India Today Conclave: Lisa Haydon says women are more than what they wear

Actor and model Lisa Haydon on Friday said women should not care about how they look or what they wear as long as they feel comfortable doing so. "We are more than what we wear. Don't judge me by my clothes," the model-cum-actor said.

Speaking in a session titled 'What Lies Beneath: #I'mMoreThanMyDress' at the India Today Conclave 2015 in New Delhi, the Queen actor said, "Beauty is a feeling. Every woman has a right to feel beautiful, confident, fat and whatever."

When asked if she would say the same if she was fat and ugly, Haydon said, "Even fat and ugly is a feeling."

Haydon narrated anecdotes about her stint with international modelling in Australia and New York. "I was made fun of for being skinny at school and yet, when I went to the modelling agency, they asked me to shed 5 kilos," she said.

"There is no common denominator for beauty and it changes from person to person," Haydon said during her talk punctuated by audio-visual presentation prepared by her specially for the event. "It is impossible to wear clothes without transmitting social signals," she said.