Pamela Bordes | |
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| Born | Pamela Chaudry Singh 1961 (age 63–64) New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Known for | Miss India |
Pamela Singh (born 1961), known for some years asPamella Bordes, is an Indianphotographer and beauty pageant titleholder who wonMiss India 1982.[1]
Singh was born inNew Delhi in 1961; her father, Major Mahinder Singh, was an officer in theIndian Army. She attended theMaharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School inJaipur then transferred to the Lady Sri Ram College inDelhi to study literature. She won the Miss India crown in 1982 and represented India in theMiss Universe pageant the same year. She subsequently moved to Europe, where she met and married Henri Bordes.
Singh studied atParsons School of Design in New York, theAmerican University of Paris, and theInternational Center of Photography in New York.[2][3] She took to photography as her career in 1997.[4]
In the late 1980s Singh worked in abrothel which had provided one of British publicistMax Clifford's clients with various services. Clifford asked themadam to reveal details of hergirls and clients, and found that one prostitute, Pamella Bordes, was simultaneously datingAndrew Neil (then editor ofThe Sunday Times),Donald Trelford (then editor ofThe Observer), Conservative minister for sportColin Moynihan, and billionaire arms dealerAdnan Khashoggi.[5][6][7] Clifford rangNews of the World editorPatsy Chapman and drip-fed her the story of Bordes through the investigative reporter she was using on the madam. The story was published in March 1989 under the headline "Call Girl Works in Commons", since it was discovered she had aHouse of Commons security pass arranged by MPsDavid Shaw andHenry Bellingham.[8]
Clifford claimed Bordes was never his client, and that he earned his fee for "writing" the story, which ultimately served the purpose of saving the madam from any adverse publicity or court case.[9]
| Preceded by | Miss India 1982 | Succeeded by |
