Pranati Rai Prakash

Pranati Rai Prakash is an Indian fashion model best known as the winner of India's Next Top Model 2016 edition. She was also a semi-finalist at Miss India 2015. She has featured in several TV commercials and walked for Lakmé Fashion Week and India International Bridal Week.

Pranati was born to Colonel Prem Prakash and Sadhana Rai. She hails from Patna in Bihar. Her father serves in the army. Due to her father's job, her family relocated to a number of places in India, including Srinagar, Port Blair, Bathinda, Mhow, Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram, Shillong, Delhi, Dehradun and Patna. She studied fashion communication from NIFT, Mumbai. She loves yoga, painting, designing and travelling. She is currently based in Mumbai.

She has received a lot of recognition because of her stint in the Miss India pageant of 2015 and was a major front runner there. Pranati won the titles of Miss Talented, Miss Fashion Icon and Miss Beautiful Legs at Femina Miss India and was 1st runner up in Miss Sudoku, Top 5 in National Costume round and Top 5 of Miss Body Beautiful. Pranati is the Winner of India's Next Top Model Season 2. During episode 3, makeovers occurred. Prakash's long black hair was cut as an auburn lob with bangs.