Are we going to have beauty pageants organized specially for the blind women sometime soon? Not sure if it is reason to celebrate.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Access India" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 6:56 PM Subject: [AI] Visually impaired models walk the ramp in Gujarat > Visually impaired models walk the ramp in Gujarat > > Press Trust of India > > Ahmedabad, November 26, 2006 > > Twenty-year-old Ekta Rangani walked down the ramp in a designer saree, > swaying to the beat of a pop tune and giving no indication of her visual > impairment. > > Ekta and 30 other participants from across Gujarat participated in the > country's first beauty and fashion show for the visually impaired held on > Sunday > morning in Surendranagar town, 112 km from Ahmedabad. > > "This is the first time that a fashion show of this nature is being > organised in India wherein the models and their groomers are all visually > impaired. > Only the choreographer is sighted and she guides the models," Muktaben, > who heads the NGO Pragna Chakshu Mahila Seva Kunj that organised the > event, said. > > She added it was a major challenge to organise the beauty contest due to > "inexperience in the field" but the NGO was happy to get an overwhelming > response > from across the state. > > "It was tough initially to wear the clothes and to walk to the beat of > music. But the choreographer has been very patient and we enjoyed it," > Ekta said. > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1853074C000900040003.htm > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype ID: dl_vikas > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
