{"id":5969,"date":"2009-09-29T19:14:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T00:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5969"},"modified":"2010-06-10T23:39:22","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T04:39:22","slug":"meet_a_model_la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/29\/meet_a_model_la\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Model: Lakshmi Menon"},"content":{"rendered":"

So naturally the comments in the Oprah\/Ash\/Abhi thread<\/a> devolved into an argument about skin color. Naturally. It’s like the Godwin’s Law<\/a> of all things desi-related.<\/p>\n\n

\"Lakshmi<\/p>\n\n

I don’t know about you, but I’m heartily sick of the topic. But listening to dark-skinned model talk about it? A dark-skinned desi model? A famous international dark-skinned desi model?<\/p>\n\n

[OMG. Before you even think about arguing whether she’s dark or not, just. stop. She thinks she is, mmkay?]<\/p>\n\n

From the MTV Iggy blog archives<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

If you’re a non-white woman, how many skin whitening products have you come across? Quick, GO!! (You all thought of Fair & Lovely, didn’t you?) Want to know what a fabulous international supermodel thinks about this?\n

\nMeet Lakshmi Menon, runway star, fashion editorial darling, face of Herm\u00c3\u00a8s, and a native of Bangalore, India. When it comes skin color and beauty, she would know of what she speaks. And sweet heavens above, does she ever!! Post-colonial hangups, “wheatish” complexions, Lakshmi lays it out:<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Poor Stylist Keegan Singh is as dazzled by her intelligence as we are, and can barely keep up! Thoughtful, articulate, and really, really<\/em> nice (our Iggy production crew raved about how unfussy she was about lighting and makeup…speaking of which, I don’t think she’s wearing any. grr.) Lakshmi blows away the notion that beauty and brains can’t cohabit. We’re too impressed to feel jealous. Dammit.<\/small><\/blockquote>\n\n

If the embeded video of the interview doesn’t open, go here<\/a> to see the full thing. In part 2<\/a>, Lakshmi and Keegan talk about their backgrounds, fashion trends, and how they began their careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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