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From the New York subway to the Chanel opening model.

From the New York subway to the Chanel opening model.

A real life like the movie of an Indian girl student.

The incredible story happened when an ordinary former Indian student was found by chance in the New York subway, and just a year later she opened a show for Chanel.

Bavitha was a student at NYU who studied Interactive Design, had no connection to fashion. Life was like a normal student until one day she passed a man in a subway station and asked him one word: Have you ever been a model?

The man was Matthieu Blazy, the creative director of Bottega Veneta, and that short sentence changed the course of her life forever.

After being approached in a subway station, she immediately made her debut as Bottega Veneta's Exclusive Model, a debut that could hardly be called a phenomenon in fashion.

Later, Matthieu Blazy moved on to take over as Chanel's creative director and he took Bavytha, who became his Meuse, to a new home as well. In December 2025, Bavytha was selected as the opening model for the Chanel 2026 New York show. For the first time ever, a model of Indian descent has walked the opening show of this legendary brand.

But the most imprinted moment is here. The venue of this show was the same subway station where she was first discovered, and the opening look was designed as a reference to the dress she was wearing that day: jeans and a simple sweater.

From a student who is not involved in fashion to walking the Chanel show at the same beginning as the day she was discovered, Bawetha's story is actually the perfect life movie in a full circle.

2025/12/12 Edited to

... Read moreเรื่องราวของบาวีธา มันดาวา ไม่ใช่เพียงแค่การเดินทางจากชีวิตธรรมดาสู่โลกแฟชั่นที่หรูหราเท่านั้น แต่ยังสะท้อนถึงความไม่คาดคิดและพลังของโอกาสในวงการแฟชั่นโดยแท้จริง ในโลกแฟชั่นที่เต็มไปด้วยผู้คนมากมายและการแข่งขันสูง การถูกค้นพบในสถานที่อย่างรถไฟใต้ดินนิวยอร์กเป็นโอกาสที่หายากและมีผลกระทบมากทีเดียว ชายผู้พบเธอ Matthieu Blazy ซึ่งเป็นครีเอทีฟไดเรกเตอร์ที่มีชื่อเสียงของ Bottega Veneta ก่อนที่จะมารับตำแหน่งเดียวกันที่ชาเนล ได้เห็นศักยภาพบางอย่างในตัวบาวีธาที่ทำให้เขาตัดสินใจชวนเธอมาร่วมงานกับแบรนด์ หนึ่งในจุดที่น่าประทับใจมากคือการที่บาวีธาได้เปิดโชว์ชาเนลในสถานีรถไฟใต้ดินที่เดิมที่เธอถูกค้นพบ ซึ่งเป็นสัญลักษณ์ของความเป็นมาของเธอ โดยการแต่งกายในลุคกางเกงยีนส์และเสื้อสเวตเตอร์ นับเป็นการเชื่อมโยงเรื่องราวชีวิตจริงกับแฟชั่นบนรันเวย์ ซึ่งหายากและสร้างความประทับใจอย่างแรงกล้า บาวีธาไม่ได้มีพื้นฐานในวงการแฟชั่นก่อนเลย เธอเป็นนักศึกษาด้าน Interactive Design ที่ NYU ซึ่งโอกาสนี้นำพาชีวิตเธอเปลี่ยนแปลงไปอย่างสิ้นเชิง นอกจากจะเป็นแรงบันดาลใจให้กับหลาย ๆ คนที่มีความฝันแล้ว ยังแสดงให้เห็นถึงความสำคัญของการเปิดใจยอมรับสิ่งใหม่ ๆ และความกล้าที่จะก้าวออกนอกกรอบทั่วไป สำหรับวงการแฟชั่น การเลือกบาวีธาเป็นนางแบบเปิดโชว์ชาเนลที่นิวยอร์กในปี 2026 ยังเป็นปรากฏการณ์ที่บ่งบอกถึงการยอมรับความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรมและเชื้อชาติอย่างชัดเจน พิสูจน์ว่าความสวยงามและรูปลักษณ์ไม่ได้จำกัดอยู่แค่ในกรอบเดิม ๆ เรื่องราวนี้เหมือนภาพยนตร์ชีวิตที่สมบูรณ์แบบแบบ full circle ที่จบลงด้วยความสำเร็จและแรงบันดาลใจ เป็นตัวอย่างที่ดีของโอกาสและพรสวรรค์ที่ผสมผสานกันอย่างลงตัวในโลกแฟชั่นปัจจุบัน ถ้าคุณกำลังมองหาแรงจูงใจที่ทำให้เห็นว่าชีวิตสามารถพลิกผันได้ในชั่วพริบตา เรื่องราวของบาวีธาคือคำตอบที่ชัดเจนว่าทุกอย่างเป็นไปได้แม้ในสถานการณ์ที่ดูเหมือนไม่มีอะไรพิเศษก็ตาม

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