Archana Gautam

Gautam was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.^[2][3] She has completed her studies in Mass Communication from her town.^[1]

She was awarded the title of Miss Uttar Pradesh in 2014. She has won Miss Bikini India 2018 and represented India at Miss Bikini Universe 2018.^[4] Gautam also represented India in Miss Cosmos 2018 held at Malaysia and won sub title of Most Talent 2018.^[5] and also Miss Bikini India in 2018.

From October 2022 to February 2023, she was seen as a participant in the Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss 16,^[6] where she finished as the 3rd runner-up.^[7] Next she was seen participating in the stunt-based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13. She has been seen in multiple music videos and was a participant in the show Celebrity MasterChef India 2025.

She joined Indian National Congress in November 2021 and got a ticket from Hastinapur (Assembly constituency) for 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[8] She was among the 8 candidates from this constituency. She lost the seat to BJP candidate Dinesh Khatik who won 107587 votes, while Gautam received only 1,519 votes.^[9]

In 2023, Gautam was assaulted along with her father, when she tried to enter Indian National Congress office in New Delhi to congratulate Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi in the context of women reservation bill in Lok Sabha. Gautam alleged personal assistant of Priyanka Gandhi, Sandeep Kumar of harassing her with death threats. She also alleged that women worker of Congress party office physically assaulted her and she had to escape from there to save her life. It was reported that her driver was also assaulted along with her father and her.^[10]