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an American not being allowed to work in India because the they lack the proper visa.

Miss Afghanistan taken off ramp at Fashion Week

New Delhi, Sept 3. (UNI): India's biggest fashion event denied permission to Miss Afghanistan Vida Samadzai, whose bikini walk at the Miss Earth pageant three years ago earned her expulsion from her country, to walk on the ramp at a show inspired by her courageous life.

Samadzai, who was the lead model of Bangalore-based Deepika Govind, was told to get off the ramp a few minutes before the show at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week last evening, according to fashion industry sources.

An official of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) told the designer that the US-based model would not be allowed to walk, the sources said.

Govind's latest collection was inspired by the story of Samadzai, who is torn between her homeland, family and her own individual rights.

The FDCI stopped the model as she was not holding a valid work permit issued by the Home Ministry to take part in the fashion week, the sources said adding the apex body of fashion designers in the country had, however, allowed two foreign male models to walk the ramp earlier in the event.

The model, who holds an American passport with a business visa till November first week, too had sent a letter to FDCI seeking permission to take part in the Govind show (continued...)

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