• Published Articles
    • A Conversation with Kevin Kwan (Author of Crazy Rich Asians) About Sex and Vanity, Life During the Pandemic and BLM Movement (Mint Lounge)
    • Amrita Pritam: ‘I wanted to write at all costs, and I did’ (Mint lounge)
    • How Travelling to Egypt Was an Exercise in Time Travel (Conde Nast Traveller)
  • Media Coverage
    • Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother
    • Love in the Time of Affluenza
  • Events
  • About Shunali Shroff
  • Books by Shunali Shroff
  • My Blogs
  • Youtube
  • Get in touch
Shunali Khullar Shroff
Shunali Khullar Shroff
  • Published Articles
    • A Conversation with Kevin Kwan (Author of Crazy Rich Asians) About Sex and Vanity, Life During the Pandemic and BLM Movement (Mint Lounge)
    • Amrita Pritam: ‘I wanted to write at all costs, and I did’ (Mint lounge)
    • How Travelling to Egypt Was an Exercise in Time Travel (Conde Nast Traveller)
  • Media Coverage
    • Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother
    • Love in the Time of Affluenza
  • Events
  • About Shunali Shroff
  • Books by Shunali Shroff
  • My Blogs
  • Youtube
  • Get in touch
Shunali Khullar Shroff
Shunali Khullar Shroff
Articles by me / Published Articles

I Became a Fashion Model for a Day and Lived Their Glamorous Lie (DailyO)

March 6, 2017
Fashion Model
Avatar photo
Written by
0

The lissome beauties deserve more credit for wearing that blank expression on stage after surviving the daily, behind-the-scenes high jinks.

I was recently asked to walk the ramp by a well-known designer who was curating a fashion event to raise money for a charitable institution. She wanted “real” women to model her clothes as opposed to just professional models that the other designers had chosen.

This also meant that as a “real” woman one would have to be in the presence of six-feet-tall “waifs” backstage and fervently hope that bulimia was contagious.

Among the women invited to walk the ramp were achievers from different fields and somewhat familiar looking faces who, I was told later, were actors by profession.

Read More

Further Reading...

Kerala’s temple of wonders

May 4, 2024

In Mexico, life and the afterlife go hand in hand

April 4, 2025

I got my Lake Como in Srinagar, but far prettier

August 19, 2024
Previous Post

Confessions of a Born-Again Vegetarian: It All Started with a Goat (The Quint)

Next Post

The Importance of Being a Good Packer (Condé Nast Traveller)

Recent Posts

  • Winter Solo Travel in Kashmir
  • Parenting your parent on holiday
  • Lit Fest | Too woke to be funny
  • Kerala’s temple of wonders
  • In Mexico, life and the afterlife go hand in hand

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

About Me

About Me
Shunali Khullar Shroff
Author

Shunali is the author of the bestselling books Love in the Time of Affluenza and Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother. She writes regularly for a host of publications including the Conde Nast Traveller, HT Brunch, Elle, Vogue, Mint Lounge and The Quint on travel, culture, modern Indian life and feminism. Shunali lives in Mumbai with her somewhat itinerant family and needy dogs.

Media

Contact

Categories

  • Articles by me
  • Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother
  • Homepage category
  • Love in the Time of Affluenza
  • My Blogs
  • Press
  • Published Articles
  • Travel

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No feed with the ID 2 found.

Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.

© 2025 Shunali Khullar Shroff. All Rights Reserved. Powered by MOFA Digital

  • About
  • Contact
  • Terms
  • Copyright Policy