Renee Kujur is an Indian fashion model. She is known as a doppelganger to international R&B singer Rihanna. She is also called ''Rihanna 2.0'' or ''India's very own Rihanna

Personal life

Renee Kujur was born in a Kurukh ''

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) family in 1985 in Pirai village of Bagicha Tehsil in

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n state of Chhattisgarh. She faced prejudice and criticism for her skin tone and features. 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. She was called ''kaali'' (a girl with dark skin) in her teenage. She started working at

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store as sales staff where people started noticing that she look like Rihanna. Once she realized her resemblance to Rihanna, things changed for her. She revealed that she would her journey will complete the day she meet her idol Rihanna.

Career

Renee Kujur works as a model based in Malviya Nagar,

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. Her photos of striking resemblance to Rihanna made her internet sensation. She works for Satin Models India and has worked with designers like Pam Mehta, Chetan Chiller and Vijay Balhara. She walked for

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and Asian Designer Week. She did modeling for brands like

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and Nift. She was felicitated by

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(FDCI) at 2018 India Couture Week gala. She is working to combat discrimination against dark-skinned models around the world. In 2019, she participated in the first season of India's modelling competition,

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References

External links

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Indian Rihanna: Renee Kujur’s journey from flout to ‘Indian Rihanna’.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kujur, Renee Living people 1994 births Indian female models Female models from Delhi