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{{Short description|British fashion model (born 1995)}}
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{{Infobox model
| name = Neelam Gill
| image = Neelam Gill 2015.jpg
| caption = Gill in 2015
| birth_name = Neelam Johal<ref name="The Independent 2014"/><ref name="Neelam Instagram">{{cite web | title=Instagram: Neelam Gill| quote=Before people start asking why I have changed my second name from Johal to Gill, I thought it was better for me to explain. My parents divorced when I was young, and I have no contact with my biological father. The man in the picture is my 'stepdad' but in my heart he is my real Dad because he has been the one who has raised me and loved me like no other. He is truly one in a million and I've been meaning to change my last name for a long time because I'm proud to be his daughter. | website=Instagram | date=16 January 2014 | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/jPWyUFHbHa/ | access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|4|27}}
| birth_place = [[Coventry]], United Kingdom<ref name="Models.com 2013">{{cite web | title=Model of the Week: Neelam Gill| url=http://models.com/newfaces/modeloftheweek/31565 | website=Models.com | date=27 September 2013 | access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>
| occupation = {{flat list|
* Fashion model
}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| height = 5 ft 10 in<ref name="Models.com 2013"/>
| haircolor = Brown
| eyecolor = Brown
| relatives =
| agency = {{Plainlist|
* [[Creative Artists Agency|CAA]] (New York)
* IMM Bruxelles (Brussels)
* Le Management (Copenhagen)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/neelam-gill|title=Neelam Gill – Model|website=Models.com}}</ref> }}
}}
'''Neelam Kaur Gill''' (born 27 April 1995) is a British fashion model. She has worked with [[Burberry]], [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] and appeared in ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.

==Personal life==
Neelam Kaur Gill was born in [[Coventry]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]] on 27 April 1995 and resides in [[London]] as of 2014.<ref name="Vogue India 2014"/><ref name="FRUK 2014">{{cite web | title=Neelam Gill First Ever Sikh Model | website=FRUK | date=5 May 2014 | url=http://www.frukmagazine.com/neelam-gill-first-ever-sikh-model/ | access-date=7 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132409/http://www.frukmagazine.com/neelam-gill-first-ever-sikh-model/ | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="IBNLive 2015">{{cite web | title=Neelam Gill: Meet British-Indian Burberry model who got even with racist bullies on Twitter | website=IBNLive | date=7 October 2015 | url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lifestyle/neelam-gill-meet-british-indian-burberry-model-who-got-even-with-racist-bullies-on-twitter-1148110.html | access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> Her grandparents were born in [[India]] and are [[Sikhs]] from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="Vogue India 2014"/> Gill has spoken about bullying, depression and body confidence issues via her [[YouTube]] channel and also said that she "feels sorry" for [[Internet troll|online trolls]].<ref name="Strang 2015">{{cite web | last=Strang | first=Fay | title=Model Neelam Gill discusses bullying experience with bearded lady | website=mirror | date=5 October 2015 | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/zayn-maliks-former-love-interest-6578279 | access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
At the age of fourteen, Gill signed with [[NEXT Model Management]]. She has appeared in ''[[Vogue India]]''.<ref name="Vogue India 2014">{{cite web | title=Neelam Johal's crazy modelling story | website=Vogue India | date=15 January 2014 | url=http://www.vogue.in/content/neelam-johals-crazy-modelling-story/ | access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> In September 2013, she made her debut on the catwalk for [[Burberry|Burberry’s]] fashion show during [[London Fashion Week]]. In 2014, Gill became the first Indian model featured in a Burberry campaign.<ref name="The Independent 2014">{{cite web | title=Burberry enlists first Indian model Neelam Gill as its new beauty muse | website=The Independent | date=22 August 2014 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/burberry-enlists-first-indian-model-as-its-new-beauty-muse-9685846.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/burberry-enlists-first-indian-model-as-its-new-beauty-muse-9685846.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> In November 2015, she became the face of [[Abercrombie & Fitch]].<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|first=Olivia|last=Lidbury|title=Meet Neelam Gill, Abercrombie & Fitch's outspoken new British model|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/neelam-gill-abercrombie-fitch-new-star/|website=The Daily Telegraph|date=3 November 2015|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> She has walked for [[Kanye West]]'s Fashion Week Show and [[Dior]].<ref name="Lynch 2015">{{cite web | last=Lynch | first=Alison | title=Meet the British-Indian model who's changing the face of Abercrombie & Fitch | website=Metro | date=5 November 2015 | url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/meet-the-british-indian-model-whos-changing-the-face-of-abercrombie-fitch-5481472/ | access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref>

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[[Category:British Sikhs]]
[[Category:British people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:British female models]]
[[Category:People from Coventry]]

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