A 21-year-old college student Hanan who was trolled on social media over her video of selling fish in uniform after college, walked the ramp at Onam Bakrid Khadi Expo in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
Hanan surprised everyone with her never-seen avatar in the fashion show. Khadi board has organised the event in connection with the state-level inauguration of Onam-Bakrid Khadi fest. The fashion show proved that Khadi will give a tough competition to modern fashion brands.
Hanan Hamid, a graduate student of Chemistry came into the limelight after she was spotted selling fish in her college uniform by reporters from Mathrubhumi, following which a story on her was featured on the paper.
The story showed Hanan in her college uniform and a plastic cap, selling fish in the Palarivattom-Thammanam junction in Kochi. The news did the rounds on social media and Hanan went viral. Following this, channels hounded her, and several users applauded the girl for her grit and attitude to life.