Freida Pinto Is Lensed By David Roemer In 'Grazie Millionaire' For Vanity Fair Italy November 2018

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Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008) lifted India-born Freida Pinto to global fame. Bottom line, Freida Pinto is the Mumbai girl who made it big in Hollywood and also the first Asian woman to take the cover of Vanity Fair Italy.

Pinto covers the November issue styled by Sarah Gore Reeves in Chanel, DSquared2, Chloe, Max Mara and More. Cartier jewelry accents Frida’s western-inspired looks lensed by David Roemer.

Pinto’s latest film is ‘Love Sonia’, directed by Tabrez Noorani, who was a line producer in ‘Slum Dog’. ‘Love Sonia’ was a decade in the making as the harrowing account of two sisters who lost their innocence when one sibling is sold by her debt-ridden father. Sonia Pinto plays the role of Mrunal Thakur who traveled to Mumbai to rescue her sister Preeti, played by Riya Sisodiya.

Director Noorani was inspired to make ‘Love Sonia’ after learning about human trafficking in Los Angeles in 2003. Girls, one of them a young Indian, were found in a shipping container from China. The director became an activist in human trafficking of girls and has participated in multiple brothel raids.

Michelle Obama Raises Her Torch For Global Girl's Education In 'We Will Rise'

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Michelle Obama Raises Her Torch For Global Girl's Education In 'We Will Rise'

It's factual to say that I'm in total avoidance psychologically and emotionally over the Obamas leaving the White House and the Trumps moving in. I do not intend to watch the inauguration and will probably be sobbing -- as I was last night watching CNN's film 'We Will Rise' about Michelle Obama's global education initiative for girls. CNN's Isha Sesay is joined by Freida Pinto and Meryl Streep as they travel to Liberia and Morocco in advance of Michelle Obama's arrival.

Watching the First Lady's plane land first in Liberia, I simply lost it totally and the tears were endless. I was so proud watching that big jet with USA emblazoned on it touch down, and my pain was acute knowing that most probably all the girls' and women's initiatives launched first by Hillary Clinton as Secy of State and then continued by Michelle Obama will be lost in a Trump Administration. Can you imagine Melania and Ivanka touching down In Liberia and Morocco -- unless it's Marrakech and the refurbished La Mamounia hotel? No, you can't.

Interviewed by CNN about her commitment to girls' education, Michelle Obama says: "This issue is personal for me".

For me, education was power.