holding Queen of Indian fashion, Jesse Randhawa. The demeanor that launched the millions of ships and the visage imbuing to be a muse ruled the fashion runways together for over a decade. The journey to supermodel-dom got ignition when a lass in her late teens won the ‘Miss Jaipur’ title in 1991 and took up modeling as her dotage to stand among top five at the ‘Femina Miss India Contest’ in 1994. Since that day, Jesse sailed with a halo effect to dazzle the alleys of the fashion world, standing as the thought of the cluster of designers. On being asked, why she picked up modeling as a career, when she is a licensed pilot and a trained martial artist, there came a pat reply,” Why not? I am born so, I am tall enough. I have everything to be good model. I deserve it”. Such straight forward and weighty rejoinders delineate Jesse quite well.

Jesse crossed the snarled threshold of inchoate Indian fashion industry to leave her spoor around the world. She hypnotized many souls, when she walked for the world renowned, “Igedo Fashion Fair” for over 3 years in Germany. Adding appliqués to her spell, she turned out to be the first Indian as the face of Levis Jeans London. Such was her versatile allure that she was nick named as the ‘Multi Facetted Trend Setter’ from India by various International modeling agencies. Back in India, Jesse was the L’Oreal promotional model and endorsed Tommy Hilfiger across the country. Having such an indelible impression on fashion, she says exuberantly,” Fashion is a statement. You choose it and it speaks for you. It’s a narrative which defines you.”

“I would love to say, this industry requites good with good. If you have that right attitude, it welcomes you. It’s a grooming stepping stone which gives you confidence internally and evolves you holistically.”, says Jesse emphatically about the much compared Indian modeling industry. Her camaraderie with fashion is substantiated by the numerous awards clinched by her, be it the ‘Indian Model of the Year’ in 2001 in New York or being the “Fashion Icon of India” consecutively for many years in a row. Insignia like being the best model of the decade at the ‘Wills Fashion Week 2009’, signifies the glory she always sacked on the ramps.

Having had adorned the covers of many Indian and International magazines like Elle Cosmopolitan and Citadel, to just name a few, Jesse holds a strong view about increasing number of fashion weeks in India, she opines,” Its boring. So many fashion weeks are personally deteriorating. There must be one or two.”

After judging umpteen fashion and dance based shows and emerging as a runner up in ‘Khatro Ke Khiladi Level II’, Jesse is all set to impinge bollywood with her gold sniffing procession, as she has always. And her role in Anurag Kashyap directed Gulal, has already stamped her forte in acting too.