Yesterday evening, while my Almond cake was baking in the oven, I plonked myself in front of the television for some serious channel-surfing. After around 10 minutes of surfing I found myself watching [V] - they were screening the repeat of last week's Get Gorgeous show - I'd quite totally forgotten about my own experience with the show! Hehe - my mother nearly fell off her chair when I said this to her! She was quite shocked to say the least that I had ANY experience with the show and more so, that she didn't know about it!
Several months back, when [V] had probably started hunting for contestants, I was at CCD, Law College Road with a friend. My friend had excused himself for a few minutes and I was sitting there observing the people around me when a [V] representative approached me. This is how our conversation had proceeded:-
She:- Hi, would you like to take part in [V] Get Gorgeous?
Me:- (Shocked out of my wits) Thanks, but no thanks.
She:- We'll provide you a great platform to enter the modelling world.
Me:- Kaam Dhandha nahin hai kya?
She:- (Shocked even more than me - this was probably the only reply of the sort she got) Excuse me?
Me:- Well apart from the fact that I'm not the least bit interested and not at all cut out for the modelling scene, don't you guys have to adhere to any kind of criteria? Or do you just randomly approach and bait any girl who's passably good-looking?
She:- You stand a good chance of winning..
Me:- (Nearly choking in disbelief) Lady I believe one of the first criterias to become a super-model is HEIGHT which incase you didn't notice I'm sadly lacking - 5.1 ft doesn't quite fit the Statistics required does it?
She:- Oh you're that short!
Me:- (Baring teeth by now) Yeah luckily intelligence has nothing to do with height. Now if you'll excuse me...
As I replayed this scene out for my mother, the show continued in the background. Later I thoght back to the kind of girls who were participating and it got me wondering what the girl had hoped to achieve by roping me into the competition! Had I been stupid enough to consider it, I'd have been kicked out right at Stage 1 just on the basis of my height. I can't blame the girl for not realising and picking up on the other details that make me so inadequate for the modelling scene (she really couldn't make that out from just seeing me from a distance) but I still don't get why she approached me when there wasn't even the slimmest chance of me making it to the finals. I mean, are they out there just to get as many contestants as possible so they can proudly proclaim to have screened the new supermodel from thousands? How does it help when the batch you've started with doesn't even fit the criteria needed? Why approach someone of that sort to begin with?
Anyways - I was quite amazed and impressed at how this contest means so much to some of the girls and how amazingly self-confident they are - most of them seemed to think that have no competition at all, so sexy and gorgeous they are! Hats off to these girls for what they have - it takes something to let yourself be subjected to such scrutiny and even the possibility of complete embarassment & humiliation on a show being watched by several thousands of people, at the least!
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Wish the mandarins at channel [v] are reading this....They should train their VJ's first and then let them loose....
BTW, Gee you just kicked the chance to prepare a portfolio, doing jigs at Reality Shows, hounding producers at Balaji Telefilms ....bad miss
I agree with you but note these girls ,beauty or no beauty are not fools, they see a door of opportunity in the showbiz/ glamour industry and they take it. Its harsh just like the world of entertainment must be , but hey its an opportunity never the less. Stardom has a price I guess :)
Good topic , trying to think of other career choices and the price that goes with each ..
Oh, you just passed off on the chance to become India's next dumb supermodel :-) I think all your blog readers are glad you declined. Hurray for intelligence not being insulted
I guess you got to be seriously loving this stuff to go through all the scrutiny, embarassment etc.
I remember the channel V - music band contest, some of the guyz/gals who came to sing in that were horrible ..and I can't think of one good reason why they even try ?
