{"id":3975,"date":"2010-02-22T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T05:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2010-02-22T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T05:38:01","slug":"the-elegant-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-elegant-hindu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elegant Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"
The WTF Q&A of the day comes from a WSJ<\/i> interview<\/a> of Sonia Dara, the first model of South Asian descent to make it to the Sports Illustrated<\/i> swimsuit issue:<\/p>\n WSJ<\/b>: During your shoot in Rajasthan, you posed<\/a> with some local women who cover their heads, as is local tradition. Did you feel it made them uncomfortable to pose with you in a bikini?<\/p>\n Dara<\/b>: To be completely honest, I was the one who felt the most uneasy because I thought I was putting the women in a potentially uncomfortable situation. At first glance, the concept of a Hindu girl in Sports Illustrated might seem contradictory. With that in mind, I posed as elegantly as possible, in order to never undermine my Hindu upbringing. I really hope this is made clear in my photos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yes, it’s clear<\/a>. Her pout is Vedic, and her slim figure is surely the result of righteous fasting. Happy now, foreigners?<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n And really, who<\/i> finds such slimness attractive? At best I’d imagine it’s a niche taste. If I was ever to spend quality time with someone so slim, I’d want to feed her, not do naughty-naughty. This is one fad that totally befuddles me.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n On the off chance that you were wondering, this is how she looks without makeup on<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Links via email from Arun<\/a> and Madhu<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The WTF Q&A of the day comes from a WSJ<\/i> interview<\/a> of Sonia Dara, the first model of South Asian descent to make it to the Sports Illustrated<\/i> swimsuit issue:<\/p>\n WSJ<\/b>: During your shoot in Rajasthan, you posed<\/a> with some local women who cover their heads, as is local tradition. Did you feel it made them uncomfortable to pose with you in a bikini?<\/p>\n Dara<\/b>: To be completely honest, I was the one who felt the most uneasy because I thought I was putting the women in a potentially uncomfortable situation. At first glance, the concept of a Hindu girl in Sports Illustrated might seem contradictory. With that in mind, I posed as elegantly as possible, in order to never undermine my Hindu upbringing. I really hope this is made clear in my photos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yes, it’s clear<\/a>. Her pout is Vedic, and her slim figure is surely the result of righteous fasting. Happy now, foreigners?<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n And really, who<\/i> finds such slimness attractive? At best I’d imagine it’s a niche taste. If I was ever to spend quality time with someone so slim, I’d want to feed her, not do naughty-naughty. This is one fad that totally befuddles me.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n On the off chance that you were wondering, this is how she looks without makeup on<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Links via email from Arun<\/a> and Madhu<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32,14,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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