Hi! My name is Gurnoor and I am a 13-year old international pageant titleholder of Miss Jr. Teen Nation Universe and former Miss Jr. Teen Canada Nation Universe. I have done various worldwide fashion weeks, runways, global campaigns, publications, and have made appearances in some of the top international magazines and billboards.
I have also gained experience in hosting events, pageants, and shows. With my platform, I have also started my own organization Fuminity which is to help women and girls around Canada to get the resources, education, and freedom they deserve. We have supported charities, advocated speeches, hosted events, and sold bookmarks to raise more awareness towards our cause and helping other charities get the attention they deserve. I have been currently focusing on being able to build my own runway coaching company, media brand, and other exciting projects I can’t wait to share with all of you! To follow my journey, check out my instagram, @gurnoordhaliwal_29 and YouTube which is gurnoorslife. Thank you for your support!
Here are 5 fast facts about Gunoor! (scroll all the way down for video version!)
Her most rewarding moment as a pageant queen and model has been starting her own organization.
For me, it has to be starting my own organization, Feminity. As you guys know, I have been supporting various organizations and charities around Canada to help women and girls to get the resources, education, and freedom that they deserve. I have been able to co-create an organization with various other charities and be able to have a team of teachers, leaders, changemakers, and just advocate speeches, sell bookmarks, and raise money towards this great cause. Being able to donate my time, but also my platform towards such an important issue that I feel like does not get addressed enough in the real world, is so important for me… It has to be my most rewarding moment so far, to be able to see the amount of change that we have been making.
Her personal superpower is her confidence.
This has to be the most powerful thing about me because I believe that whenever I go into a room, whenever I’m scared, nervous, and afraid, my confidence is always going to be there with me, handling me through situations I might be uncomfortable in… I truly know that if I believe in myself, my worth, and what I want to do in life, that even through these hardships and hard situations I go through, I can truly be able to make it. I believe to everyone out there who’s watching this that may be scared and embarrassed to try new things, trust me, confidence is the most powerful trait that anyone can have.
She thinks the biggest negative pressure for teens is social media, and here’s how she deals with it:
Personally, I believe the biggest peer pressure for teens is what you’re watching this on right now, which is social media… We’re constantly comparing ourselves to celebrities and people online, if that is based off physical appearance, how we look, the way we dress, what we do. Also, some people may be pursuing habits that may look cool on social media, but we’re not comfortable doing, but we want to so we can fit in a specific group. Now, I think that it is so important to be able to stay true with yourself… You are so perfect in your own way. And I think it is so important to understand that if you are confident, if you know who you are and you know the worth that you uphold, that you truly can be able to pursue anything and you don’t have pressure or peers telling you what to do.
Something people would be surprised to know about her is:
Before modeling, I actually wanted to become a professional football player. I’ve been loving soccer whenever I was younger; I’ve been playing it basically my whole entire life. And before modeling, acting, pageants, all of it, I honestly wanted to do soccer. I wanted to pursue this as a profession, but I just started doing photoshoots and stuff and I thought that I was more interested in this. But I do still love playing soccer and I still love sports just in general.
After recently graduating 8th grade as Valedictorian (congrats!), here’s what she is most looking forward to about high school:
Two of the things I’m actually looking most forward to in high school… are, first, being able to build more friendships and connections with people. I went to a very small middle school of like basically 37 kids, which most public schools usually have like over a hundred. So I’m so excited to go to high school and be able to build new friendships [and] meet new people… And I’m so excited to be able to start taking new leadership in my new school. I had so much fun making clubs, joining sports and stuff in this school, so I cannot wait in high school to see what I can do next.
Wanna know more? You can connect with Gunoor on Instagram @gurnoordhaliwal_29 or her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@gurnoorslife
