Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Company drops Sania from ad campaign due to revealing dress


This is the latest news about Sania Mirza. Her 'revealing' dress has again become an issue. And it has not come from any Islamic seminary in the form of fatwa or any advocate approaching the Indian court.

The Muslim owned Malabar Gold group has decided to drop the 'Sania Exclusive range' because of the 'indecent dress'. Apparently the company wanted her to also appear dressed in Salwar Kamiz and Sari but the Hyderabadi girl refused.

The company that has a huge clientele among Muslims in Gulf and South India, was apparently concerned about its own image as well. Probably the company felt that the 'skimpy' dressed wore by the tennis player would offend 'traditionalist' customers in Arab.

Meanwhile, check the photo gallery of Sania Mirza at the website Supersania.com

Sania's best performance at Wimbledon

Though Sania failed to get past the second round in the singles, she did manage to reach the quarter finals in the doubles category at the Wimbledon this year.

Partnering with Bethanie Mattek of United States, she gave her best performance, so far at the Wimbledon. The 13th seed Indo-American pair lost (4-6, 3-6) to 11th seeded celebrity pair of Serene Williams and Venus Williams.

Earlier, she had crashed out of singles and mixed doubles in the second round. Mahesh Bhupathi was her partner in the Mixed Doubles. However, her relative success in reaching to the quarter finals, gives hope regarding better future prospects in coming years.