As she graced the Venice red carpet with husband Brooklyn Beckham on her arm, Nicola Peltz no doubt basked in the spotlight when she accepted her Rising Star award earlier this month.
But despite organisers crediting her win to her ‘increasingly multifaceted roles, both in front of and behind the camera’, it seems that the honour could be less merit-based than was once thought.
Questions have been raised around whether Nicola’s win was simply a ‘pay to play’ marketing ploy to promote her upcoming indie film Prima.
The actress had jetted to Venice to accept the award at the same time its prestigious
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