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			'''Lakshmi Menon''' (born 4 November 1981) is an Indian [[model (person)\|model]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tADhmInRglI \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/tADhmInRglI \|archive-date=2021-12-20 \|url-status=live\|title=YouTube — Lakshmi Menon Interview \|publisher=M.youtube.com \|date= \|accessdate=2012-09-29}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author=Username or e-mail * \|url=http://www.teendiariesonline.com/blog/?p=3696 \|title=Home \| Teen Diaries \|publisher=Teendiariesonline.com \|date= \|accessdate=2012-09-29 }}{{Dead link\|date=February 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

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'''Lakshmi Menon''' (born 4 November 1981) is an Indian [[model (person)|model]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tADhmInRglI |title=YouTube — Lakshmi Menon Interview |publisher=M.youtube.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Username or e-mail * |url=http://www.teendiariesonline.com/blog/?p=3696 |title=Home | Teen Diaries |publisher=Teendiariesonline.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-29 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Career==
She took up modelling to earn money while studying for a degree in sociology at the [[Bangalore University]].<ref name="India in Vogue">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/this-years-model-how-lakshmi-menon-put-india-in-vogue-1684418.html|title=This year's model: How Lakshmi Menon put India in Vogue|first=Rhiannon|date=17 May 2009|work=The Independent (London)|accessdate=2009-05-17 | last=Harries}}</ref> She married Suhel Seth on Christmas of 2018 in Delhi . A modeling scout approached her and told her she had the height [Menon is 1.8 meters, or 5 feet, 10 inches] to get some ad work. She started modeling full-time after college, but although she worked in India for several years, she says "I never had much success since all the big ad campaigns featured Bollywood starlets". After modelling in India for several years, she began her international career in 2006 after Jean Paul Gaultier saw her work in an Indian magazine while looking for an Indian model to walk in his Chanel show in Paris.<ref name="India in Vogue" /><ref name="NY Times">{{cite web | url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/a-conversation-with-lakshmi-menon/ | title=A Conversation With: Lakshmi Menon}}</ref> A show for [[Jean Paul Gaultier]] was followed by work on the [[Hermès]] catwalk and campaigns for [[Hermès]], [[Max Mara]], [[Givenchy]], [[H&M]], [[J Crew]], [[Bergdorf Goodman]], [[Bloomingdales]], [[Neiman Marcus]], and [[Nordstrom]].<ref name="India in Vogue" />

Menon was featured in French ''Vogue'' editorial for the first time in October 2008, after her Milan show for [[La Perla (clothing)|La Perla]], in which she walked for [[D&G]] and Givenchy. She has also appeared in editorials for American, Spanish, Indian, and French ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', ''[[V (American magazine)|V Magazine]]'', ''[[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]]'', Indian ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', and ''[[Allure (magazine)|Allure]]''. She won the "This year’s Model" crown awarded by ''Vogue'' for 2008.<ref name="Vogue">{{cite web | url=http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-starscelebsmodels/models-and-supermodels/2010/07/lakshmi-menon- | title=Lakshmi Menon | accessdate=27 September 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218115246/http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-starscelebsmodels/models-and-supermodels/2010/07/lakshmi-menon- | archive-date=18 February 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> She was also in the Top 10 Newcomers by Style.com and on the cover of ''Elle'' the same year.<ref name=Vogue />

Indian photographer [[Prabuddha Dasgupta]] said of Menon that "She’s dusky, flawless and the true face of beauty. She’s worked with Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermes, Chanel -- and is the face of the future."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lifestyle/Wellness/Beauty/The_dark_taboo/articleshow/3196129.cms|title=The dark taboo!|last=Walia|first=Nona|date=5 July 2008|work=Times of India|accessdate=2009-05-12}}</ref> ''Vogue'' said in 2008 that she was "quite the embodiment of Givenchy's new-season style".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/080702-lakshmi-menon-is-givenchys-girl.aspx|title=Givenchy's Girl|last=Barnett|first=Leisa|date=2 July 2008|work=Vogue.com|accessdate=2009-05-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519203311/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/080702-lakshmi-menon-is-givenchys-girl.aspx|archivedate=19 May 2009}}</ref>

She featured in the 2011 [[Pirelli Calendar]], photographed by [[Karl Lagerfeld]] and is the first Indian model to feature in a Pirelli calendar.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lakshmi Menon bares all for Pirelli Calendar|url=http://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/lakshmi-menon-bares-all-for-pirelli-calendar-8719/slide/1|accessdate=18 April 2013|newspaper=NDTV}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Menon splits her time between Goa, Alibaug, and Mumbai. Until his untimely death in 2012, her partner of twelve years was the photographer [[Prabuddha Dasgupta]].<ref name="NY Times"/> She was in a relationship with architect [[Bijoy Jain]] in 2013.

In December 2018, she married [[Suhel Seth]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/a-christmas-wedding-for-suhel-seth-and-lakshmi-menon/articleshow/67251633.cms | title=A Christmas wedding for Suhel Seth and Lakshmi Menon | date=26 December 2018 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=22 January 2019 }}</ref> They have a daughter.

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