(NSI News Source Info) February 27, 2009: Freida Pinto, star of Oscar-winning film
Slumdog Millionaire, has made it onto the cover of Vogue India.
The actress began her career as a model but has never graced the cover of the fashion magazine before.
Posing in a metallic mini-dress by Louis Vuitton, Pinto is described as "the new style sensation".
When the Vogue writer asked the photoshoot stylist, Tiina Laakkonen, who Pinto was not dressed exclusively in Indian fashion, Pinto grabbed a pencil and scribbled: "Because she's international now!"
Pinto was signed by a leading model agency aged 21, after leaving university. She said recently that she took the job as a route into acting: "Honestly, I remember harbouring dreams of being an actor since I was five years old. For someone like me with no godfather in the film industry, it was easier to break into modelling. I did use modelling as a means to get into the film world. I enjoyed modelling. It taught me a lot in terms of being confident and definitely helped me prepare for what was to come next.
The 24-year-old has just landed her first post-Slumdog role, cast in Woody Allen's latest film. She will star in the as-yet-untitled project opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin. It will hit cinemas in 2010.
She is rumoured to be dating her Slumdog Millionaire co-star, 18-year-old Dev Patel.
Posing in a metallic mini-dress by Louis Vuitton, Pinto is described as "the new style sensation".
When the Vogue writer asked the photoshoot stylist, Tiina Laakkonen, who Pinto was not dressed exclusively in Indian fashion, Pinto grabbed a pencil and scribbled: "Because she's international now!"
Pinto was signed by a leading model agency aged 21, after leaving university. She said recently that she took the job as a route into acting: "Honestly, I remember harbouring dreams of being an actor since I was five years old. For someone like me with no godfather in the film industry, it was easier to break into modelling. I did use modelling as a means to get into the film world. I enjoyed modelling. It taught me a lot in terms of being confident and definitely helped me prepare for what was to come next.
The 24-year-old has just landed her first post-Slumdog role, cast in Woody Allen's latest film. She will star in the as-yet-untitled project opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin. It will hit cinemas in 2010.
She is rumoured to be dating her Slumdog Millionaire co-star, 18-year-old Dev Patel.




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