Another member of the Bharatiya Janta Party has made a bizarre comment. This time it’s Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb. The CM who recently said that the internet existed even in the Mahabharata times, went through another bout of foot-in-mouth. He said that former Miss World Diana Hayden is not Indian enough, but Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is.
Claiming that the decision to award Miss World and Miss Universe titles to Indian women five years in a row was market-driven, Deb said only Aishwarya Rai was a quintessential representative of Indian beauty.
Speaking at a design workshop in Agartala, Deb said, “Indian beauty should ideally look like Goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati. Diana Hayden did not deserve to win the Miss World crown. Actually, it was part of a fixed plan which was hatched keeping in mind the interests of the international market. Aishwarya Rai’s victory was well deserved as she represents the quintessential Indian woman.”
“Indian women did not use cosmetics or shampoo. We washed our hair with methi water to prevent hairfall and bathed with mud. Beauty contest organisers are international marketing mafia that tried to capture a market of 125 crore Indians with their move,” Deb said, adding that Indian women no longer win international beauty contests as organisers have already captured the market.
His comments drew a lot a flak on social media and he was called out for being ‘racist’ and ‘bigoted’.
Deb’s media advisor Sanjay Mishra told The Times of India, “The Chief Minister made the remark on Diana Hayden in the context of how international cosmetic companies fix the outcome of beauty pageants to capture the market in a particular country. The Chief Minister was only trying to promote India’s own traditional ways.”
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While Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a successful model and actress, Diana Hayden was successful model who is now married and is a mother of one.
Meanwhile, Diana Hayden told News 18, “I am fighting this brown skin bias since my childhood. And I have succeeded. People should be proud of my achievement, rather than belittling it. I am a proud brown-skinned Indian. I am hurt. The minister is in a prominent position and he should be careful about what he says.”