Sayali Bhagat was born on January 1, 1984, in Nashik, Maharashtra, India. She is an accomplished Indian actress and former beauty queen who gained fame after winning the Femina Miss India World title in 2004, representing India at the Miss World pageant. Sayali completed her education at Fravashi Academy in Nashik and graduated with a Bachelor of Management Studies from the Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute for Financial and Management Studies. In her personal life, she had an arranged marriage on December 10, 2013, to Haryana-based businessman Navneet Pratap Singh Yadav, and they have a daughter named Ivankaa Singh. Earlier in her career, she was romantically linked to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, but both denied any serious relationship.