{"id":68692,"date":"2026-03-23T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=68692"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:37:50","slug":"bhavitha-mandava-went-from-subway-platform-to-chanel-runway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/bhavitha-mandava-went-from-subway-platform-to-chanel-runway\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhavitha Mandava Went From Subway Platform to Chanel Runway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7dt_niX0d-E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<style>\n#content .row {max-width:100%}\n#cover { \nbackground-color: white; position: relative; margin: 0 auto 30px auto;; text-align: center; \n}\n#covertitle, #covertitle h1, #content #covertitle h3 { font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif; }\n#covertitle { position: absolute; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-Bold\", sans-serif; bottom: 12%; width: 100%; font-size: 3.8rem; font-weight: 900; }\n#content h1 { font-size: 4vw; display: inherit; display: inline-block; text-align:center; }\n#content div.post h2 {margin: 20px 0; background: white; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; color: #333;}\n#content #covertitle h3 { \nfont-size: 8vw; line-height: 20vh;\ntext-transform: uppercase; \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif;}\n#introbox { border: 1px solid white; padding: 90px 30px !important; max-width: 850px; margin: auto !important; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center !important; }\n.introblurb, .introblurb p, .post div.introblurb p:first-child {\nfont-size: .7em; \nline-height: 1.6; \ntext-align:justify;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\npadding: .3em 1em;\n}\n#content div.introcredits, #content div.introcredits p {\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\nfont-size: .8em; \ntext-align: center;\n}\n.pic40 { margin: 0 10%;; text-align: center; }\n.videocontainer {max-width:600px; margin: auto;}\n.txtbox { \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\",sans-serif; \nline-height: 2;\nfont-weight: 400; \nwidth: 36%; \nborder: 0; \nmargin: auto; \npadding: 5%;\n}\n.introtxt, .introtxt p {text-align:justify;}\n.pullquote {\nfont-size:4vw;\nline-height: 1;\ntext-align:center;\nfont-style:italic;\nmax-width:900px;\nmargin:auto;\npadding:1em;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif;\n}\n.credits:empty {display:none;}\n.credits {\nfont-size: .75rem; \npadding: 2rem 0;; \nfont-weight: normal; \ntext-align: center; \nclear: both; \ntext-transform: uppercase; \nmax-width: 800px; \nmargin: auto; }\n#thumbsul { margin: 0 8%; }\n.text-left {text-transform: capitalize !important;}\n#thumbsul a, .text-left a {color: black;}\n#thumbsul a:hover, .text-left a:hover {color: #666;}\n.separ { border: 1px solid white; clear: both; padding: 60px; }\nem {color: #999;}\n<\/style>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/css\/sb\/index-sb@9e8baf1be17137f952c9eacc710f6bf0b29b9b08.css\" \/>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div class=\"introtxt\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Bhavitha Mandava Went From Subway Platform to Chanel Runway<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/models.com\/models\/bhavitha-mandava\">Bhavitha Mandava<\/a> has always been the kind of woman with her nose in a book: curious, observant, forever clocking the details other people rush past. What she didn\u2019t quite see, less than two years ago, was her own potential as a model. Then a NYU student, she was scouted while switching trains at Atlantic Avenue, en route uptown for biryani at Hyderabadi Zaiqa. Now, that same subway platform reads like the prologue to her <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/chanel\">Chanel<\/a> era as the exact point where everything shifted. In the weeks leading up to her ambassadorship announcement, Mandava has become a defining face of <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/matthieu-blazy\">Matthieu Blazy&#8217;s<\/a> Chanel: exclusives, an opener, a closer\u2014first out for the <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/chanel-chanel-mtiers-dart-2026-show-new-york\/2682121\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art subway sensation<\/a>, then as the smiling bride who sealed his <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/chanel-chanel-haute-couture-spring-2026-show\/2712062\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debut couture<\/a> show. In the meantime, she\u2019s landed covers for <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/british-vogue-british-vogue-march-2026-cover\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British Vogue<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/i-d-magazine-i-d-magazine-springsummer-2026-covers\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">i-D<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/the-perfect-magazine-the-perfect-magazine-issue-10-springsummer-2026-covers\/2716918\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Perfect Magazine<\/a>, emerging as one of fashion\u2019s most compelling new faces. Shot during a frigid New York Fashion Week, Models.com Editorial Director <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix\">Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a> meets her in a rare lull\u2014virtually no shows on the calendar, a quiet contrast to the speed of everything that came after a chance encounter underground. As the city begins to thaw, Mandava returns to where it all started, this time with director <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/will-pippin\">Will Pippin<\/a> in tow, retracing an origin story that\u2019s already crystallized into fashion folklore.<\/p>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\nEditor in Chief: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/stephan-moskovic\">Stephan Moskovic<\/a><br \/>\nEditorial Director and Interviewer: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix\">Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a><br \/>\nDirector &#038; Video editor: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/will-pippin\">Will Pippin<\/a><br \/>\nCinematographer: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/steve-mastorelli\">Steve Mastorelli<\/a><br \/>\nFirst Assistant Camera: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/k.a.l.b.o.9.9.9\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Jaramillo<\/a><br \/>\nAssistant Video Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/0scar0neill\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar O&#8217;Neill<\/a><br \/>\nComposer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/22tunez\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">22<\/a><br \/>\nColorist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jake.m.white\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake White<\/a>, Company 3<br \/>\nSpecial Thanks: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/agency\/28-models\">28Models<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/christopher-michael\">Christopher Michael<\/a> at Egos &#038; Icons\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhavitha Mandava Went From Subway Platform to Chanel Runway Bhavitha Mandava has always been the kind of woman with her nose in a book: curious, observant, forever clocking the details other people rush past. 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