Ujjwala Raut is new face of YSL

MUMBAI: Ujjwala Raut has notched up yet another feather in her cap. The Paris-based supermodel is now the face of Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics, the ad for which will be out in high-end international magazines this month. "It''s a big campaign," said Ujjwala from Paris, where she has just arrived after a whirlwind New York fashion season. She will be in Mumbai next week for a much-needed break. The last time the 20-something Ujjwala was down, she had brought along her Scottish boyfriend Craig Sterry. The two are going strong, just as her career is. "I''m coming down because I need to rest, meet my friends, have a blast," she said. "Basically, to chill out." The YSL campaign is not the only big news she has, but she can''t talk of the other project till it hits the market. What she will talk about are the number of big-name designers she has worked for. "Hugo Boss, Roberto Cavalli, Missoni, Bally... all in Milan," she rattled off. Editorials, too, span the gamut of fashion magazines, including the prestigious Italian Vogue. And the ramp has seen her walk for Michael Kors and Victoria''s Secret. "Though my base is Paris, I alternate between New York, London, and Milan as well," Ujjwala said. Working in the four fashion capitals of the world has not fazed her one bit. Her English has acquired the polish of continental living, but not her personality. "I''m on the phone, let me talk," she admonished her boyfriend, who was trying to catch her attention, then in break-neck Marathi, "This is always going on; he''s always jabbering away." Then she animatedly said, "Farrokh (photographer Farrokh Chothia) was here a few days ago, en route to a jazz festival in Holland. I was so happy to meet him. I can''t wait to return to Mumbai, to my friends and family."

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Ujjwala Raut is new face of YSL