Lior Cole
{{short description|American Jewish fashion model and science student}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=y|2001|2|8}}
| birth_place = Long Island, New York, U.S.
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| hair_color = Brown
| eye_color = Blue-hazel
| occupation = Model
| alma_mater = Cornell University
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| agency = IMG Models (worldwide){{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/lior-cole|title=Lior Cole- Model|website=}}
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Lior Cole is an American fashion model and Cornell University student. Outside of fashion, she studies artificial intelligence and has developed an app that combines the tenets of Judaism with technology.{{cite web|url=https://jweekly.com/2021/08/31/need-advice-for-the-new-year-ask-the-robo-rabbi/|title=Need advice for the High Holidays? Ask the Robo-Rabbi.|last=Mirsky|first=Maya|work=The Jewish News of Northern California|date=August 31, 2021}}
Early life and education
Cole was born in 2001, and grew up in Great Neck, New York on Long Island. She is of Jewish heritage, with an Israeli mother and an American Jewish father; she also has an older sister, Orli.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-walking-high-fashion-runways-model-lior-cole-reads-torah-with-her-rabbi-bot/|title=After walking high-fashion runways, model Lior Cole reads Torah with her rabbi bot|work=The Times of Israel|date=March 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE85PTDXARM|title=God and robots: Will AI transform religion? - BBC News|work=BBC|via=YouTube|date=October 23, 2021}} Her name means "my light" in Hebrew. Cole attends Cornell University, studying Information Science and is slated to graduate in 2023, having taken a year off to balance her career endeavors.{{cite web|url=https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2022/05/05/cornell-student-lior-cole-creates-nft-womens-computing-club/7387753001/|title=Cornell student creates NFT project to raise money at university's fashion show|work=Ithaca Journal|first=Matt|last=Steecker}}
Career
Cole was discovered in Washington Square Park by fashion designer Batsheva Hay. She was then referred to IMG Models who signed her immediately.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/lior-cole-model-ai-technology-robo-rabbi|title=Lior Cole Is the Model Combining Artificial Intelligence With Religion|magazine=Vogue|date=January 3, 2022|last=Satenstein|first=Liana|publisher=Condé Nast}} Her debut fashion show was for Proenza Schouler which she opened. She also walked for also walked for Hugo Boss, Loewe, and Marni in her first season.
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Category:American female models
Category:Female models from New York (state)
Category:People from Long Island
Category:People from Great Neck, New York
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:American people of Israeli descent
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