Question: Who has become the first transgender to catwalk on India’s Lakmé Fashion Week?
(a) Anjali Lama
(b) Neha Dhawan
(c) Ritu Mukherjee
(d) None of the above.
Ans: (a)
Related Fact :
- On 3rd February, 2017, Anjali Lama made history at India’s Lakmé Fashion Week by being the first transgender model to walk at an Indian fashion week.
- Anjali 32, was born Nabin Waiba to a family of poor farmers in remote Nuwakot in mountainous Nepal.
- Lama spent the majority of her life tackling discrimination and prejudice.
- As a child she was bullied at school, while at home she was pressured to conform to gender stereotypes by her family members.
- At the age of 18, Lama moved to Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu, where her struggle with gender identity continued.
- In 2014 she featured in a documentary titled “Anjali: Living inside Someone Else’s Skin” in which she said she hoped to become completely female one day.
Reference:
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/02/fashion/anjali-lama-transgender-model-india-lakme-fashion-week/
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/01/31/transgender-model-india-fashion-week_n_14517808.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/nepal-s-anjali-lama-becomes-first-transgender-model-to-walk-lakme-fashion-week/story-KvuSJMHMRwRbcHX5c3O2ZK.html