{{short description|Indian fashion model (born 1991)}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox model | name = Pooja Mor | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|11|06}} | birth_place = Uttar Pradesh, India | occupation = Model | years_active =2013 - present | height = {{height|m=1.75}} | haircolor = Brown | eyecolor = Brown | agency = Elite Model Management (New York, Los Angeles) <br /> VIVA Model Management (Paris, London) <br /> Special Management (Milan) <br /> Amina Creative Management (Mumbai) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/Pooja-Mor|title=Pooja Mor - Model}}</ref> | website = }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150514/lifestyle-offbeat/article/risk-paid|title=A risk that paid off|website=Deccan Chronicle|date=14 May 2015|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref> During this time she entered her second beauty pageant, Indian Princess 2013 and represented her city of Ahmedabad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianprincessfashion.com/contestants2013.asp#!prettyPhoto|title=Indian Princess : Contestants - 2012|website=www.indianprincessfashion.com|access-date=2016-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524050742/http://www.indianprincessfashion.com/contestants2013.asp#!prettyPhoto|archive-date=24 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pooja Mor went unplaced at Indian Princess International & Indian Princess which was won by Jannatul Ferdoush Peya & Sharan Fernandes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aplatestnews.com/pressrelpic.php?idx=Indian-Princess-International-Winners-2013-Models-Sizzle-at-Grand-Finale|title=Indian Princess International Winners 2013 - Models Sizzle at Grand Finale - Pictures - APLatestNews|website=www.aplatestnews.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianprincessfashion.com/pastEvent-2013.asp|title=Indian Princess : Past Events|website=www.indianprincessfashion.com|access-date=2016-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524050757/http://www.indianprincessfashion.com/pastEvent-2013.asp|archive-date=24 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pooja Mor and Jannatul Peya crossed paths again after Indian Princess 2013, both women sharing the October 2016 Vogue India cover.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/these-talented-and-driven-women-are-the-perfect-ambassadors-for-diversity/|title=These talented and driven women are the perfect ambassadors for diversity|date=2016-10-07|work=VOGUE India|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}</ref>
Working as a freelance model in Delhi, Mor was featured in the November issue of ''Femina India'' in 2013.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Femina India|publisher=Femina India|date=November 2013|location=India}}</ref> She was later contacted and signed by her current Indian mother agency, Anima Creative Management.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|url=http://couturerani.com/interview/2015/05/model-crush-pooja-mor/|title=Model Crush: Pooja Mor {{!}} Couture Rani|date=2015-05-15|website=Couture Rani|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":22" />
In Spring/Summer 2016, Mor walked for Givenchy in New York. Mor's catwalk fall went viral across the web.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/candice-swanepoel-falls-runway-givenchy-show-article-1.2358028|title=Candice Swanepoel falls on runway during Givenchy show|website=NY Daily News|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pophangover.com/49149/candice-swanepoel-pooja-mor-fall-down-runway-nyfw/|title=Candice Swanepoel and Pooja Mor Fall Down on the Runway|date=2015-09-12|website=POPHANGOVER|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027105357/http://www.pophangover.com/49149/candice-swanepoel-pooja-mor-fall-down-runway-nyfw/|archive-date=27 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hot News|title=Models Candice Swanepoel & Pooja Mor fall down during Givenchy Spring/Summer 2016 fashion show|date=2015-09-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_8BNGjX_vU|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref> In 2016, Mor relocated to New York City to pursue further opportunities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/pooja-mor|title=Pooja Mor is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2017|work=The Business of Fashion|access-date=2018-09-01|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/Filles/top-indian-female-models-in-fashion-meet-pooja-mor-from-ahmedabad-gujarat|title=Top Indian female models in fashion: Meet Pooja Mor from Ahmedabad, Gujarat|website=www.lofficielsingapore.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> Mor has appeared on covers of ''Vogue Italia'', ''Vogue'' Arabia, ''Vogue India'', ''Numéro'' China, ''Simon'', ''Verve'' and ''Harper's Bazaar'' India. .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://models.com/models/Pooja-Mor|title = Pooja Mor - Model}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28670663|title=Delhi gang rape: India outrage over fashion shoot|work=BBC News|date=6 August 2014|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/this-glamorous-fashion-photo-shoot-depicts-an-indian-woman|title = This Fashion Photo Shoot Depicts an Indian Woman Being Abused by Several Men on a Bus| website=BuzzFeed | date=5 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/delhi-gang-rape-photoshoot-bus-idINKBN0G810W20140808|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306223946/http://in.reuters.com/article/delhi-gang-rape-photoshoot-bus-idINKBN0G810W20140808|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|title=Parents of Delhi gang rape victim decry fashion shoot that evokes attack|website=Reuters India|date=8 August 2014|language=en-IN|access-date=2016-05-19|last1=Kataria|first1=Sunil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Fashion-shoot-on-Nirbhaya-rape-triggers-outrage/articleshow/39701128.cms|title='Fashion shoot' on Nirbhaya rape triggers outrage - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=5 August 2014 |access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/delhi-gang-rape-fashion-shoot-triggers-outrage_952938.html|title='Delhi gang-rape' fashion shoot triggers outrage|date=2014-08-06|website=Zee News|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref>[http://www.premium-models.com/index.php?model_department=1&model_category=1&lang=en&model_id=1867#]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mor, Pooja}} Category:Living people Category:Female models from Uttar Pradesh Category:1991 births Category:Indian female models