The Queen Who Snatched Wigs: How Tamanna Katoch Broke The Internet By Just... Walking

Okay besties, stop what you're doing because we need to talk about THE moment of Lakmé Fashion Week 2025 that has everyone and their mothers absolutely GAGGING. While Bollywood princess Janhvi Kapoor was supposed to be serving main character energy as the showstopper, it was the model walking behind her—miss Tamanna Katoch—who said "hold my chai" and completely ate the moment. No crumbs left!

Who TF Is Tamanna Katoch And Why Is She Suddenly Our Fave?

If you're thinking "new phone, who dis?" about Tamanna, let me put you on game. This Delhi-based queen has actually been in the modeling scene since 2018, lowkey building her empire while the rest of us were just trying to figure out how to part our hair correctly1. Before becoming fashion's newest "it girl," she was just a regular degular shmegular girl who studied at Queen Mary's School and got her degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Lingaya's Lalita Devi Institute of Management & Sciences. But get this—modeling wasn't even her first career move! Miss Girl had internships at news agencies and even worked at a PR firm called Communications Inc before realizing the runway was where she belonged. Talk about a plot twist! Since finding her true calling, she's walked for some of the biggest names in Indian fashion—we're talking Manish Malhotra, Falguni Shane Peacock, and obviously Rahul Mishra. The talent jumped OUT.

The Walk That Launched A Thousand Memes

So here's the tea: Janhvi Kapoor was the official showstopper for Rahul Mishra at LFW (as celebs usually are), but it was Tamanna who had everyone's jaw on the FLOOR. While Janhvi wore a black Bandhani gown that was giving... something... it was Tamanna in her black halterneck gown with silver scale details and ruffled slits who had everyone reaching for their phones to hit record. The way this queen WALKED? Bestie, it was a masterclass. The confidence? Immaculate. The poise? Unmatched. The way she commanded that runway made everyone go "Janhvi who?". And apparently, there were some fitting issues with Janhvi's dress (the double-sided tape was making a guest appearance through the slit—major ick). Meanwhile, Tamanna was giving nothing but perfection and professionalism.

The Internet Lost Its Collective Mind

The moment Tamanna dropped the video from the show on her Insta, the comments section became a FESTIVAL of praise. People were straight up commenting things like "Your walk was on fire! You have overshadowed Janhvi Kapoor" and "Nobody saw Jhanvi, we all saw you girl". Another commenter even wrote "Let's pretend there was no Jhanvi" which is SAVAGE but also... where's the lie?

Her follower count went from 11.7K to 13K to 17K faster than you can say "nepotism baby". The girlies were LIVING for her, and honestly, so are we. She Really Said "I'm Not Afraid To Speak My Mind"

In a move that had the fashion world clutching their pearls, Tamanna re-shared a post suggesting that maybe—just maybe—Indian designers should consider making actual models their showstoppers instead of Bollywood celebrities who can't walk a straight line. The absolute NERVE (which we love, obviously).

This sparked a whole debate on Reddit where people were like "she's right though?" One user said, "Every model's dream is to be a showstopper, but that spot is now being taken by celebs who can't even do that properly". And another commented, "The model was actually good at her job, and it highlighted Janhvi's incompetency". No filter, just facts. The Rise Of A Runway Legend

What's clear is that Tamanna isn't just having her 15 minutes—she's making a statement about the whole industry. Each of her photos on Insta "screams elegance, boldness, and confidence, the essentials of a true-blue fashionista and a supermodel". This moment might have put her on the map, but her talent is what's keeping her there.

The fact that a model could steal the spotlight from a Bollywood star just by being better at her job? That's the kind of energy we need to bring into every aspect of our lives in 2025.

So here's to Tamanna Katoch—the unexpected main character of LFW 2025 who proved that sometimes, the real star isn't the one with the most Instagram followers or movie credits, but the one who slays so hard you literally can't look away. We have no choice but to stan!

Are you as obsessed with Tamanna as we are? Drop your thoughts in the comments below and let's keep this energy going!