Genelia Crowned As The Brand Ambassador Of The Year

Genelia D’Souza has been crowned as the Brand Ambassador of the Year by CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards. Last year Shah Rukh Khan had won the title.

The actress currently endorses nine brands including Cadbury’s Perk, Fanta, Spinz, Dabur Vatika, LG Cookie, Virgin, Margo, Garnier and Fasttrack.

"It is an honour that CNBC AWAAZ and the Indian consumers have chosen to bestow this award on me and I couldn’t be happier. Stalwarts like Shah Rukh and Akshay Kumar have been awarded this prestigious title in the past and I’m only glad that people think I’m worthy of the same," Genelia said.

"This award symbolises a bridge between the consumer and the brand and I consider it a huge responsibility. I hope I continue to do even better in the future and I’m sure I will as I have a very strong team with me that helps me build, grow and sustain. My success is as much theirs as it is mine," she added.

The award was announced late on June 28. (IANS)

I Did Not Want To Hurt Tamil Sentiments-Actress Genelia

Genelia says she is very much in Mumbai and is busy with one of her endorsements. Genelia said: “I’m very much in Mumbai doing an ad shoot and will be in Chennai on Sunday to complete my film with Dhanush.

Actually I was supposed to perform with Saif and Shah Rukh Khan, and was also to walk the ramp with Manish Malhotra at IIFA, but I have opted out of IIFA, as I did not want to hurt Tamil sentiments.

I refused to go for IIFA only because of my deep love and commitment to Tamil cinema and its audiences who were extra good to me.” In fact the actress has just tweeted- “Sitting at home checking all the news and all the tweets on IIFA. I won't make it this year, looking forward to it next year.”