Unmasked model tests positive for COVID-19 days after walking the ramp

Model Farwa Ali Kazmi tested positive for COVID-19 less than a week after walking the ramp for Hussain Rehar’s solo show in Lahore. According to writer and stylist Haiya Bokhari, the model “frolicked sans mask throughout the event” after assuming it was seasonal flu.

“Super-spreader event but make it fashion,” wrote Bokhari on Twitter.

Last wkend Lhr hosted its first fashion show of 2020 w/ a haute lot in attendance. Today one of models, who was a part of it, frolicking sans mask throughout, reveals she tested positive for the virus, after assuming it was a seasonal flu. Super-spreader event bt make it fashion!

— Haiya Bokhari (@haiyabokhari) October 28, 2020

Later it emerged that the model in question was Farwa Kazmi, who announced in an Instagram story that she has tested positive for coronavirus and is in quarantine.

She also advised people who were in contact with her or husband Ali to quarantine themselves.

“All those with cough, body aches and headaches but no fever, please get yourself tested. I had delayed it thinking its seasonal cold but it’s not,” added the model.

Farwa further said that she thinks she got it by “sharing food and cigar with a COVID-positive”.

The model also shared her quarantine experience.

Designer Hussain Rehar had organised a solo fashion show in Lahore in which he showcased his traditional wedding-wear. The show was a glamorous event attended by celebrities, critics and socialites.

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#TheWeddingExperience – Solo Show Once the bride is on stage, bridesmaids take the floor and set it on fire with traditional Luddi, Mehndi and Ubtan. Here, bridesmaids ask her to come on the floor and have it all with them. Makeup: @nauman_makeup_artist @sunil_mua @shoaibkhanmakeup Show Director: @yash645 Location: @wusaaq Jewelry: @jewelicious_ #HussainRehar #HussainReharSoloShow #TheWeddingExperience #HussainReharXKeune #HRxKeune #KeunePakistan

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According to details, Hussain’s brides, bridegrooms and a colourful entourage of baraatis twirled to the tunes of popular wedding songs and the beats of the shehnai played out by a live wedding band, enacting the events that are inherent to the big fat Pakistani wedding.

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#TheWeddingExperience – Solo Show Once the bride is on stage, bridesmaids take the floor and set it on fire with traditional Luddi, Mehndi and Ubtan. Here, bridesmaids ask her to come on the floor and have it all with them. Makeup: @nauman_makeup_artist @sunil_mua @shoaibkhanmakeup Show Director: @yash645 Location: @wusaaq Jewelry: @jewelicious_ #HussainRehar #HussainReharSoloShow #TheWeddingExperience #HussainReharXKeune #HRxKeune #KeunePakistan

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