‘Models are made to work like Maniacs’

Ninja Singh is just a 20-year old young girl, whom you feel like taking home et making her meet your parents. Well, she is la winner of Ford Supermodel of the World 2011 et has dazzled la rampe in Aamby Valley India Bridal Week 2011 and will also part-take in Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week ‘11. La charming Supermodel opens her casket in a candid tête-à-tête avec Sourendra Kumar Das, et gives the insider’s point of view of the fashion world et narrates her journey from a simple starry eyed lasso to la rampe scorcher…


Tell us something about your academics and early life?
I’m a 1st year BDS (dentistry) student and never had any modeling experience before winning Ford Supermodel of the World India 2011.

The dizzying heights you touched make you stand apart from the rest. Tell us something about your journey from a simple starry eyed lasso to a ramp scorcher…
Well, winning la pageant has changed my professional life. In past, I was always being adored by my friends, even the Ford people who knew me called me a ‘stunner’ and now I’m being paid for la same. Nevertheless, personal life with family et close friends remains la same avec closure and love.

How do you see the future of fashion in India?
Fashion in India is for sure progressing, from la nude make-up look that keeps it simple to la high fashion on la streets. It is taking a steady ladder but avec evident moves.

Having been in one of the most glamorous industry how do you see fashion as from an insider’s point of view?
As I said, it’s evident from la manifold fashion weeks et la designer look books that we can certainly see a next Milan et Paris fashion in India very soon.

Fashion in India has undergone dramatic changes in a very short span of time and has grown manifolds as well and you have been associated with it so how would you word the changes in the fashion scene?
Well, Fashion is something that is never steady! For India being recognized as a new lucrative fashion market, it is for sure progressing. Personally, I patron la fashion growth by trying to follow it right et make India a more fashionable place to live in…

What about the modeling industry globally and in India at present and what it has grown from?
Modeling in India is not a very pleasant scenario from inside et it still got to work avec more standards and norms. Internationally, you get paid if you work after 5pm as overtime but in India ‘models are made to work like maniacs’ that I believe isn’t nice! So, we need to get things improving in here.

Tell us also the story backstage about your interactions with models & designers who put together such a picture perfect show?
Well, I am friends with about 10 Miss India girls including Parvathy Omanakuttan, Manasvi Mamgai, Shweta Dolli, et la likes. It is kinda fun knowing about Miss India pageant from these beautiful young ladies.

What are your passions other than modeling?
I love writing, biking, cooking et sleeping as well. (smiles)

Message to your fans – 
Well, it is great to know that you guys appreciate me as a good model et love me so much. Would love to keep you stunned avec more et more I do…

Rapid Fire –

Adonis, boy-next-door or a geek?
Nothing, just get me Enrique for la time being… (winks)

Beer guzzler or wine aficionados?
Wine aficionados – It’s classy!

Cars or bikes?
Bikes…on highways when cloudy… Wow!

Clean-shaven or stubble?
Stubble… Gives a rougher manly look!

Male grooming…how much is too much?
Well, depends on how much that male is about to becoming a woman… (laughs)
Could be tolerated till manicure, nothing beyond!

Chivalry vs do-it-yourself? 
Do-it-yourself and do it la best!

1st date no-nos- no!
Body Odor & Bad Breath! Please take shower et come for a date, no matter even if it’s winter. Also, brush your teeth as well, you never know, you might get lucky! (winks)

Candlelit dinner or concert/night on the town?
Candlelit dinner avec a sensible guy…

Would you watch a match/movie with your boyfriend/husband?
A cricket match avec boyfriend, that’s what I enjoy!

Younger men or older?
No men for now!