Mithali Raj, Shah Rukh Khan and Nita Ambani adorn the front cover of the fashion magazine Vogue to celebrate it’s 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Vogue India celebrated its 10th anniversary and, on the occasion, Vogue released three covers for their October 2017 issue. The covers feature celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Nita Ambani, Sonam Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj, Twinkle Khanna, Karan Johar, Padma Lakshmi and Russian model-actress Natalia Vodianova. The covers celebrate “Women of the Year and the men we all love”.
Cricketer Mithali Raj and chairperson and founder of Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani. Ambani is also linked to multiple activities in the growth of Indian sport such as with the Indian Super League (ISL), owner of IPL side Mumbai Indians and was inducted as IOC member in August last year.
The mind blowing makeover of Mithali has taken social media by storm with fans flooding it with posts. The cricketer has caught attention of international writers as well. In June, British Vogue writer Caroline O’Donoghue heaped praises on 34-year-old Raj in an opinion piece.
“The fact is, I had no idea the Women’s Cricket World Cup was even on until today, or that Indian women were absolutely dominating it. None of my friends watched it, no one on my Twitter feed uttered a word, and no papers mentioned Mithali Raj, the team captain who calmly reads Thirteenth Century poetry before every game and is one of cricket’s most prodigious talents – the youngest woman player ever to score 100 on her debut at a one-day international,” Caroline had written.
From the wide array of stars that are on the cover, Raj’s inclusion may not come as a surprise considering the rise of women’s cricket in recent past due to India’s foray into the final of the Women’s World Cup which the team lost by nine runs to England in dramatic fashion. The skipper of the team has since anchored the side in various meets. She has also hit back at moral police on social media to earn herself plenty of applause. Raj can be seen wearing a gorgeous black Johanna Ortiz jumpsuit and blown out hair in the cover to the right of SRK.
The other covers see Twinkle Khanna, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar on one and Padma Lakshmi, Priyanka Chopra and Natalia Vodianova on the other.
