Gowitrikar was born on 21 May 1974 to an Chitpavan Marathi family in Panvel, Maharashtra. She did her schooling in Barns High School in Panvel and her MBBS at Grant Medical College in Mumbai .

Career

Gowitrikar is originally a doctor by profession.[3] She started her career as a model after winning the Gladrags Mega Model contest in 1996 won the “best body” and “best face” prizes in Asian Super Model Contest in 1997. She modeled for companies such as Ponds and appeared in TV commercials for Coca Cola while working as a ramp model in Mumbai. In 2000, Gowitrikar participated in the Gladrags Mrs. India 2000 contest where she won and was subsequently sent to Mrs. World 2001 held in Las Vegas where she won again.

Since winning Mrs. World 2001, Gowitrikar continued modeling and also has appeared in minor roles in a number of Bollywood and South Indian films. She has acted in the Hindi TV serial "Ye Meri Life Hai" and participated in reality television series such Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008) hosted by Akshay Kumar, and the most recently in the reality television series, Bigg Boss (Season 3) (2009).

Personal life

Gowitrikar has a younger sisiter, Kirtan (Arzoo) Gowitrikar, who works as an actress. She also has a younger brother Alpan (Mausam) Gowitrikar who is 9 years younger than her and is her personal assistant.

Gowitrikar was married to Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala and they have 2 kids together. The couple separated in early 2009 and have filed for divorce.