Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress. Deepika Padukone is daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to make it big in showbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, at eleven months old she moved to Mangalore, Karnataka when her family returned to India
She attended high school in Dehli. She was a proud member of the dance club run by her father. She has been modeling for advertising Liril soap, Dabur Lal powder Part plus shampoo and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery festival. 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. She also won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year. She recently did a commercial for Moods condoms. She is a brand ambassador for Kingfisher Airlines
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