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I’m not a believer in cosmetic treatments: Sonam Kapoor
Mumbai : Film celebrities — in India and more so internationally — are perpetually dogged by rumours of going under the knife for corrective surgeries for beautification. But actress Sonam Kapoor, whose blog post about fighting “strict rules” of beauty since adolescence has gone viral on social media, says she doesn’t believe in resorting to artificial procedures to alter looks.
“I am not a big believer in cosmetic treatments. Artificial cosmetic or corrective treatments are damaging… Especially if you see all the studies,” Sonam, a Colgate Visible White brand ambassador, told IANS in an interview.
However, she was quick to add: “I don’t judge anybody who does that. It’s each to his own and it’s all a personal choice. I would rather use products that are safe and the ones that I have control over, not some doctor doing it for me.”
In a post titled “I Didn’t Wake Up Like This” for BuzzFeed India on Wednesday, Sonam delved uninhibitedly on the inhibitions and insecurities she harboured through her adolescence “wondering why my body looked nothing like it should”. She said that when she embarked on her journey to being a film actress, she also “embarked on a series of unhealthy behaviours”, including a diet “that had me eating pineapples all day”.
Yet, she smiled through it all.
“There is a risk in being extremely modest. I am always complimented for my smile and that it’s my best feature. I also feel that my smile is my best feature,” said the actress, who features in a new video for the Visible White Shine Plus, a unique beauty oral care solution.
“I always had nice teeth. I never had braces or cavities. The only issue is that over the years, your teeth start getting stained because of food,” said Sonam, who believes that having “beautiful white teeth” is an important part of her beauty regime.
It also helps her to laugh out loud and smile with confidence.
The video featuring Sonam has a song by Arjun Kanungo, and the actress describes it as “sweet and peppy”.
Talking about the singer, she said: “Arjun is good, sweet and a great singer. He is also good looking and I am sure young girls are crazy about him.”
As a brand ambassador, Sonam says she prefers to endorse only those things that she believe in or “I feel the ones that reflect my aesthetics and ideals in anyway”.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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