By Bikram Keshari Jena
Bhubaneswar, March 14, 2020: Rhea Resham Bari is writing a new chapter for her tribal people.
The young Ho girl from Odisha has beaten all odds to leave a mark in the fashion technology. Her success has proved one can achieve great heights despite development and progress eluding one’s people.
Models in the fashion industry are considered well-nigh perfect images of beauty and glamor. Rhea, who is now 24, was initially not confident of her dusky-skin winning laurels. She has succeeded in breaking the fair complexion-bias and sealed a place for her in the fashion industry. She has been garnering support and praises for her endeavor in the cut-throat industry.
“How many times do you see a tribal girl from Odisha dazzling the fashion show ramps? Meet Rhea Resham Bari who comes from the ‘Ho’ tribal community in Odisha. She has broken all stereotypes about beauty, while carrying her complexion & features with pride on fashion show ramps,” a twitterati said.
Rhea, a resident of Pallahara in Angul district, shifted to Bhubaneswar for her studies. She later moved to Bengaluru and took admission in Christ University to pursue Bachelors in Performing Arts. However, she left her studies midway and went to Mumbai to try her luck in modeling.
She started her career with beauty pageants and became the first runners-up of World Supermodel India 2016. She also won Unlimited Mega Model Hunt 2016. Rhea, who also has a degree in acting from Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares: The School of Actors, has featured in popular reality show on MTV – India’s Next Top Model.
Rhea has already walked the ramp for several designers including Manish Arora, Anita Dongre, Anupama Dayal, Lalit Dalmia, Rajat Tangri, Vikram Phadnis, Rocky Star, Nikhil Thampi, Archana Kochhar and Nidhi Munim.