Hollywood beauty and Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is currently on cloud 9 as she will be honoured with International Icon award at the 17th edition of the gala. She will be making her debut at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) gala in Madrid.

The renowned IIFA awards are known as Bollywood's Oscars and it is held every year to honour the best of Hindi cinema. Sources say that, Freida will be getting the honour for her recognition that she has niched of her own in world cinema through movie like 'Slumdog Millionaire', 'Miral', 'Day of the Falcon', 'Immortals', 'Desert Dancer' and 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'. She has also been part of social cause like Girl Rising` campaign or to solve the issue of gender disparity in Hollywood.

A close source revealed that, after attending the awards ceremony on Sunday, Freida will be flying off to Monrovia (capital of Liberia) where she will be joining the First Lady of the US Michelle Obama for Let Girls Learn - a government initiative aimed at helping girls obtain quality education.