Ayyan (model)

{{about| the Pakistani model| the Somali-born politician| Ayaan Hirsi Ali}}

{{Infobox model

| name = Ayyan Ali

| image = Ayyan - Fashion Week Pakistan 2012.jpg

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| caption = Ayyan modeling during Fashion Week in Pakistan in 2012

| birth_name = Ayyan Ali

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| hair_color = Black

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| years_active = 2009 – present

| birth_place = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| website = {{URL|Ayyanworld.com}}

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| nationality = Pakistani

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| occupation = Model

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Ayyan Ali or simply Ayyan ({{langx|ur|{{nq|ایان علی}}}}) is a Pakistani model and singer. She started modeling in 2010 and was nominated four times for the Lux Style Awards.{{cite news| title=Ayaan: Pakistan's next top model| url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/241863/ayaan-pakistans-next-top-model/| newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper| date=4 September 2011| access-date=17 November 2023}}

Career

Ayyan started her career as a model at the age of sixteen. She started modeling in 2010 and won the title of Best Female Emerging Model. She was nominated four times for the Lux Style Awards.

In 2010, Ayyan was awarded the title of Calvin Klein ‘Beauty of the Year 2010’. Later she became their brand ambassador. That same year, she was nominated for Best Female Emerging Model for the Lux Style Awards, and in 2011 for Best Female Model. Her music video and single called You and I was released on the occasion of Eid in July 2014 and was panned by the critics.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1123018/model-ayyan-tries-and-fails-with-you-and-i/| title=Model Ayyan tries (and fails) with 'You and I'| author=Ayesha K Khan|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|date=3 August 2014| access-date=17 November 2023}}

Charges and Arrest

On 14 March 2015, the Pakistan Airport Security Forces arrested Ayyan and charged her with money laundering. She was boarding a flight to UAE from Benazir International Airport in Islamabad. Ayyan was off to Dubai through a private airline when Airport Security Force (ASF) checked her luggage on the counter and discovered US$506,800. She was presented before a customs judge who sent her on a fourteen-day judicial remand. She was then taken to a medical facility for examination. The $500,000 in her suitcase exceeded the legal limit of cash that can be carried out of Pakistan, which is $10,000.{{cite news

| url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32158471

| title= Ayyan Ali: Supermodel in a Pakistani jail

| work= BBC News website

| date= 5 April 2015|access-date=17 November 2023}} During interrogation she allegedly named several Pakistani politicians and models involved in money laundering.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} On 14 July 2015, Ayyan was released from jail on bail.{{Cite news |last=Ghumman |first=Tauqir |date=14 July 2015 |title=LHC orders release of model Ayyan Ali on bail |work=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1194420/lhc-orders-release-of-model-ayyan-ali-on-bail |access-date=2023-11-24}}{{cite news |title=Pakistani supermodel Ayyan Ali released from jail |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33547032 |work=BBC News |date=16 July 2015}}

=Murder of Customs Inspector who caught her=

The widow of the customs inspector who was to be the key prosecution witness in the money laundering case of Ayyan Ali, stated that her husband had been killed to protect Ayyan.{{cite news | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1103487/money-laundering-model-case-customs-inspector-killed-to-protect-ayyan-widow-claims |title=Customs inspector murdered to protect Ayyan, claims widow|author=Mudassir Raja |date=14 May 2016|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|access-date=17 November 2023}}

Discography

;Singles{{cite news |date=7 March 2016 |title=4 things Ayyan can do now that she's off the ECL |newspaper=Dawn newspaper |url=http://images.dawn.com/news/1174953|access-date=17 November 2023}}