Sherie Meher Homji
Fact File on Sherie Meher Homji
She was only fourteen
when she started modeling.
She was so nervous for her first ramp appearance that she held Mehr’s
(Jesia) hand through out the show and walked.
A few of her initial
campaigns were Bausch & Lomb, Casablanca and Palmolive.
She is a complete shopaholic.
Her favorite
designer is Shahab Durazi as she loves his clean classical lines.
Fashion for her is an attitude and straight lines with comfort being a
priority.
She admires and respects the
Dalai Lama and Medha Patkar for their " commitment to what they
believe in."
She loves reading, philosophy
and has an interest in UFOs, which she reveals even though "most
people will think I'm a nutcase."
She hates the competition in modeling industry as she feels it creates
mayhem.
She vanished
following a shocking controversy in which an ad agency with the help
of computer graphics altered her image in one of her campaigns.
She raised a hue and cry and
the ad was dropped but she was not happy.
She only does select
work with the people she trusts and knows.
She suddenly reappeared, on television not as a model but an anchor on
' The Lifestyle Show ' on Zee English.
She feels that her
transition from modeling to television was not natural one for her as
it involved speech, emoting and talking at the same time and was
difficult for her as she was not used to doing it.
She loves the
travelling that the show entails and is very excited about going to
Maldives soon.
She sees herself as a
person not driven by ambition and feels she would be content sitting
at home doing nothing as she has learnt to like herself -in totality.
She has an eclectic
yet educated taste in art.
She started buying
art when she was 18 with her spare money. Since then she has developed
that interest into a personal collection as well as business.
Her obsession is to
scout out new talent and then to see them grow and evolve into well
reputed artists.
She has a fairly romantic view of the future in which she sees herself
in Provence France, resplendent in black with a cigarette holder to
her lip
She has been married
for the last eighteen months to Nikhil and confides " marriage is hard
work and is an adjustment, but it’s like most things: if you want it
to work, it will. You have to be willing."
She unlike most
models is not obsessed with her young looks and is afraid of going old
in fact, is quite looking forward to it. |
