NIVEA announces winners of the nationwide digital influencer contest from over 120,000+ entries

Celebrating budding content creators across the country, skincare brand NIVEA India, India’s unveiled the list of 60 winners for its second edition of NIVEA Soft Fresh Batch at a grand event held in Mumbai.

After two months of content creation across personas like fashionista, entertainer, sporty and smarty, the nationwide digital influencer contest came to a wrap! It provided a credible platform to aspiring influencers for showcasing their talent.

While NIVEA Soft Fresh Batch’s first edition garnered a lot of excitement, this edition witnessed a whopping 120,000+ number of entries!

Following more interest in the contest from gen-z content creators than ever before, this edition witnessed an extensive participation stretching across metro-cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore, to emerging regional markets like Surat, Pune, Nagpur, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir amongst others.

Winners from across the country were flown down to Mumbai for the celebratory gala where they were gratified with a year-long contract with NIVEA India helping them kick-start their influencer journey.

The 60 winners bagged huge prizes – featuring in NIVEA digital ads, celeb-style photoshoot with Rohan Shrestha, personalized NIVEA Soft packs, a smartphone, and a limited-edition jacket. The event also witnessed several unique content-creation workshops, meet & greet sessions with some of the most-loved influencers like Nagma Mirajkar and Ashi Khanna, and more.


Youngsters from more than 1200 colleges across the country participated, delving deep into the grassroots of the country across both metro and rural markets.

Excited about this initiative, Mr. Neil George, Managing Director, NIVEA India, says, “At NIVEA India, we believe we can use the very strong digital ecosystem to build strong engagement bonds for the brand and our core target audience of Gen-Z girls.

"NIVEA Soft Fresh Batch is an annual initiative and helps us not only build a lasting brand affinity but also empower the digital journey of every budding content creator across the country. Staying true to our core philosophy of Care Beyond Skin, we are looking forward to providing a credible platform for the future generation of Indian content creators by helping them kick-start their fresh influencer journeys with NIVEA.” - TWL Bureau