Freida Pinto is ALL WOMAN for The EDIT.

Indian actress/model Freida Pinto stars in The EDiT’s ALL WOMAN issue. We love the goddess/warrior themed styling for the editorial by Tracy Taylor. She wears pieces by Sonia Rykiel, Vionnet, Vera Wang, Altuzarra, Balmain, and … that Jason Wu gown for the cover shot… omgoddess. . Photographed by Chad Pitman.

Beyond starring in L’Oreal campaigns & featured films, Pinto recently became an ambassador for the Because I Am A Girl campaign, which supports young girls’ rights to a quality education.

Since Pinto’s breakout role in Slumdog Millionaire she continues to take Hollywood by storm. For Net-A-Porter’s online mag, the Mumbai-born beauty talks modeling, different perspectives on looks, & more.

She began modeling at 19years old followed by becoming a leading actress, now she uses her fame to bring awareness to important issues,  “If it gives me a bigger ticket and I can use whatever fame I get to help women and girls who have been sexually abused, then it’s worth it.” In 2012, she joined the Plan International’s campaign which aims to protect girls and women from violence and sex trafficking.

Freida said, “You hear that phrase so much. ‘I got raped… because I’m a girl’, ‘I can’t go out at night…because I’m a girl’, when really it should be, ‘Because I’m a girl, I can give birth to the next generation of enlightened males.’”

On the perceptions about both her ethnicity & her looks. “It’s hard because the first thing people see when I go into an audition is that I am 100% Indian, but I don’t remember a time in my life when I did not see myself as a world citizen. When I watch films, I can always imagine myself as the female lead – even if it’s Minnie Mouse.”

“It’s not necessarily the way I see myself. In fact, I don’t even like to look at myself in the mirror. But I’m aware of the perception and I always say that if it’s because of that one line in Slumdog where Latika is described as “the most beautiful girl in the world”, then I have to do everything that I can to change that perception.”

Pinto’s not slowing down her career anytime soon, she says, “I’m excited about the kind of roles I might get in my thirties; I’m hoping they’re going to be very different,” she says. “I’m lucky that I haven’t been overexposed. There were a lot of films I said no to, because I wanted to concentrate on longevity.”

Oh, wondering what her fav designers are? Well beyond Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, she LOVES Ferragamo, “everything the Ferragamo family does. I’m a self-proclaimed honorary Ferragamo family member.”

Images & Interview courtesy of THE EDiT.

Gisele Bündchen stars in Sonia Rykiel Campaign.

Iconic fashion label SONIA RYKIEL amped up their upcoming campaign by tapping ModelPRENEUR Gisele Bundchen to star in the new ads photographed by Marc Jacobs’ Juergen Teller – Gisele goes au natural for the shoot wearing subtle makeup (if any) & laid back poses – the shoot was was art directed // styled by LOVE Magazine’s editor-in-chief Katie Grand.

Grand’s inspiration for the new direction of the campaign was actually taken from the French labels founder, Sonia Rykiel, back in the 70s.

“They were very elegant black-and-white snapshots of her in the studio and on a car, and reminded me of Juergen Teller’s work. Once Juergen had agreed to work with us, we wanted to work with a woman with Madame Rykiel’s joie de vivre, and the obvious choice was Gisele,” Grand added, “Juergen does not often shoot in black-and-white and we asked him to shoot film to give an authenticity to the images.”