new delhi at korean automaker kias pavilion at the ongoing auto expo in greater noida a couple was on friday seen asking a female promotional model whether she could pose for a photo with them she agreed reluctantly and as the couple clicked away selfies flanking the model on both sides lying neglected behind was a white car one of several that kia has shipped in to showcase at the auto expo for many visitors to the nations premier automobile exhibition cars and bikes are not the only thing they come to take a look at promotional models or booth babes are not a new phenomenon in trade and auto shows attractive girls are deployed at car booths to pump up footfalls for the pavilion in greater noida honda cars honda motor kia renault and mahindra all have girls in standard short dresses to capture the attention of people who hovered around the booths and they need to keep smiling at everyone our jaw freezes due to all the smiling one of the models said as she chatted up with et even when we are not at the booths our jaws are set in that position she said in a lighter note on whether it gets annoying when they have to oblige visitors with selfies another girl said if its a genuine request we oblige but if we see a threat coming we step back the girls also have the option of calling for bouncers to ward off any unwanted attention many of them complained about standing scantily clad for hours in the north indian winter and the associated health hazard but some are excited about all the attention that they are getting posing under the lights makes us attentionfreak models come alive said swati a model for honda i can say that standing next to the cars enhances the glamour quotient of the cars the girls are mostly from colleges in and around delhi a firsttimer at the auto expo can earn up to rs 5000 a day while professional models take home as much as rs 15000 foreign faces are paid even higher between rs 20000 and rs 35000 each day but money is not the only thing the girls look for they make a lot of friends out here while some also make contacts that help them in their careers later on said nidhi achantani director at crew4events a south delhi organisation that provides crew for staffing at events and shows the kind of visibility they get at the expo is so huge that it may even open the door for them to the entertainment industry she said achantani is providing close to 500 girls to ten brands in the ongoing auto expo for which her company started screening applicants six months ago crew4events has a database of 15000 girls developed mainly through the social media at the auto expo it isnt an easy assignment for the young girls they have to wake up as early as