Pooja Mor

Pooja Mor
Pooja Mor
Born (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991
Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality India
Occupation
  • Fashion Model & Former Beauty Queen
Years active 2013 - present
Modeling information
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Agency Elite Model Management (New York, Beverly Hills)
viva Model Management (Paris)
Special Management (Milan)
Premier Model Management (London)
Amina Creative Management (Mumbai) [1]

Pooja Mor is an Indian Fashion Model[2] and former Beauty Queen.[3] Pooja Mor debuted as an International fashion model at Louis Vuitton's Cruise 2016 runway show in Palm Springs in 2015.[4]

Career

Whilst at university, Pooja Mor won the Ahmedabad regional finals for the Clean & Clear Ahmedabad Times Fresh Face in 2012.[5] After her studies she left Gujarat and told her parents she was going on vacation, instead went to Delhi to try fashion modelling.[6] During this time she entered her second beauty pageant, Indian Princess 2013 and represented her city of Ahmedabad.[7] Pooja Mor went unplaced at Indian Princess International & Indian Princess which was won by Jannatul Ferdoush Peya & Sharan Fernandes.[8][9] Pooja Mor & Jannatul Peya crossed paths again after Indian Princess 2013, both women sharing the October 2016 Vogue India cover.[10]

Working as a freelance model in Delhi, Pooja was featured in the November issue of Femina India in 2013.[11] She was later contacted and signed by her current Indian mother agency, Anima Creative Management.[12] Whilst working in India, another model with Elite Model Management took a photo of Pooja and posted it on Instagram, from there interest came from Elite New York who signed her in 2015.[12]

Her debut show was on the Louis Vuitton runway for the Cruise Show collection in 2015. In Spring/Summer 2016, Riccardo Tisci brought Givenchy to New York, where Pooja Mor took a nasty fall, which went viral across the web.[13][14][15][16] In 2016, Mor relocated to New York City to pursue further opportunities.[17]

As a fashion model Mor has walked for Stella McCartney, Roberto Cavalli, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, J.W Anderson, Dolce & Gabbana, Prabal Gurung, Altuzarra, Elie Saab and Topshop.[18]. Mor has appeared on covers of Vogue Italia, Vogue Arabia, Vogue India, Numéro China, Simon, Verve and Harper's Bazaar India. .[19] Steven Meisel has shot Mor for Vogue Italia, Patrick Demarchelier, Willy Vanderperre, and Charlotte Wales have all shot Pooja for spreads in US Vogue.[20]

Pooja Mor became embroiled in controversy in 2014, when she was depicted as part of the Delhi Gang Rape photoshoot, titled ‘The Wrong Turn’ which went viral on the internet for glamorising the gang rape and subsequent death of an Indian medical student.[21][22][23][24][25]


References

  1. ↑ https://models.com/models/Pooja-Mor
  2. ↑ "Pooja Mor Profile".
  3. ↑ "Indian Princess Contestants 2013".
  4. ↑ "ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT | POOJA MOR | PORTFOLIO". www.elitemodel.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  5. ↑ "Interview: Model Pooja Mor". Teen Eye Magazine. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "A risk that paid off". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Indian Princess : Contestants - 2012". www.indianprincessfashion.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  8. ↑ "Indian Princess International Winners 2013 - Models Sizzle at Grand Finale - Pictures - APLatestNews". www.aplatestnews.com. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  9. ↑ "Indian Princess : Past Events". www.indianprincessfashion.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  10. ↑ "These talented and driven women are the perfect ambassadors for diversity". VOGUE India. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  11. ↑ Femina India. India: Femina India. November 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Model Crush: Pooja Mor | Couture Rani". Couture Rani. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  13. ↑ "Candice Swanepoel And Pooja Mor Fell Hard On The Runway During New York Fashion Week — See Both Spills HERE!". perezhilton.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  14. ↑ "Candice Swanepoel falls on runway during Givenchy show". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  15. ↑ "Candice Swanepoel and Pooja Mor Fall Down on the Runway". POPHANGOVER. 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  16. ↑ Hot News (2015-09-13), Models Candice Swanepoel & Pooja Mor fall down during Givenchy Spring/Summer 2016 fashion show, retrieved 2016-05-19
  17. ↑ "Pooja Mor is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2017". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  18. ↑ "Top Indian female models in fashion: Meet Pooja Mor from Ahmedabad, Gujarat". www.lofficielsingapore.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  19. ↑ http://models.com/models/Pooja-Mor
  20. ↑ "ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT | POOJA MOR | PORTFOLIO". www.elitemodel.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  21. ↑ "Delhi gang rape: India outrage over fashion shoot". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  22. ↑ https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/this-glamorous-fashion-photo-shoot-depicts-an-indian-woman
  23. ↑ "Parents of Delhi gang rape victim decry fashion shoot that evokes attack". Reuters India. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  24. ↑ "'Fashion shoot' on Nirbhaya rape triggers outrage - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  25. ↑ "`Delhi gang-rape` fashion shoot triggers outrage". Zee News. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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