Pooja Mor

Pooja Mor
Born (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 33)
Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationModel
Years active2013 - present
Modeling information
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
AgencyElite Model Management (New York, Los Angeles)
VIVA Model Management (Paris, London)
Special Management (Milan)
Amina Creative Management (Mumbai) [1]

Pooja Mor is an Indian fashion model . Mor debuted at Louis Vuitton's Cruise 2016 runway show in Palm Springs in 2015.

Career

Whilst at university, Pooja Mor won the Ahmedabad regional finals for the Clean & Clear Ahmedabad Times Fresh Face in 2012. After her studies she left Gujarat and told her parents she was going on vacation, instead went to Delhi to try fashion modelling.[2] During this time she entered her second beauty pageant, Indian Princess 2013 and represented her city of Ahmedabad.[3] Pooja Mor went unplaced at Indian Princess International & Indian Princess which was won by Jannatul Ferdoush Peya & Sharan Fernandes.[4][5] Pooja Mor and Jannatul Peya crossed paths again after Indian Princess 2013, both women sharing the October 2016 Vogue India cover.[6]

Working as a freelance model in Delhi, Mor was featured in the November issue of Femina India in 2013.[7] She was later contacted and signed by her current Indian mother agency, Anima Creative Management.[8] Whilst working in India, another model with Elite Model Management took a photo of Pooja and posted it on Instagram, from there came interest from Elite who signed her in 2015.[8]

In Spring/Summer 2016, Mor walked for Givenchy in New York. Mor's catwalk fall went viral across the web.[9][10][11] In 2016, Mor relocated to New York City to pursue further opportunities.[12]

As a fashion model, Mor has walked for Stella McCartney, Roberto Cavalli, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, JW Anderson, Dolce & Gabbana, Prabal Gurung, Altuzarra, Elie Saab and Topshop.[13] Mor has appeared on covers of Vogue Italia, Vogue Arabia, Vogue India, Numéro China, Simon, Verve and Harper's Bazaar India. .[14]

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.[15][16][17][18][19][1]

References

  1. ^ "Pooja Mor - Model".
  2. ^ "A risk that paid off". Deccan Chronicle. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Indian Princess : Contestants - 2012". www.indianprincessfashion.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Indian Princess International Winners 2013 - Models Sizzle at Grand Finale - Pictures - APLatestNews". www.aplatestnews.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Indian Princess : Past Events". www.indianprincessfashion.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ^ "These talented and driven women are the perfect ambassadors for diversity". VOGUE India. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  7. ^ Femina India. India: Femina India. November 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Model Crush: Pooja Mor | Couture Rani". Couture Rani. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Candice Swanepoel falls on runway during Givenchy show". NY Daily News. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Candice Swanepoel and Pooja Mor Fall Down on the Runway". POPHANGOVER. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  11. ^ Hot News (13 September 2015), Models Candice Swanepoel & Pooja Mor fall down during Givenchy Spring/Summer 2016 fashion show, retrieved 19 May 2016
  12. ^ "Pooja Mor is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2017". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Top Indian female models in fashion: Meet Pooja Mor from Ahmedabad, Gujarat". www.lofficielsingapore.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  14. ^ "Pooja Mor - Model".
  15. ^ "Delhi gang rape: India outrage over fashion shoot". BBC News. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  16. ^ "This Fashion Photo Shoot Depicts an Indian Woman Being Abused by Several Men on a Bus". BuzzFeed. 5 August 2014.
  17. ^ Kataria, Sunil (8 August 2014). "Parents of Delhi gang rape victim decry fashion shoot that evokes attack". Reuters India. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  18. ^ "'Fashion shoot' on Nirbhaya rape triggers outrage - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  19. ^ "'Delhi gang-rape' fashion shoot triggers outrage". Zee News. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2016.