{"id":11934,"date":"2012-01-10T01:01:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T01:01:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-10T01:01:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T01:01:01","slug":"What-has-Lakshmi-Menon-been-up-to-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11934","title":{"rendered":"What has Lakshmi Menon been up to?"},"content":{"rendered":"

NY Times<\/a> India blogger, Shivani Vora, interviewed Bangalore-born and Goa-based model Lakshmi Menon.<\/p>\n

Menon has been a runway staple and the face of several high-profile ad campaigns including Herm\u00e8s, Givenchy, Bergdorf Goodman and Max Mara.<\/strong> She has also been featured in fashion tomes like American and Indian Vogue, Harper\u2019s Bazaar and Elle. Ms.<\/p>\n

Love her! She is so beautiful and so sweet. We met and interviewed her backstage in 2009. See the pictures!<\/a><\/p>\n

How did you get started in modeling?<\/strong>
\nI was in college at Bangalore University studying sociology when a modeling scout approached me and told me I had the height [Menon is 1.8 meters, or 5 feet, 10 inches] to get some ad work. I could do it on the side while finishing school and make some extra money, so it seemed like a good idea. I didn\u2019t start modeling full time until I graduated, but although I worked in India for several years, I never had much success since all the big ad campaigns featured Bollywood starlets.<\/p>\n

What was your big international breakthrough?<\/strong>
\nAn agency in Europe had seen my work in an Indian magazine and contacted me because Jean Paul Gaultier wanted an Indian girl to walk on one of his shows. So I went to Paris and was part of a few shows, and every successive season, I started doing more. I was never an overnight success \u2013 my work was a slow buildup.<\/p>\n

Head on over NYTimes for the rest of the interview!<\/a>
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