Karan Oberoi (born 26 September 1987) also known by his initials KO, is an Indian fashion model, actor and fitness model. He began his career as a graphic designer for an advertising firm, and accidentally veered into modelling while on the job. Karan has been a chosen model for some of the advertising campaigns in India for brands like

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and Isuzu and has walked for bigwigs in the fashion industry such as Rohit Bal, Shantanu & Nikhil and Rajesh Pratap Singh. He is also seen on the cover of magazines such as

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and Health & Nutrition.

Early life and education

Karan Oberoi was born and brought up in a

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family in

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. His mother, Jasvinder Oberoi, is an associate professor of

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in one of the colleges in

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

and his father, G.S. Oberoi worked in a public sector bank. He earned his bachelor's degree in Commerce and a post graduate diploma in Mass Media from

. He then earned an MBA in International Business from Amity International Business School, Noida.

Work

Karan's first job was as a graphic designer for an advertising agency. He has also learnt acting from Anupam Kher's Acting School, Actor Prepares. As a fashion model Oberoi has walked for Fashion designers such as

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, Shantanu & Nikhil,

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, Arjun Khanna and for brands like

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and

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. He is also seen walking for designers in fashion weeks

Lakme Fashion Week Lakmé Fashion Week is a bi-annual fashion week which takes place in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Its ''Summer-Resort'' show takes place in April while the ''Winter-Festive'' show takes place in August. History The event first took place in 19 ...

, Wills Fashion Week, Beach Resort Fashion Week, GQ Fashion Nights and India Couture Week. He has been the poster boy of FBB brand for two consecutive years, and has modelled for

motorcycles & Riding Apparels, Reebok India and Japanese Automobile brand Isuzu. He has appeared on the cover for ''Health & Nutrition'' and ''

''. He was the official brand ambassador for British Nutrition. In September 2019, Karan was invited as a celebrity guest on Times Food's cooking show, ''Cooking with Celebs''.

Awards and recognition

Oberoi was awarded as 'Top Fitness Model' by HT Brunch in early 2018. He won the title of 'Best Body' at Mr. India International. At the

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held in April 2018, he won the 'Youth Icon Model of the Year'. He was labelled as "Hottie of the fortnight" by ''

Filmfare ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English language, English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, r ...

magazine''. In March 2018, he was featured in the list of 'India's top supermodels' by

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. He was appointed as the 'World Peace Messenger' in June 2018 by the World Peace and Diplomacy Organization, a part of

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in June 2018.

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