2016年11月16日星期三

Pixie Lott dresses to impress in a figure-hugging gold gown

She's had to head back to work after a whirlwind couple of days celebrating her engagement.
               
But Pixie Lott turned work into a party on Wednesday night as she turned heads at the Hard Rock Cafe Paris' 25th anniversary bash.
The starlet dressed to impress in a stunning gold gown, but while she sparkled for the cameras there was still no sign of her new engagement ring.

The star showed off her trim figure in the tight-fitting gown which glittered under the red carpet lights.
The dress also featured a daringly low neckline, with Pixie's ample assets on display thanks to the plunging design.

Her blonde locks were styled into a sleek bob and swept back off her face to highlight her flawless makeup.
While Pixie wore a ring on one finger, there was no sign of her new piece of bling - a dazzling diamond ring from her model fiance Oliver Cheshire, who popped the question in London on Sunday.
The couple headed to a London jewellers on Monday where Pixie vacated the shop without her eye-popping engagement ring.

The 25-year-old Cry Me Out hitmaker was grinning from ear-to-ear as she left the store in Hatton Garden, the home of the best jewellers in the capital.
Inside the shop she was seen poring over the rings - perhaps preparing to resize or exchange the eye-popping diamond which she left the shop without.
The couple have been enjoying a blissfully happy romance over the past six years and Oliver finally popped the question, proposing to his girlfriend in the heart of London.

2016年11月1日星期二

Gang rape victim Mukhtar Mai walks runway at Pakistan's fashion week

Gang-raped and paraded naked in public 14 years ago, Mukhtar Mai has walked the fashion runway during Pakistan's fashion week.
                 

A red-carpet reception in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, attended by the country's fashion elite, served as the forum for Mai's symbolic fashion debut - something she said she's doing as a model of courage and hope for other Pakistani women.

"If one step I take, if that helps even one woman, I would be very happy to do that," Mai said.

In 2002, Mai was sentenced by a local council of tribal elders to be gang raped and publicly humiliated as punishment for her brother's perceived insult to a rival family.

Fourteen men - the alleged rapists and the tribal council members - were put on trial, and six were handed the death sentence. But all of them were eventually released on appeal.

Afterward she moved around freely through the crowds, chatting with well-wishers and allowing a steady stream of admirers to take selfies with her.

The annual fashion showcase was started in 2009 in defiance to religious fundamentalists in Pakistan who sought to enforce strict dress codes and behavioural restrictions on Pakistani women.