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Mark Suknanan (born May 28, 1991) [1] is a Canadian singer, television personality and drag queen. Competing under his drag name, Priyanka, Suknanan won the first season of the reality competition series Canada's Drag Race in 2020.
Oct 3, 2023 · Canada’s Drag Race star Priyanka is among the queens who’ve shared advice for others. (Getty) She won the inaugural season of Canada’s Drag Race, has hit records under her belt, is a children’s TV presenter and a podcast host, and now Priyanka is about to add another string to her bow.
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Priyanka, also professionally known as Mark Suknanan, is a Canadian drag performer and the winner of Season 1 of Canada's Drag Race.
Priyanka later returned as a Lip-Sync Assassin in All Stars 8, becoming the first queen to be featured on a US season of All Stars without having competed in front of RuPaul previously. She won her lip-sync against Kandy Muse, however, as the group voted against each other, Kandy ended up being forced to eliminate someone.
Priyanka is a popular female given name in Hindu and Buddhist cultures. It's also the name of Indian actress, Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Canada's Drag Race Season 1
•"My name is Priyanka. What's my name?" [moves the question mark on her outfit] "Do you love me?" •"I can't believe I'm here! AAAHHH!" •"I've only been doing drag for two years, but you wouldn't know that, because I'm an icon." •"If you came to a Priyanka show, you would see, good hair, a really shiny costume, a lot of dancing, and I'd probably end up making out with you. I think that sounds like a good time, doesn't it?" •"I didn't even see the maple leaf!" •"I'm up there, on the mountain, feeling my oats, then, WHAT?!" (during the first mini-challenge) •"My eyelash gone fall off, motherfuckers!" •"A daddy!" (about Jimbo) •"You want some Boy-Yanka?" •"I showed them how ballet is done! Technique, form, and a good finish!" •"And I'm Lemon Bowyer-Chapman Melchor!" •"Wigs: snatched! House of Hytes: mopped! Police: GOOPED!" •"Today is National Arriving On Time Day, or as drag queens call it, tomorrow." •"Aw shit! I need some more vodka." •"Shut up Nancy!" •"Anyone can have a single on iTunes." •"And we thought we had it in the bag, but the cat left the bag. Cat's out of the bag, people. We suck." •"Ilona's having a full panic attack, BoBo's crying, Starzy hasn't even danced yet, and Rita went back to Québec!" •"♪ Hi, it's me, Priyanka, what's my name, name? Toronto voted me the best, got this fame, fame. Hi Canada, did you get my name? Not a copycat fish, did you get my name? It's me and my girls serving you spectacles, other girls? Forgettable! ♪" (verse in "Not Sorry Aboot It") •"GO OFF, JIMBO! COME ON, JIMBO!" •"Oooh, drip, drip, drip, motherfucker!" •"The Toronto girls are dropping like flies! What's next? I'm gonna burn someone's wig." •"Our maxi challenge is a Design Challe-heu-he-he- noo. WHAT THE FUCK!" •"Except for when Kyne left, I didn't care." •"I'm sitting there, looking around, being like 'Oh, all these girls are gonna come up with funny answers, what am I gonna do?'" •"All I'm thinking, 'Just perform the song, and show the world why you make everybody say your name, Priyanka.'" •"I'M IN THE BOTTOM AGAIN!' •"I am here wondering if I have a job after this competition, and these bitches are like fighting like two senior citizens that have been in the home for too long! Like, pardon me! Excuse me, ladies! I'm going through something here!" (on Rita and Jimbo's fight) •"Take her down. Take Jimbo down. Do you copy?" •"Beyonce's in the building! Watch out!" •"What's happening up in the room here? BoBo is dressing up like Lemon, Rita is dressing up like Jimbo, and then Jimbo is dressing her girl like Lady Gaga. Jimbo you don't look like Lady Gaga, you're a clown." •"Now, what did Mommy teach you?" •"Brooke Lynn is quaking! Elektra is hosting Season 2!" •"I'm scared, I'm scared for my career." •"You're telling me that you used to paint your