Born and raised in Dubai, Dr. Samir enjoyed a successful career as an award-winning model while training professionally as a dentist and a physical & sports therapist. He studied at Kasturba Medical College in India and Westminister Kingsway College in London. Dr. Samir was the 2003 World Champion in the World Championship of Performing Arts in Hollywood, CA, while that same year he was named Mr. International in London, England as well as the 2003 Photogenic Face of the World. That same year in Turkey, he was given the award of Best Model Physique in the World and in Dubai he won “Mr. Physique” in the 2003 AXE Manhunt. He currently works with the Royal family of Dubai for His Highness Sheikh Majed Bin Mohammad Bin Saeed al Maktoum, son of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates.