Carol Gracias still looks fresh as a daisy with her youthful effervescence and guileless charm and it is hard for many to believe that this model from Bandra, Mumbai has had a career spanning over ten yeard now in the world of glitz and glamour. She won over the fashion fraternity with her catchy enthusiasm and determination which soon designers were vying for her to be in their shows.
Carol was thrust into the limelight after she won the Femina Elite Look of the Year in 1998 and soon had her first campaign with De Beers. What started off as a means to gain independence soon became a vocation which had her travelling to various locations for modelling assignments. Her lithe frame, exotic features, olive skin and the tremendous poise with which she carries herself has gained her respect and popularity in the industry. She has been called the “perfect clothes-horse” and has herself ackowledged that clothes hang well on skinny people. She is extremely impressionable and she has the potential to carry off any sort of garment with the right attitude.
Carol received a certain amount of bad press after a fiasco on the catwalk in terms of a wardrobe malfunction in 2006. Many accused her of trying to pull a cheap publicity gimmick and charged her and the Lakme India Fashion Week alongwith the designers for promoting obscenity. But the grace with which she handled the whole situation is truly commendable. She did not release any press interviews justifying herself but remained silent throughout and let the storm blow over. She won several hearts in the process. She no doubt suffered a great deal of embarrassment and humiliation but she did not let that dampen her spirit and carried on with a chutzpah worthy of an applause.
She has been seen on reality television when she appeared on Big Boss and Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi 2, and in cinemas in small roles- a cameo in Being Cyrus and in a music video for Bluffmaster. She was probably the most loved person on Big Boss for standing her ground against the often loud Rakhi Sawant. She is not averse to a future in television or movies but feels that unlike some of her contemporaries, she is not made to dance around trees or be someone’s ‘Maa’ or ‘Bahu’.
Her reservedness has at times been misinterpreted as arrogance but the people close to her will vouche that none of that is true. She has made friends in the industry but states pragmatically that not all can be one’s friends. She remains cordial with most and tries to maintain a low-profile.
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