Simar Dugal was a model-turned-designer. Popularly known as “India’s first supermodel”. Simar was one of the few Indian models who broke the stereotypes and walked the ramp after getting married and bearing a child. Simar breathed her last at her home in Delhi on Wednesday at 52. She died of cancer.
Simar Dugal’s career
Simar Dugal went to become one of the most prominent faces in the Indian fashion industry. Besides Ritu Kumar, she also worked with Tarun Tahiliani around 1995. Later, Dugal also modelled for Kumar’s book ‘The Costumes and Textiles of Royal India’, and ‘Tree of Life designs’. Simar Dugal quit modelling and began to design and manufacture garments for the Indian market and leatherwear for exports. She started her own label ‘Simar Dugal’.
Unknown Facts About Simar Dugal
- Dugal was a keen golf player.
- Simar Dugal got married at a very early age when she was just 19 or 20. Simar and Premjit Dugal were married but got divorced.
- Her designs were worn by several Bollywood celebrities, from Malaika Arora, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Athiya Shetty to Shilpa Shetty.
Relationship status of Simar Dugal
Divorced
Simar Dugal Biography
| Name | Simar Dugal |
| Real Name | Simar Dugal |
| Nickname | Sim |
| Profession | Model, Designer |
| Date of Birth | 20 May 1968 |
| Age | 52 |
| Date of Death | 12 August 2020 |
| Father Name | Yet to be updated |
| Mother Name | Rita Sawhney |
| Height | 5’8 |
| Weight | Yet to be updated |
| Zodiac Sign / Sun Sign | Gemini |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Educational Qualification | Graduate |
| Hobbies | Yet to be updated |
| Hometown | New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Married | Yes |
| Husband Name | Premjit Dugal (Ex-husband) |
| Current City | New Delhi, India |
