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Lakshmi Menon (born November 4, 1981) is an Indian model. ==Career== She took up modelling to earn money while studying for a degree in sociology at the Bangalore University. A modeling scout approached her and told her she had the height (is 1.8 meters, or 5 feet, 10 inches ) to get some ad work. She started modeling full time after college, but although she worked in India for several years, she says "I never had much success since all the big ad campaigns featured Bollywood starlets". After modelling in India for several years, she began her international career in 2006 after Jean Paul Gaultier saw her work in an Indian magazine while looking for an Indian model to walk in his Chanel show in Paris.〔 A show for Jean Paul Gaultier was followed by work on the Hermès catwalk and campaigns for Hermès, Max Mara, Givenchy, H&M, J Crew, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom.〔 Menon was featured in French ''Vogue'' editorial for the first time in October,p 2008, after her Milan show for La Perla, in which she walked for D&G and Givenchy. She has also appeared in editorials for American, Spanish, Indian, and French ''Vogue'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''V Magazine'', ''Dazed & Confused'', Indian ''Elle'', and ''Allure''. She won the “This year’s Model” crown awarded by ''Vogue'' for 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lakshmi Menon )〕 She was also in the Top 10 Newcomers by Style.com and on the cover of ''Elle'' the same year.〔 In December 2008, in "What's Hot For 2009", Lucie Greene of the ''Daily Mail'' included Menon as "Hot" and predicted that she would attain supermodel status.〔Daily Mail (''What's Hot For 2009'' ) 15 December 2008〕 Indian photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta said of Menon that “She’s dusky, flawless and the true face of beauty. She’s worked with Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermes, Chanel -- and is the face of the future.” ''Vogue'' said in 2008 that she was "quite the embodiment of Givenchy's new-season style". She featured in the 2011 Pirelli Calendar, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld and is the first Indian model to feature in a Pirelli calendar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lakshmi Menon (model)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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