There are models and then there are supermodels. While the former have everything that it takes (read a perfect 10 figure and the right mix of grace and sex appeal), what gives the latter an edge over them is oodles of confidence and a certain aura that make heads turn whenever they walk into a room.

If the West has Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista to boast of, we have our very own Anna Bredmeyer, Milind Soman, Madhu Sapre, Meher Rampal nee Jessia and Marc Robinson who scorched the ramps with their oomph factor in the early ’80s and ’90s. sunday mid-day talks to the earliest supermodels this country has seen and finds out what are they currently up to: