cover model fact sheet

NAME Tharini Shanmugarajah

AGE 18

HOMETOWN North Hills, CA

OCCUPATION student

CHILDHOOD AMBITION to be a dancer

FIRST JOB dance teacher

FONDEST MEMORY Christmas parties at my Aunt Sharon's

PROUDEST MOMENT my Bharat Natyam Aranget ra (classical Indian Dance - solo debut)

BIGGEST CHALLENGE my Aragetram - a long & hard journey to reach that day

ALARM CLOCK I hate it! What an awful creation!

PERFECT DAY spent at the beach

DREAM VACATION Milan, Italy

INDULGENCE Albanos Pizza on Melrose Blvd.

FAVORITE MOVIE Lord of the Rings

SOUNDTRACK Veer Zaara - a Hindi Movie

INSPIRATION my family, but especially my Aunts Rita & Sharon

ROLE MODEL my mom - I admire her morals and her strong sense of Indian Culture

LAST PURCHASE polka dot sundress

SHOPPING... it's an addiction

WON'T WEAR... BLACK - it's so gloomy!

FAVORITE SALON... ZIBA BEAUTY - of course!!!

On the cover: Tharini was the first runner up at Ziba Girl 2006. Tharini was photographed by Yogi Patel of Global Photography. She was styled by CEO Sumita Batra of Ziba Beauty, Inc. Tharini is jeweled by Ziba Beauty Bindis, available in the Ziba Boutique located at Ziba Beauty, Artesia. The shoot was produced by Ziba Beauty in Moorpark, California. To get Tharini's look, book a make-up class with our Artistic Director Oscar Naranjo, one of Ziba's best artists.