BTW - Gee, thanks for dropping at my blog
oh cmon now geetz....u DO know da reps r hired off da streets n colleges.even if u look like a horse they will approach u.
n yeah u got it rite babe, da shorter u are...da more intelligent n u forgot sexy ;)
n im not sure bout getting da chance 2 strutt ur stuff in front o millions...n lets face facts, everyone is humiliated, sum r jus in front o national television.i think it takes spunk n gumption.i dont wear a bikini even 2 da beach ;) they do it on da ramp.then again they have it they flaunt it...
mmmmmm almond cake...yummy. you have such talents!
cut her some slack, she thought you to be pretty and hence approached you. all models are not tall, look at malaika arora. anyway i don't think much of these current crop of makeover shows, they are dumb, they only flaunt the girls doing makeover...all they do is buy some new clothes, iron their hair and do some makeup. bah! anyone can do that.
haahahaahahaahahaahahaahahaahahaahaa.
ok sorry. Almond cake sounds yummy. And get gorgeous is stupid. seriously. and staged. a lot of it anyways. its become like american model hunt shows. seriously. pissing. off. anyways did you see the episode where they made them strip to the bathing suits? that was not very nice. im not a prude. i'd just like to think people have more pride.
la dee da! our very own GG - gogeous gal! ;-)hey, geet - haven't been ignoring u at all! have just been soooooooo busy this week at work - was standing in for my editor, so there was LOADS of work! awful.
but yep, the almond cake sounds yummy! cream on top or filling inside?
Amit - LOL! Can't you just see me crying over the spilt milk ;-)
Parth - Ditto for your comment! And hey thanks for giving my ego a boost - my Blog's my baby!
Misreflection - Oh yes Stardom sure has a hefty price-tag, but then nothing in the world comes free these days, does it?
Gaurav - Uh uh...I have ambivalent feelings about all these talent-hunt thingies...no need for thanks! The blogger fraternity is all about dropping by ;-)
Elixir - So are you hinting I'm ugly? Gosh babe you are pulling down my ego even as Parth pushes it up ;-) LOL JK. Yeah I know what you mean - I guess I just expected her to back off when I said I'm not interested. And I really don't get why they appraoch just any Tom,Dick and Harry - they should be expected to stick to SOME criteria re!
As for short - hey good things come in small packages! Atleast the babes ;-)
Gulnaz - Thanks - not THAT talented though! Btw Get Gorgeous is basically looking for models that fit the interntl criteria for models, so height is an absolute prerequisite. Malaika entered the modelling world through another door and then made her mark - but why am I even bothering with this, when I'm so not into it?
Phal - :-) It did turn out quite yummy!
O yeah saw a bit if that on the promos - you are so right. Prude or not, that must have been really horrifying and demeaning. Someone told me they subjected the girls to real minute scrutiny!
Rahul - LOL yeah right Gorgeous Geets. Elixir hints at ugly and you go to the other extreme ;-) See, a gentle reminder that you were ignoring me brought you here - sometimes it pays to make noise! ;-)
Amond cake had neither filling, nor cream. It just had loads of ground almonds mixed in the batter! It was quite scumptious :-)
Runway models are preferred( not necessarily) naturally tall, but there is always the option of platforms.And for those screen models theres always the camera magic.
Hilarious and sad at the same time. I wonder where television is head for in the future sometimes.
lol...no i wasnt hinting ur ugly.
ive not even seen u 2 pass that verdict, but ill give u da benefit o da doubt :p *wink*
YOU GO GIRL!! Show those retards at [V] that not everyone is a glam doll wannabe!
On a side note, remember when we got suckered into talking to those wierd Koreans outside Mithibai for that Santro ad? LOL...good times!!
Alliance invited: Convented, homely girl, must be atleast 5'1. Beauty and caste no bar. Groom is a successful TV channel..has slight difficulty in left leg. Innocent divorcees and widows with childrem please excuse. Photo non-returanble.
Hey geebaby,
- had stumbled upon your page while googling "La Dolce Vita"
- skim thru it whenever I have time
- love your sensa humour, admire your interest for reading nd envy the vocabulary you possess.
- Q. Why i had to write to you?
- A. My belief in the quote (EXAM is just a four-letter word.....) made me mention it at my ryze page http://www.ryze.com/go/tushark0210. So had to let you know.
- Lemme know if any issues.
PS: You are shorter than my mental image of u :).
Tushar - NP! It's good for my ego when ppl quote my quotes ;-)
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