In her latest Instagram story, fashion influencer Urfi Javed gave a reality check about walking the Cannes red carpet.
Fashion influencer-content creator Urfi Javed recently revealed that she had the opportunity to attend the Cannes Film Festival this year but couldn’t as her visa was rejected.
Now, she has posted another note on social media, stating that walking the Cannes red carpet is ‘no achievement’ unless one’s film is premiering. Urfi also pointed out that brands usually sponsor influencers or celebrities and people even buy tickets for the prestigious film festival in France.
On Friday, Oorfi wrote on her story on her Instagram handle, “Going to Cannes is an opportunity that is not based on your merit. Brands buy tickets for the red carpet and give them to influencers/celebrities to represent the brand. Tickets can also be bought individually. Walking the Cannes red carpet is not an achievement, not even for me. It’s an opportunity to promote yourself. That’s the truth. That’s what I said.”
She further added, “Unless your film is premiering at the festival (yes, then it’s an achievement), other than that anyone can do it (if you have the money or brands are willing to sponsor you).”
Earlier, Oorfi Javed had shared a post about her visa rejection and business failure. “I wasn’t uploading anything or getting seen anywhere because I was going through a phase. My business didn’t work out. I tried a lot of other different things but only faced rejection,” Oorfi wrote.
She further added, “Through Indie Wild I got a chance to go to Cannes. (Thanks a lot to Deepa Khosla and Kshitij Kankaria) but as fate would have it my visa got rejected.
I’m sure many of you are going through rejections yourself and I would love to know your stories. Let’s support each other and encourage each other. If you look carefully every rejection is an opportunity. After so many rejections in life. I’m not going to stop and you shouldn’t either.”
Urfi Javed said walking the Cannes red carpet is ‘no achievement’ in emotional post after visa rejection: ‘It’s not based on merit’
