‘It’s not so great being a male model in India’ (rediff.com)(Dating News)

While some of India’s catwalk queens rake in as much as Rs 1 lakh per show, we heard that the best-known male models make anywhere upto Rs 30,000, depending on the designer. While many female models are chosen to wear ’showstoppers’ and achieve genuine fame on the ramp, in the men’s category nearly all designers use well-known celebrities for their ‘big moments’. But even though their earnings and opportunities on the ramp pale in comparison to their female counterparts, the fact is that it is mainly on the ramp that these male models earn most of their money. Admitting that a model’s salary often isn’t enough to pay the bills, Shahnawaz jokes that the most common career path for models is to “join the family business”. read more

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