Shenaz Treasurywala

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name = Shenaz Treasurywala
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birthdate = 29 June 1981cite web
url = http://www.thegreatindianlaughterchallenge4.com
title = Top 100 Beautiful Indian Women
accessdate = 2007-04-11
publisher = Suni Systems Ltd]
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othername = Shenaz
yearsactive = 2003—present
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Shenaz Treasuryvala ( _hi. शहनाज़ ट्रेज़रीवाला) or Shenaz is an Indian model, travel writer, and actress. Discovered by a photographer during her first year in college, her first modelling assignment was for the soft drink Gold Spot.cite web
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11128.cms
title = Veejays with a vengeance!
accessdate = 2007-04-10
date = 2003-06-08
publisher = The Times of India] She also did advertising work for Akai and Philips before MTV Networks Asia hired her to work as a VJ on the "MTV's Most Wanted" program.cite web
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/484591.cms
title = Treasured and most wanted!
accessdate = 2007-04-10
last = Vashisht
first = Pooja
date = 2004-02-09
publisher = The Times of India] Her acting debut was in the 2003 Bollywood film "Ishq Vishk",cite web
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2708.cms
title = Straight Answers
accessdate = 2007-04-10
last = Dhattiwala
first = Raheel
date = 2003-06-03
publisher = The Times of India] which earned Shenaz a nomination for the best supporting actress award by the Filmfare Film Awards. With her life-long love of travel,cite web
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2708.cms
title = 'Bollywood is too filmi for me'
accessdate = 2007-04-10
last = Iyer
first = Sandhya
date = 2003-07-28
publisher = The Times of India] she has written travel articles for "Cosmopolitan", "ELLE", and "Femina".cite web
url = http://travel.discovery.com/tv/culture-shock/shenaz-bio.html
title = Shenaz: Culture Shock
accessdate = 2007-04-09
work = The Travel Channel
publisher = Discovery Communications] Shenaz currently resides in Mumbai, India and serves as the host of "Culture Shock" on the Travel Channel.She also served as a host in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 4 on channel Star One for some episodes.She travelled with the 'Bachchans' on the 'Unforgettable World Tour', hosting the Unforgettable Diaries on NDTV Imagine.She has signed two films.

Education

The daughter of a merchant marine., she was born to a middle class Gujarati-speaking Parsi family. At age 14 Shenaz was enrolled in school at Mumbai, where she also later attended St. Xavier's College. In 2001, Shenaz moved to New York City where she studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.cite web
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8298521.cms
title = Shenaz: Most wanted again
accessdate = 2007-04-10
last = Fatima
first = Nishat
date = 2002-04-28
publisher = The Times of India] While in New York, she also took a writing course at NYU. Her favourite hobbies include travel,,scuba diving, swimming, hiking, writing and photography.She has worked and lived all over. She was based in Singapore in 1998-2000(she hosted MTV Asia). N.Y in 2001(where she was studying acting and screen writing), Hong Kong in 2004-2005(hosted Whatever Things-season 1 and 2' for MTV Asia), Thailand in 2006(hosted 'Whatever Things- season 3' and 'Culture Shock' for Discovery Travel Channel), L.A in 2007(she did some ads, writing and studied acting at the Larry Moss Studios) and recently returned to Mumbai in April 2008.

Since she returned she hosted 'The Great Indian Laughter Challenge' on Star One.She travelled with the 'Bachchans' on the 'Unforgettable World Tour', hosting the Unforgettable Diaries on NDTV Imagine.She has signed two films.

Filmography

While on Christmas break from the Lee Strasberg Institute, Shenaz returned to India to visit her family, however en route, Kuwait Airways lost all of her luggage, including the travel documents she needed in order to return to classes in the United States. During the four months that she was in India, Shenaz was offered a leading role in "Ishq Vishk" after meeting director Ken Ghosh at a Mumbai night club. One of her ambitions is to host a travel show and see her screenplay come to life.

She is Host at The Great Indian Laught Challenge 4

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