Pooja Chitgopekar

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{{Infobox person

| name = Pooja Chitgopekar

| birth_name = Pooja Chitgopekar

| title = {{ubl| Miss Earth India 2007|Miss Earth Air 2007}}

| image = MissIndiaEarth2007 (Pooja Chitgopekar).jpg

| caption = Pooja at the Miss Earth 2007 contest

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8.5}}

| birth_place = Manchester, England{{cite web | url = http://shoot.indiatimes.com/pooja_c_pro.htm | title = India Times | access-date = 26 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080106101942/http://shoot.indiatimes.com/pooja_c_pro.htm |archive-date = 6 January 2008}}

| education= University of Auckland)}}

Pooja Chitgopekar (born 1985) is an Indian doctor, model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented India in the international Miss Earth 2007 beauty pageant on 11 November and would later become Miss Earth Air in 2007.{{cite news|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/beauty-pageants/miss-india/Pooja-Chitgopekar/articleshow/2475038.cms |title=Pooja Chitgopekar |author= Kesharwani, Manoj |newspaper=Times of India |date= 19 October 2007 |access-date=20 September 2012}} Miss Earth Air is Miss Earth's equivalent for first runner-up. She went to one of the top private schools, Diocesan School For Girls in Auckland.

She won Miss India Earth, one of the three titles annually given by Femina India in Mumbai; the other two titles went to Puja Gupta Miss India Universe and Sarah Jane Dias Miss India World. She was crowned by Amruta Patki who was the first runner-up at Miss Earth 2006. Like Amruta, she also ended as first runner-up in the Miss Earth contest.

Pooja received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery commensurate with MD from the University of Auckland in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/pooja_chitgopekar-profile-8365-41.htm|title=Pooja Chitgopekar|website=veethi.com|access-date=2017-04-22}}

Pooja got married on 7 January 2011 to Vikram Kumar, Vice Chairman of AVG Advanced Technologies, from Chicago, IL.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianweddingsite.com/wedding-ideas/iws-blog/2011/01/20/real-wedding-vikram-kumar-and-pooja-chitgopeker-(2)|title=Real Wedding: Vikram Kumar and Pooja Chitgopeker (2)|website=www.indianweddingsite.com|language=en|access-date=2017-04-22}} Their wedding took place in Auckland, New Zealand.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10698659|title=Wedding bill heads for $10m|last=Morton|first=Frances|date=2011-01-09|work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=2017-04-22|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}{{Cite web|url=https://wn.com/vikram_wedding_in_nz_indian_wedding_an_'opportunity_to_put_nz_on_the_map'|title=Vikram Wedding In Nz Indian Wedding An 'opportunity To Put Nz On The Map'|website=World News|language=en|access-date=2017-04-22}} Pooja is currently a Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon at Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago.