November 2007

Carol
Like a Prayer
The face of Indian modelling, Carol Gracias, takes time off the ramp to rest easy with us. We still haven’t washed the sheets.Photos: Alan Strutt September 2007
Tell me about it. I don’t usually do things like lingerie shoots, but the team and photographer made me feel so comfortable, it seemed like no big deal at all.
We’re glad about that. What’s been going on?
Nothing much. You know the usual... shoots, a little bit of modelling. Trying to do lots of reading these days.
You’re a reading model!
(Laughs) Very much. I’m into a
spiritual mode these days, reading things like The Jesus Papers and The
Gospel according to Judas.
Wow... so, apart from taking up Bible Studies, what else do we need to do to impress you?
I’m not really the kind of person who goes for looks alone. My main criteria are wit, intelligence, niceness and
happiness.
Living in the perfect world, aren’t we?
Not really. You’d be surprised at the number of people I meet who are
genuinely nice, with no ulterior motives.
OK, the most important question of ‘em all. Single or not worth our time?
There’s this guy that I like but he doesn’t know. So yeah, at the moment, I’m pretty much single.
Carol Gracias has a crush on someone? How cute.
Crush, that’s such a childish way to put it. It’s much more than a crush I would say.
So if we were the person in mention, what would be our next move?
That’s pretty easy to answer. Paris. Two tickets, a nice hotel, you know, the works.
Tell us something no one really knows about your sophisticated side.
Umm... Did you know that I’m big into whisky? I’m actually quite the collector. I’ve got close to 50 bottles of really,
really good single malts. There’s also a
bottle from the Dead Whisky Society.
And that’s a rare malt, I paid a bomb for it.
Quick question: short fat guy who smells nice, or tall, handsome man with BO?
Look, I’m all for deodorants. If it’s
available, there’s a reason for it, nah?