Pooja Chitgopekar

Pooja Chitgopekar
Pooja at the Miss Earth 2007 contest
Born
Pooja Chitgopekar

Manchester, England[1]
EducationUniversity of Auckland
Height5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorDark brown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Earth 2007
(Miss Earth – Air)

Pooja Chitgopekar (born 1985) is an Indian doctor, model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented India in the international Miss Earth 2007 beauty pageant on 11 November and would later become Miss Earth Air in 2007.[2] Miss Earth Air is Miss Earth's equivalent for first runner-up. She went to one of the top private schools, Diocesan School For Girls in Auckland.

She won Miss India Earth, one of the three titles annually given by Femina India in Mumbai; the other two titles went to Puja Gupta Miss India Universe and Sarah Jane Dias Miss India World. She was crowned by Amruta Patki who was the first runner-up at Miss Earth 2006. Like Amruta, she also ended as first runner-up in the Miss Earth contest.

Pooja received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery commensurate with MD from the University of Auckland in 2011.[3]

Pooja got married on 7 January 2011 to Vikram Kumar, Vice Chairman of AVG Advanced Technologies, from Chicago, IL.[4] Their wedding took place in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6] Pooja is currently a Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon at Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago.

References

  1. ^ "India Times". Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
  2. ^ Kesharwani, Manoj (19 October 2007). "Pooja Chitgopekar". Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Pooja Chitgopekar". veethi.com. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Real Wedding: Vikram Kumar and Pooja Chitgopeker (2)". www.indianweddingsite.com. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. ^ Morton, Frances (9 January 2011). "Wedding bill heads for $10m". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Vikram Wedding In Nz Indian Wedding An 'opportunity To Put Nz On The Map'". World News. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Earth - Air
2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss Earth India
2007 		Succeeded by