friends all the time. You painted them so you could be the pretty one in the room!" (on Lemon's makeover) •"It happens every season on Drag Race, how do you bitches not know how to paint somebody else?" •"I finally got my Pri-demption!" (after winning the makeover challenge) •"These are like all the boys who blocked me on Grindr." •"Good, it's an intervention." •"Look at that face. When you can see the emotion through all that filler, that's how you know the girl's pissed. And she is LIVID." •"That's sabotage dick right there bitch." •"Do you have a thesaurus?" •"Am I a singer? Am I killing it?" •"The 'your' was shambles, but she's getting there." •"It's actually funny that I'm singing this all slow and sexy, because I'm actually making fun of myself." •"If you can't make fun of yourself, how in the hell you gonna make fun of anyone else. Can I get an amen?" •"Just be gay!" •"That's gonna be my merch, isn't it? Shit. 'Just be gay!'" •"Ebony and Ivory." •"It's time for choreo with Hollywood Jade and Brooke Lynn's here too!" •"What the hell is Rita Baga wearing to this rehearsal? It's not The Matrix!" •"I have never been more confused, and I've been in the closet twice!" •"I wear my heart on my sleeve and on my face." •"Let's gossip and giggle." •"♪ Question, Who was the first-ever queen to walk into Drag Race north of the scene? Question, what was the name of the queen who went from Toronto to North Supreme? Answer, you know who it's gonna be! (it's Priyanka!) Hi, it's me, Pri. I had a vision Miss Priyanka read your mind (Call me now!) I know you're thinking that call declined. You're feeling like a mess, might give you stress. Just own your best in a paper dress. Wear it well, even when you fell. Just grab your cup and get back up. Cheers to you don't feel no shame, and one last question, what's my name? ♪" (verse in U Wear It Well) •"All the eliminated queens are here! Oh my god! I hope they didn't hear what I said about them." •"I'm living proof that hard work pays off, and that even when you make mistakes, you can still be a winner. For the kids at home watching, I know you're used to watching me somewhere else, but now I'm here, and mama's home! Oh, and one more thing... WHAT'S MY NAME!? *being followed by the judges & cast screaming 'PRIYANKA!'*" (After she was crowned Canada's first drag superstar.) •"I'm Canada's first ever drag superstar! God! I'm rich!" •"Cry-nomi Banks."
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8
•"What's my name?" (Lip Sync Assassin entrance quote)
•Mark is a graduate of Niagara College's Broadcasting program.
•Prior to starting drag, Priyanka was a host on YTV's "The Zone" and the Canadian teen singing competition "The Next Star".
•She had done drag for 2 years before going on Canada's Drag Race.
•She was first put in drag at her 26th birthday party.
•Her drag mother is Xtacy Love.
•She is the first queen to ever walk into the Werk Room on Canada's Drag Race.
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Aug 23, 2024 · Since winning the inaugural season of Canada’s Drag Race in 2020 - Queen Priyanka showed everyone that she is here to stay with her debut EP Taste Test earning over 20 million streams, becoming a lead on the Emmy Award-winning HBO series We’re Here, and acting roles in Netflix’s Glamourous and the upcoming film, Meet Me Next Christmas.
Aug 23, 2024 · On Friday August 23, Queen Priyanka (@thequeenpriyanka) is doing just that as she releases her debut album, #Devastatia, and prepares for a North American tour this fall. 📀 In 2020, the Indo-Guyanese Canadian entertainer 🇨🇦 burst onto the world scene winning the inaugural season of Canada’s Drag Race (@canadasdragrace) and audiences ...
Jun 15, 2021 · Priyanka on her new single "Cake", the Canada's Drag Race sorority and why she can't wait to compete in an all winners season.
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Aug 27, 2024 · Ahead, Queen Priyanka breaks down her fashion approach to "Canada's Drag Race" Season 1, her biggest drag queen style inspirations, honoring Bollywood and more.