Posted on:2/16/2010
Sports illustrated features first Indian-origin model
Sonia Dara, a Harvard University student, has become the first Indian-American model to be featured in the magazine Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue. Dara is also the first South Asian model to be featured in the the magazine. She is a senior Harvard University student of economics and was discovered at the Actors, Models and Talent Competition when she was 16. She appears in the 2010 issue that went on sale in the US on Tuesday. “Sports Illustrated is definite one of those eye-openers where people then know who you are,” Dara said on the video of the Sports Illustrated website. She was photographed by Riccardo Tinelli in Rajasthan.
source :indianexpress
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