GUWAHATI: Hardly just a few days after picking up a hullaballoo with his blizzard comment that Internet existed even in the age of Mahabharata, Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb on Thursday delivered an unusual remark that Diana Hayden doesn’t represent Indian beauty, only Aishwarya Rai does.

CM asserted that the decision was market-driven to award Miss World and Miss Universe titles to Indian women five years in a row. CM Deb said only Aishwarya Rai was a classic representative of Indian beauty.

Addressing at a design workshop in Agartala, CM Deb said, “Indian beauty should ideally look like Goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati. Diana Hayden did not deserve to win the Miss World crown. Actually, it was part of a fixed plan which was hatched keeping in mind the interests of the international market. Aishwarya Rai’s victory was well deserved as she represents the quintessential Indian woman.”

 “Indian women did not use cosmetics or shampoo. We washed our hair with ‘methi’ water to prevent hair fall and bathed in mud. Beauty contest organisers are international marketing mafia that tried to capture a market of 125 crore Indians with their move,” Deb added that Indian women no longer win international beauty pageants as organizers have already captured the market

Meanwhile being defensive, Deb’s media advisor Sanjay Mishra told TOI that the chief minister made the remark on Diana Hayden in the context of how international cosmetic companies fix the result of beauty contests to capture the market in a particular country. He added that the chief minister was only trying to promote India’s own traditional ways.