CNN-IBN: Has anyone from Pantaloons got in touch with you after your statement on Tuesday?

Maureen Wadia: Yes I believe they have written me a letter today saying that they were not aware of this contract. I had written them a letter before that and so they must have replied to it, hence I got their letter today (Wednesday). I have already initiated legal proceedings because this is a confidentiality legal agreement.

CNN-IBN: What is this binding contract really that stops a young, aspiring model from participating in other pageants? She didn't win the Gladrags contest so why not give the young girl a chance at another platform?

Maureen Wadia: It's a confidentiality agreement. It's a totally legal agreement between two consenting parties. The idea of the contract is that these girls, over a period of two years are sent for various international contests. The relevance here is not about winning or losing. I think this is more a controvention of a legal issue.

CNN-IBN: Was the girl in question as some sort of a remuneration working in fashion shows along with Gladrags or possibly any other avenue to showcase her talent?

Maureen Wadia: It's all about your talent and how you market yourself. you can't simply just walk off a stage and expect to get thousands of contracts. It doesn't happen like that anywhere. This is a contest you enter into, it's a contract binding on both parties and I have put in a whole six weeks of training with the girl in question. She has trained under me and today she is a Gladrags product.

CNN-IBN: You have initiated legal proceedings against Miss Harshita Saxena. What is it that you are hoping to achieve?

Maureen Wadia: I am hoping to achieve nothing. It is a contract. I am not trying to be sensational. The business of beauty is a serious business and I think people should realise that. A contract is a contract. This is about something that I have taught these youngsters and I am deeply hurt Harshita and her parents should have done this and the organisers of Miss India should have been more careful. These things do happen, but when we get to know about such things, we have to put a stop to them.

CNN-IBN: Is this the flipside to the business of beauty? Do young models trying to make it big give such contracts the go by?

Maureen Wadia: Absolutely. I have had girls walk off my stage and two weeks later have them walk into other pageants in direct competition with mine and I don't like it. I have filed cases against some of the models before. It makes me really angry and very sad because you should know an obligation when you have one. It's extremely important to abide by the law and be correct. This is not about anything else. This is something that the girl was fully cognizant about. Walking off one stage where they are not doing well and going on to another has to discouraged and I don't encourage it at all.