On September,11 Sunny Leone becomes the first Bollywood actress to walk at New York Fashion Week but shared her past experience when denied to take her as model. She reveals when asked for her experience, "I was called too fat to be a model."

On September 8, she walked on the ramp and wore a gown designed by Archana Kochhar and looked beautifully amazing. She said, "It was such an amazing feeling. Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a model and when I turned 18, I tried. I was told I was too short, too fat, and too commercial or they were just not interested." 

Also added, "This is my big screw the negative people moment because this too short, too fat, too commercial girl got to walk at New York Fashion Week," she said. After completing her walk she said, "I was so nervous about tripping and falling. Also, this has been a dream for so long, I didn’t believe it was happening"

At the show, she walked with acid-attack survivor Reshma Qureshi and stunned everyone.