Neelam Gill

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Born
Neelam Kaur Gill[1][2]

(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 30)
Coventry, United Kingdom[3]
Occupation
  • Fashion model
Yearsactive2011–present
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[3]
Neelam Gill
Gill in 2015
Born
Neelam Kaur Gill[1][2]

(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 30)
Coventry, United Kingdom[3]
Occupation
  • Fashion model
Years active2011–present
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[3]
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Agency
  • CAA (New York)
  • IMM Bruxelles (Brussels)
  • Le Management (Copenhagen)[4]

Neelam Kaur Gill (born 27 April 1995) is a British fashion model and activist. She has worked with Burberry, Abercrombie & Fitch and appeared in Vogue magazine.

Neelam Kaur Gill was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England on 27 April 1995.[5][6][7] Her grandparents were born in India and are Sikhs from Punjab.[5] She uses her stepfathers surname in her modelling career.[8]

Career

As a young teenager Gill wanted to be a fashion journalist.[8] She was spotted at the age of thirteen by a scout at The Clothes Show Live,[8] then at the age of fourteen, she signed with NEXT Model Management.

In September 2013, Gill made her catwalk debut for Burberry’s fashion show during London Fashion Week.[8] In 2014, she became the first Indian model featured in a Burberry campaign.[1][9] In November 2015, she became the face of Abercrombie & Fitch.[10] Gill along with Suki Waterhouse wore sarees in a video shoot at Heathrow Airport for an advert for British Airways.[11] In 2017 she became the first British Indian ambassador of L’Oréal Paris.[12] In both 2024 and 2025 she walked the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York.[13][14] She has also walked for Kanye West's Fashion Week Show, Indian designer Rohit Bal and Dior.[15]

She has appeared in Vogue India,[5] as the first Marie Claire digital cover star,[12] and in 2017 was featured on the cover of Stylist magazine.[16]

Activism

References

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