Ace bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor and Frieda Pinto will represent the Indian diaspora at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival that will be held from 11- 12th May, 2011. The women will also represent L'Oreal Paris at the Cannes Film Festival. “Being at Cannes for L’Oreal Paris has been an absolute pleasure and to experience this for the tenth consecutive year has been quite overwhelming. I thank the L’Oreal Paris team and the Cannes Film Festival for inviting me every year to represent India at one of the most glamorous red carpets on the world platform, celebrating cinema, showbiz, beauty, diversity and excellence. Several countries have always had more than one L’Oreal Paris spokeswoman at Cannes and I’m glad India is finally getting the same recognition. I am happy that with Sonam and Freida, both beautiful women, being invited to the festival this year, India will have a stronger presence, which is a clear sign of the growing importance of the country.”, Aishwarya was quoted as saying.

On her part Sonam said that it has always been her dream to walk the red carpet at Cannes.  “It has always been my dream to walk the red carpet at Cannes and it is soon going to be a reality thanks to L’Oreal Paris. I look forward to meeting actors and film makers from the world over and attending screenings of some interesting films. But what excites me the most is meeting the L’Oreal Paris international dream team of make-up artistes and seeing how they transform me for one of the most glamorous red carpets in the world.”, the actress was quoted as saying.