Karan Oberoi A Dark Horse in the modelling world

Becoming a male model in India is a dream of many young men, as they certainly believe that it is the first step that can take them closer to the glamour world, be that fashion or Bollywood. Many try but a very few of them succeed to accomplish a name.

Many are still confused that who are models and how to differentiate them? Either the ones who walk the ramp or someone who appears in television commercials or the ones who appear in magazine editorials or endorses a fitness brand. 

In recent past, around 2015 models were categorized into fitness as well as fashion models which were never ever heard before since the whole ‘modelling’ scene started two decades ago in India. Fashion models are expected to be at least 6 feet tall in height, preferred to be lean and thin with perfect camera posing sense, style and attitude. 

They are majorly known for walking the ramp, part of fashion editorials or face of aesthetic or fashion labels. Fitness models on the other hand are just like fashion models but with the difference of physique which is ripped, lean and muscular similar to that of a soccer player or any other athlete but at the same time also very photogenic. Fitness models are majorly known to endorse both commercials and fitness brands. 

So, to make this little easier we spoke to “A dark horse” from the Indian modelling industry who is today one of the most successful names we have in the last decade. The road to Karan’s success wasn’t that easy, it all came with patience and tremendous hard work despite of getting an easy break as a model while working for an advertising firm at a very young age. 

He started getting recognition over these last 10 years, he has come a long way now and we wish to see him touching great heights in his career. Today 32-year-old fitness and fashion model Karan Oberoi also referred by his name initials KO, has not just been a successful fashion model all these years but has also earned his name in the space as a fitness model. Karan started his career as a fashion model but with time because of his famous lean and muscular physique he also landed in fitness modelling. 

He is known to endorse a few well-known fitness brands such as British nutrition and Viva fitness. Karan was also voted as a Top fitness model in the year 2018 by Hindustan Times weekly magazine Brunch. As a fashion model, Karan Oberoi has walked the ramp for many famous designers, few such names are Rohit Bal, Arjun Khanna, Rajesh Pratap Singh and Varun Bahl at Lakme India Fashion Week, Wills India Fashion Week, India Couture Week and GQ Fashion Nights, also for well-known international brands such as Aldo, Jack & Jones, Peter England and Lamborghini. 

KO has also appeared on the cover page of world’s leading fitness magazine Men’s Health with Russian supermodel Alena and has also been part of popular advertising campaigns for Reebok, Royal Enfield, FBB, Spunk sportswear and Isuzu. All this together puts him in an exclusive narrow league of models where very few have become that successful. Karan also came in the national limelight in the year 2018 when he was featured in Hindustan Times lifestyle editorials in respect to fashion and fitness every other day. Karan is also one of the most commercial photographed face despite being unconventionally good looking who has worked with many commercial and fashion photographers.

Mantras to become a successful Model -

• Attitude and Aptitude is the key.
• Maintaining the frame – the right balance of lean and bulky.
• Face Care – eating the right food to maintain the glow and have a perfect jawline
• Confidence – posing in front on the camera and walking the ramp with confidence. 

∙ Belief in self – self-doubt cannot let you be in the game for a longer time. Patience is the key.

• Dignity and grace – be it a man or a woman, acting with dignity in all situations will help you stay in the game longer. Bad attitude cannot lead you anywhere.
• Hiring the right agency and having the perfect portfolio shots are of prime importance for any model.

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