A video of Nancy Tyagi, the fashionista who made waves at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, is now going viral again — but for entirely different reasons. The clip shows Nancy walking hand in hand with her manager onto the red carpet at the GQ Best Dressed List event on Friday evening, visibly nervous and on the verge of tears. Despite her manager’s efforts to calm her and instruct her on posing for the cameras, Nancy couldn’t muster a smile, clearly overwhelmed by the moment.

A post shared by Varinder Chawla (@varindertchawla) Her success story felt like a personal victory for many in Bollywood, with her rise being celebrated across the industry. However, her latest red-carpet appearance has sparked a new conversation, putting under spotlight the pressures of fame and the emotional toll it can take. Many took to the comments section of the video to boost her morale.

One comment read, “She is too talented but she is scared as hell...

keep going girl.” Another rued, “She is talented and should have had a career in fashion. but as usual she is being turned into a consumer product used only for appearances and entertainment.

Typical influencer stuff. Many also wrote, “Keep going, girl.” Born and raised in the small village of Baranwa village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, Nancy’s rise to the fashion elite has been nothing short of dreamy.

Her breakthrough came when she walked the red carpet at Cannes in an ensemble of her own design, making hist.