{"id":276,"date":"2017-04-12T01:19:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T06:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2017-07-23T19:29:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T00:29:29","slug":"melinda-shankar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/talent-beauty\/melinda-shankar\/","title":{"rendered":"Melinda Shankar"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/preview\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marble-bg-purple.jpg” bg_position=”center top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” video_color_mask=”rgba(0,0,0,0.5)” video_opacity=”0″ min_height=”0″ js_vertical_centered=”true” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”65″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h1″ color=”#ffffff” size=”60″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”50″ size_phone=”25″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Montserrat” font_type=”google” align=”center”]Speakers[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true”][vc_column][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” thin_single_color=”#54548a” thickness=”10″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″][mk_padding_divider size=”75″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”277″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#da2127″ size=”30″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”25″ size_phone=”20″ line_height=”80″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Montserrat” font_type=”google”]Melinda Shankar[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text margin_bottom=”10″]\n
TV\/Film Actress, Black Belt, Founder Of The Miss Conception Society & Spirit Healer
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TESTIMONIAL<\/h4>\n

\u201cAs the founder of The Miss Conception society- \u00a0Self esteem via self development platform and program creator for “The Art of you” mind, body, soul balance, I look forward to sharing my personal and professional formulas\/ insights on all things show biz\/beauty at the ANOKHI PRESTIGE “This Is My Beauty” event.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text margin_bottom=”40″]\n

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BIO<\/h4>\n

Award winning Guyanese-Canadian actress on the big and small screen, Melinda Shankar started her full time career in Show Business back in 2008. Best known for her portrayal of\u00a0Alli Bhandari\u00a0on the international hit series\u00a0Degrassi<\/em><\/strong>, for eight seasons and starring role as Indie Mehta in the YTV\u00a0sitcom\u00a0How to be Indie,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Melinda\u00a0was\u00a0nominated for a\u00a0Gemini<\/strong>\u00a0award and won a\u00a0Canadian Screen Award<\/strong>\u00a0for best Children’s program in 2013.<\/p>\n

Melinda received another\u00a0Best Actress<\/strong>\u00a0win for the role of\u00a0Reshma<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0Festival of Lights<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0Ibiza Film Festival<\/strong>\u00a0shot in Guyana and in NYC.<\/p>\n

As well rounded athlete, Melinda has studied martial arts and classical ballet since the age of three. She holds a black belt in competitive Karate specializing in kata,\u00a0fighting, stunts and weaponry in addition to years of competitive Hip hop and Pointe dance.<\/p>\n

While growing up in the public eye alternating between filming\u00a0Degrassi\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and\u00a0How to be Indie<\/em><\/strong>, the French speaking Ottawa native also juggled other productions such as Disney\u2019s remake of\u00a0Harriet the Spy, Alive, Trigger, Bookaboo, Excuses inc<\/em><\/strong>, and most recently, Melinda finished two films (Filth City &<\/em>\u00a0Darker than Night<\/em><\/strong>) set to release in 2017.<\/p>\n

A big believer in giving back, Melinda has worked with\u00a0Free The Children<\/strong>\u00a0in Ecuador, Ghana and Haiti as well as hosted their recent\u00a0“We Day\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0youth event in Seattle with over 20,000 guests.
\nShankar is the founder of the\u00a0Miss Conception Society<\/strong>–\u00a0promoting\u00a0“The Art of You!”<\/strong>\u00a0Self-confidence through self-development youth programs\u00a0est. in 2013. The Miss C\u00a0recipe is\u00a0perseverance, passion and a plan.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text margin_bottom=”50″]\n

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