Indian models, who are making a mark globally today, are ripping apart the status quo, deep-seated industry prejudices and home truths that try to box them in. Verve welcomes their confidence, candour and convictions, and raises a toast to these showstoppers
Dream Start — Pooja Mor
Just like that, she was in the Big Apple, all thanks to a series of happy accidents. Yet, it was not just serendipity or pure luck. For this Verve cover girl, and how many can say this, her international debut with Louis Vuitton was merely her breakout moment, not the pinnacle of her career. And since then, the 24-year-old has already worked for Stella McCartney, Narciso Rodriguez, Roberto Cavalli, Missoni, Elie Saab, Alexander McQueen and more. Definitely the It girl at the moment, these are Pooja Mor’s days in the sun....
“I feel lIke I can make a movIe on my journey from BareIlly to NYC. It has been incredibly dramatic. I was approached to enter a pageant while I was in university and I ended up winning the Ahmedabad regional finals. But I was concentrating on completing my studies first, so I decided to move to Delhi and give modelling a go after I had graduated. My agent saw a picture of mine in an online catalogue I had shot, and recruited me. Then once, I was on a shoot in Mumbai with one of my friends who is represented by an international agency. Goofing around,we took a few behind-the-scenes pictures, which her agency saw. And now I’m here in NY.”
“I had to fly to LA to meet Nicolas (GhesquIère) before he confirmed me for a Louis Vuitton show. I went and met him and he said, ‘Well, we will see you in two days at Palm Springs!’ This was such a dream come true as it was Nicolas, the location Bob Hope’s house, and because of the timing which was sunset, the music and the clothes!”
This story is from the May 2016 edition of Verve.
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