India, May 29 -- Imagine a mundane store assistant gig in a posh Gucci outlet in Madrid, actually becoming your stepping stone to a great, grand life.

That's exactly the modern day fairytale Georgina Rodriguez is living. 22 at the time, global football sensation Cristiano Ronaldo began courting her, there really was no predicting how far ahead her life would leap in the near future.

Over the course of nearly a decade, Cristiano and Georgina have built a lovely and lavish life together, their current chapter finds them in Riyadh, with the former playing for the Al Nassr FC. During a chat with Vogue Arabia - conducted by Cristiano on-call nonetheless! - Georgina, who has either which way worked tirelessly to be perceived as more than just...