I have so many of these free T-shirts," Bhavitha Mandava says over Zoom, offering a peek into her usual fashion choices. Bhavitha Mandava graduating with her Master's from New York University. She graduated from New York University in May 2025 and has shifted her focus on modeling, partly because her working visa only allows her to do so. Mandava, however, is hitting incredible milestones, including becoming the first Indian model to walk for Chanel, now headed by Blazy. Right now, Mandava is thinking of her modeling career as "this magical, whimsical and nurturing thing."