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Those who don't make the national pageants, like the Miss India gala, have to settle for other, less glamorous affairs, including scores of neighborhood beauty shows, intercollegiate contests and parade-queen competitions. In Bombay earlier this month, for example, 16 women tramped up and down a lumpy catwalk in a damp, steamy tent vying for the title Miss Monsoon. "Please watch out for holes in the carpet," warned the choreographer during a run-through. "We don't want any falls." Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Alvares, one of 150 applicants, explained, "This is a real stepping-stone for me. Maybe...
...held in her honor did not. Despite the celebrity element, the event proved to be austere and somewhat dull, probably less interesting than the classes normally held in the recently redone but still stark Gund Hall. The casual attendee yearned for a supermodel or two strutting down the aisles catwalk-style in some of Comme des Garon's many flamboyant ensembles to spice up the uneventful award presentation. Those organizing the affair declined to show even modest visual accouterments such as slides, preferring instead to let the exhibit, which the award show inaugurated, speak for itself...
...Wasn't that brilliant! We found that dress - I think it was by Calvin Klein, a fantastic crizia piece. A model had worn it on the catwalk in Milan and it looked great, but with fake nails and blonde hair, it looked awwwfull. It looked like someone, you know, had had a word with her about all of her clothes. And I liked the way her hair changes. You know you get what you pay for with hair and at the beginning, it looks so overworked and overprocessed - it's been permed, bleached, it's like a carpet. I imagined...
...poses, but then I had this guy who was real weird and dirty,i she remembers. iI was like, eYeah. Get away from me.ii She admits the situation was disturbing, but sheis excited to branch out into other aspects of the industryoparticularly runway work. Her manager, Cat, says the catwalk will be Ashantiis focus, but other than a low-key fashion competition in Dorchester, she has not had the chance to try sashaying past the paparazzi. With her amateur status, Ashanti herself has difficulty adjusting to being a model. iEveryday I look in the mirror and see the same face...
...Chinwe says that after her graduation this spring, she plans to give up the glamour altogether. As Chinwe muses over numerous job offers, she says that she will not miss the catwalk. iIim leaning towards McKinsey right now, but I am also working at a dot-com that got funding,i she says. In addition to her modeling career, Chinwe works part time for a consulting firm and assists entrepreneurs, the source of her real passion. iThe way I always look at things is to focus on what I want in my life, and how badly I want...