{"id":3845,"date":"2009-03-27T00:03:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T00:03:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-03-27T01:03:15","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T01:03:15","slug":"Aishwarya-can-t-be-Americanized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=3845","title":{"rendered":"Aishwarya can&#8217;t be Americanized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan<\/b> has declined to be immortalised as a Barbie doll due to her professional commitments.<\/p>\n<p>It was earlier reported that representatives of the 35-year-old actress were in negotiations with <b>Barbie&#8217;s manufacturer Mattel<\/b>, who planned to give the iconic doll a Bollywood face. But the deal did not take off.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1994 when Aishwarya won the Miss World title, the company has made numerous attempts to make a celebrity doll modelled on the Indian beauty. However, she could never get time for their endeavour, due to her professional commitments, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Yet again on the doll&#8217;s 50th anniversary, Aishwarya was approached to appear decked up as a celebrity Barbie.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mattel was keen to have the actress walk the ramp on Lakme Fashion Week &#8216;Barbie dolled up&#8217; in a winning design as Single Likeness Barbie, which would be unveiled and auctioned for a charity of her choice,&quot; said a statement issued by Aishwarya&#8217;s spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>However, the actress opted out due to her prior commitments as she did not want to cause inconvenience to the film-makers she was working with by taking time out for the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She is such a moral, classy lady and doesn&#8217;t appear to be smitten by a Western brand.  Maybe being a Barbie isn&#8217;t what is used to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Indo-Asian News Service<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has declined to be immortalised as a Barbie doll due to her professional commitments. 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