Farrah Storr (born 8 November 1978)2018 "Storr, Farrah, (born 8 Nov. 1978), Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan, since 2015." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 4 Dec. 2018 is a British journalist, and the editor of the UK edition of ''

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''. She previously worked on several UK magazines, winning a PPA Award and a BSME Award in 2018 as editor-in-chief of ''

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''. Storr wrote ''The Discomfort Zone'' in 2018.

Career

Storr's first job was working on ''Women and Home'', at age 23. She moved onto ''

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'', then ''

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'' and then ''

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''. Storr has been features editor of ''

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'' and deputy editor of ''Top Santé''. Storr launched the UK edition of ''

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''. A 2017 report by ''

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'' and

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listed Storr as one of the 1000 most powerful people in the United Kingdom, making her one of seven BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) women to be included on the list. Storr became editor of the UK edition of ''

'' in July 2015. Storr sparked controversy by choosing plus-size model

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for the front cover of the magazine, with some people viewing the move as glorification of obesity, and

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calling it "dangerous and misguided". Storr appeared on '' Good Morning Britain'', which Morgan co-hosts, and argued that Holliday was chosen to "explain that there is a different way to look" in "a culture which venerates being thin". For her work in editing ''Cosmopolitan'', Storr won 2018 Editor of the Year categories in the

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(PPA) Awards and the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Awards. She was also nominated for the Editors' Editor of the Year Award in the 2018 BSME Awards. In 2018, Storr wrote ''The Discomfort Zone: How To Get What You Want by Living Fearlessly''. The book includes personal memoirs, interviews and scientific content, linked by the theme of achieving personal growth by spending time in the "discomfort zone". It was published by

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. In April 2019, it was announced that Storr would be moving from ''Cosmpolitan'' to its sister magazine ''

'', where she held the same role of editor-in-chief.

Personal life

Storr's father Javed Iqbal Butt is Pakistani, and was born in

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, India. Storr grew up in Manchester, and has three siblings. Storr was educated at

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and graduated with a BA in English and French Literature from

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. She is married to fellow journalist

Will Storr Will Storr is a British author, journalist and former photographer. He has been a contributing editor at ''Esquire'' and GQ Australia. He also works as a ghostwriter and public speaker. Career Storr has written six books under his name. ...

References

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