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Neelam Gill

British fashion model

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ22004550
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Neelam Kaur Gill (born 27 April 1995) is a British fashion model and activist. She has worked with Burberry, Abercrombie & Fitch and appeared in Vogue magazine.

Early life

Neelam Kaur Gill was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England on 27 April 1995. Her grandparents were born in India and are Sikhs from Punjab. She uses her stepfathers surname in her modelling career.

Career

As a young teenager Gill wanted to be a fashion journalist. She was spotted at the age of thirteen by a scout at The Clothes Show Live, then at the age of fourteen, she signed with NEXT Model Management.

In September 2013, Gill made her catwalk debut for Burberry’s fashion show during London Fashion Week. In 2014, she became the first Indian model featured in a Burberry campaign. In November 2015, she became the face of Abercrombie & Fitch.

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“Neelam Gill” enters the record as british fashion model. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Neelam, Gill and British can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2013, 2014, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-04-27. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Neelam, Gill and British.
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