Friday, December 21, 2007

All About Dipika Padukon

She is the daughter of former badminton Champion Prakash Padukone.Deepika has a younger sister named Anisha. She is currently in 11th standard.Deepika previously dated model Upen Patel and is now dating Ranbir Kapoor. In the beginning of the relationship, the couple were talking about their closeness, but Ranbir's parents were upset as they don’t want any verbal announcements of their son’s relationships at this stage of his career. They are now keeping their relationship private.Deepika Padukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Mangalore, Karnataka. She has done her schooling in Bangalore. She has been modelling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril soap, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international covergirl face.At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006, thus cementing her reputation as a supermodel. She also bagged two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year.