Tom Sykes
Freida Pinto, the Indian actress who found fame in the movie Slumdog Millionaire and is now starring in a brutal tale of Indian sex trafficking, Love Sonia, has spoken out about the skin-lightening allegations that dogged her 2011 advertising campaign for cosmetics company L’Oréal.
The contract came under scrutiny when it was suggested that the company had lightened her skin in a campaign.
L’Oréal called the allegations “categorically untrue” at the time, however in a new interview with The Guardian, when asked if she believes her skin was lightened, Pinto is unequivocal: “I’m sure they did, because that’s not the color of my skin you saw in a few of the campaigns,” she says.
Asked if she complained, Pinto replied: “I said to my agent after the first controversy that I would like to see the pictures before, and I would like to be able
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