Aishwarya Rai: Her face, Her rules

What Aishwarya Rai does with her face, her body, her life is nobody’s business but hers.

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00:00This is not just a fan moment.

00:05This is someone saying Aishwara Rai changed the course of their life.

00:08That's the kind of impact she carries even today.

00:11But while one man stands before her with admiration,

00:13behind the screens, thousands line up with something else.

00:16Judgment.

00:17Trolling her face, her age, her body as if any of it belongs to them.

00:21At L'Oreal Paris Fashion Week, Aishwara continues to walk international runways,

00:25remains the face of a global brand and remains an icon at 50.

00:29And yet some corners of the internet reduce her to one question.

00:32What happened to her face?

00:34This is not new.

00:35After her pregnancy, she was criticized for gaining weight.

00:38A natural change turned into public scrutiny.

00:40At Cannes, her bold gowns and colorful makeup were dissected and mocked.

00:44Every red carpet appearance, every advertisement, every public moment

00:48becomes a battlefield for trolls.

00:49And this for a woman who was once crowned the most beautiful woman in the world.

00:53A woman who carried Indian cinema to global red carpets,

00:56who made L'Oreal say, because you're worth it, in an Indian accent,

01:00who is still leading fashion weeks worldwide.

01:02Here's the truth.

01:03What Aishwara Raya does with her face, her body or her life is nobody's business but hers.

01:08She doesn't owe anyone youth.

01:09She doesn't owe anyone perfection.

01:11She doesn't owe anyone the version of herself frozen in time.

01:14If even Aishwara Raya, the most beautiful woman in the world,

01:17can't exist publicly without being torn apart,

01:20what does that say about how we treat women everywhere?

01:22Maybe the real story isn't her face.

01:24Maybe it's ours, the obsession, the cruelty, the entitlement.