Nadia Jagessar is an American of Indian and Guyanese descent. Tall beautiful and in her early thirties, she is a reality TV star and social media influencer with 108.9k followers on Instagram. She is also an entrepreneur with her own events management company “Euphoria” doing wedding planning. She is an Associate Marketing Manager for Givaudan. Jagessar has an MBA from Seton Hall University based in South Orange, New Jersey.
Multi-talented she is also a dancer and has been involved in the Indian dance company “AATMA Performing Arts”. This popular company puts on large Bollywood style dance shows.
Jagessar increased her fame this year as a star on the popular Netflix programme “Indian Matchmaking”. The program follows single Indian people as they go on dates arranged by experienced matchmaker Sima Taparia. The show explores the controversies about arranged marriages which are popular in India and the nuances of the culture in which class and background is involved in matching couples. Jagessar’s parents were matched in the traditional way and she considered the benefits of an arranged marriage. She appreciates her mixed heritage and wants to hold on to her roots.
She is very well liked on the show with her girl next-door bubbly personality and honesty. She was first paired with Ravi Guru Singh a Guyanese-Indian American but they were not suited. Her second match Vinay Chadha stood her up. She was then introduced to and had some dates with Shekar Jayaraman who was based in Chicago.