Renee Kujur
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1985 (age 39–40)[1]
- Fashion model
Renee Kujur | |
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| Born | Renu Kujur 1985 (age 39–40)[1] |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70m) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Agency | Beverly Models Benz and Beadz Models India Satin Models India TFM/360 Models India |
Renee Kujur is an Indian fashion model.[2] She is known as a doppelganger to international R&B singer Rihanna.[3] She is also called Rihanna 2.0[4] or India's very own Rihanna[5]
Renee Kujur was born in a Kurukh Adivasi (Scheduled Tribe) family[6] in 1985 in Pirai village of Bagicha Tehsil in Jashpur district of Indian state of Chhattisgarh.[7] She faced prejudice and criticism for her skin tone and features.[8] When she was 3 years old, she was called 'black-fairy' by her classmates as she participated in a fancy dress competition at her school as a fairy. The incident had a lasting effect on her as a 3-year-old kid.[9] She was called kaali (a girl with dark skin) in her teenage.[10] She started working at Tommy Hilfiger store as sales staff where people started noticing that she look like Rihanna.[11] Once she realized her resemblance to Rihanna, things changed for her.[12] She revealed that she would her journey will complete the day she meet her idol Rihanna.[13]