Chrystal Callahan

Chrystal Callahan.

Chrystal Callahan (transliterated as Кристалл Каллахан), is a Toronto-born Canadian television personality and fashion model who began hosting Highlights of the Week with Chrystal Callahan in June, 2009. It was a subtitled English-language television show in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya.

In July 2010, Callahan will launch a new program called "Chechnya Through The Eyes of Chrystal Callahan". It is focused on travel / tourist destinations in the Chechen Republic, Islam and Chechen Culture.

Callahan has been dubbed the "Maverick Model". She has embarked on a singing career under the stage name of KRISTALL and has become a popstar in the North Caucasus. She performs songs in the Russian and Chechen language.^[1] KRISTALL studies and performs traditional Chechen dance.

Criticism and Praise

Callahan has had some criticism for working in Chechnya. Critics see her as a supporter of pro-Russian Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and accuse her of being a propaganda tool for the Chechen government. Callahan has been compared to Walter Duranty, the British journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for a set of stories written in 1931 on the Soviet Union.^{[1] [2] [2]} CNN featured Callahan in the summer of 2010 and credited her as being a symbol of stability and peace after years of conflict in the unstable region.^[1]

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/16/chechen.model/index.html
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.rferl.org/content/Canadian_Model_Unlikely_New_Face_Of_Chechen_TV/1928764.html
3. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/15/chechya.canada.model/index.html?iref=allsearch
4. ^ http://russiatoday.com/Interview/2008-06-16/Interview_with_Chrystal_Callahan.html
5. ^ http://www.netnewspublisher.com/canadian-model-chrystal-callahan-to-host-new-tv-program-in-chechnya/
6. ^ http://www.thestar.com/article/678517#Comments
7. ^ http://readrussia.com/blog/media/00194/
8. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russia/canadian-model-hosts-a-ne_b_214649.html
9. ^ http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20090818/155846774.html
10. ^ http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090605/155180458.html

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