Bangalore (India) model Nidhi Sunil was studying law at Rune’s Symbiosis College when she was scouted and ended up meeting Elite Model Management. Nidhi says that being ‘dusky’ is not a drawback for getting jobs in the Indian fashion industry, that she has gotten assignments because of her skin colour. However, she is limited in the TV commercial and music video world, because they prefer a lighter skin tone, in Nidhi’s own words.

Nidhi Sunhil is lensed by Porus Vimadalal with styling by Chandni Bahri in ‘Summer Kind of Wonderful for Verve India’s March issue. / Hair and makeup by Sonam Chandna