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JANUARY-APRIL 2006
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MODEL SEARCH

Sasha

Photo credits: Justin Segall, StylistOwn.

Name: Sasha Hoffman
Birth Place: Walnut Creek, California
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5' 8 1/2"
Education: 2nd year at UCLA, Business Economics major with a double minor in Political Science and Accounting.
Profession: I am a full time student but I want to be an investment banker or venture capitalist.
Hobbies: Bellydancing, South Indian classical dance, Hindi film dance, Bhangra, Salsa, listening to music, traveling, day trading, finance.
Favorite Food: Pad Thai
Favorite Perfume/ Cologne: Vera Wang
Favorite Book: Freakonomics, The Devil Wears Prada
Favorite Movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite TV Show: Project Runway
Favorite Travel Destination: Florence, Italy
Favorite Fashion Designer: Gucci, Vikram Phadnis
Favorite Music: Trance, Hindi music
Favorite Bollywood or Hollywood Star: Reese Witherspoon
Past Modeling Experience: Runway shows for Vikram Phadnis, Satya Paul, Suneet Varma, Alia Khan, Manish Malhotra, Anand John, and Indonesian Designer, Dwi Iskandar. I've also done lots of print work.

Which product/brand would be your dream modeling assignment?
Yves Saint Laurent.

Sumeet

Photo Credit: All pictures by Tracy A. Gualta

Name: Sumeet S. Gupta

Birth Place: Rockford, IL

Birth Sign: Leo

Height: 5"10'

Education: Currently attending the University of California, San Diego, pursuing a degree in Psychology with a minor in Japanese.

Hobbies: Writing music and singing, movies, reading, going to the beach, and going to the zoo.

Favorite Food: Thai, it's the perfect mix between Chinese and Indian.

Favorite Perfume/Cologne: Michael by Michael Kors

Favorite Book: Beowulf and The Odyssey

Favorite Movie: The Fifth Element

Favorite TV Show: Will & Grace

Favorite Travel Destination: Thailand and Malaysia

Favorite Fashion Designer: Dolce & Gabbana, Alexander McQueen

Favorite Music: Anything that pushes the limits and questions mainstream thought.

Favorite Bollywood or Hollywood Star: Angelina Jolie because of her work for the UN and her refusal to be anything but herself in the public eye, and Jamie Foxx because of his versatility in the entertainment arena.

Past Modeling Experience: Winner of Mr. India America 2005

Which product/brand would be your dream modeling assignment?
Dolce &
Gabbana, Versace, Prada, or Tom Ford.


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BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
What goes into the making of Indian American beauty pageants.
By SARMISHTA RAMESH

POLITIKS
A ‘Con’ Among Us
The neoconservative ideology of National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru.

By SUNIL ADAM

MELTING POT OR
SALAD BOWL

Examining the multicultural challenges on American campuses.
By HARINI VENKATESAN

THE KHAN OF OUR TIMES
A conversation with cricket legend Imran Khan.
By SARMISHTA RAMESH

THE AMERICANS
EYE ON THE DIASPORA
Photojournalist Steve Raymer’s Diasporic odessey.

By FRANCIS ASSISI

HEART OF THE EMPIRE
Businessman Uka Solanki’s heart is really in philanthropy.

By MICHEL W. POTTS

THE CALL OF KAILASH
The adventure of Mukta Goel in the remote reaches of the Himalayas.
By FURHANA AFRID

MATINEE
SHEETAL’S SHOWTIME

The “American Chai” star debuts in mainstream Hollywood cinema.
By LISA TSERING

ENTREE
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
The exquisite tastes of food at the Bay Leaf restaurant in
San Jose.

By JESSI KAUR

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