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Updated On: 12 May, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Fashion is inclusive, says digital content creator and model Aastha Shah, who is in the middle of trials to pick out her dress for the Cannes red carpet right now, becoming the first Indian with vitiligo to do so
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Aastha Shah will walk the Cannes red carpet on May 17, also attending many events during the week; (right) Aastha in 2011
In 2018, Winnie Harlow, Canadian fashion model and advocate for vitiligo awareness, became the first celebrity to walk the Cannes Red Carpet flaunting her patches. In 2024, influencer Aastha Shah will follow in her footsteps. Attending the Cannes Red Carpet on May 19, Shah is currently busy with trials to pick a dress for her big day. The digital content creator, who shot to fame two years ago when she discussed her emotional battle with vitiligo (a chronic long-lasting autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment or colour), says that being on that red carpet is going to change not just her life, but also will give hope to millions who suffer silently with the skin condition.
Joining us on a Zoom call from the US, she says, “How do you believe something this good can happen to you?” We get it. Society has always reminded those who look different that they can’t achieve much. Merit is intricately tied to appearance. For Shah, Cannes sounded pretty surreal. “It felt like the little girl, Aastha, did good. I never dreamed of Cannes. The only dream I had was to inspire people to rise above their skin colour. I don’t think I can put how I feel into words.”
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