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Naomi Campbell wants to hold masterclass for Indian girls
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Supermodel and social activist Naomi Campbell has shown interest in doing a masterclass with Indian girls to pass on the knowledge that she has gained over the years.
“I plan to come back to India next year and the year after. I would like to do a masterclass with young girls, not just for those who want to be models but to boost confidence.
“I would want to share the knowledge that I have learnt and would like to pass it on,” Campbell, 47, said while speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here on Friday.
The fan of saris, who was born in London, first visited India in 1994 and has been a frequent visitor to the country since then.
Her love for India doesn’t end with saris.
“When I was doing yoga in England, it wasn’t clicking. I couldn’t understand the mind, body and spirit part. I shut my phone and went to Kerala. I learnt yoga in 2012. It was such an amazing experience. I felt the peace and calm. I was a late bloomer to yoga,” she said.
Yoga, in fact, helped her to get rid of her short temper.
Talking about her strength, she said: “I get my physical and mental strength from my mother. My life with her was minimal. Since she was a ballerina, I was raised by a nanny. My mother sacrificed a lot for me.”
Campbell got teary eyed while talking about Pablo, the father-figure who supported and mentored her.
Asked about black models, she said: “I look up to Iman (Somali model-actress Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid). She is the most elegant woman I’ve seen.”
She also busted a few myths about models.
“It’s a myth that models are air heads or models shouldn’t speak. Everyone has a personality and your career extends if you have your own personality,” said Campbell, who joined the fashion industry when she was just a teenager.
On social media, she said: “I use my social platforms to stand up for causes I believe in, to support people. I don’t try to show personal things.”
“The current generation may be the Instagram girls, but my girls and I have enough pictures we could put up every day for the next 35 years.”
The model, who is “shocked” by the Libyan slavery trade expose, is also known for her philanthropic work.
But she says her work in philanthropy was “always private. It wasn’t for public adulation”. She also spoke about getting into philanthropy and meeting South African leader Nelson Mandela.
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Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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