Deepika Padukone, despite being an internationally recognized Indian actress, was misidentified as Camila Alves by Getty and Vogue in their Oscars 2023 coverage.
Deepika, who was one of the Oscar presenters, introduced a rousing performance of RRR’s Oscar-winning viral track “Naatu Naatu”, and has been on the international circuit – Cannes jury and a FIFA World Cup last year, but apparently Western media “can’t tell her apart from Matthew McConaughey’s wife Camila,” reports NDTV.
Deepika wore a black Louis Vuitton to the Oscars, and she “did not resemble” Camila, a Brazilian model and designer, it said.
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