Priyanka

Priyanka
Biographical Information
Drag Name	Priyanka
Pronouns	She/Her (In Drag) He/Him (Out of Drag)[citation needed]
Ethnicity	Indo-Guyanese Canadian
Date of Birth	May 28, 1991
Age	32
Hometown	Whitby, ON, Canada
Location	Toronto, ON, Canada
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Season Information
Season	Season 1
Place	Winner
Eliminated	N/A
Sent home by	N/A
Challenge Wins	2

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.

Name Origin

Priyanka is a popular female given name in Hindu and Buddhist cultures. It's also the name of Indian actress, Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

Track Record(s)

Priyanka

Seasons Competed:	Canada Season 1
Ranking:	1st Place (Winner)
Maxi Challenges Won:	2 (Eps. 3, 8)
Mini Challenges Won:	1 (Ep. 3)
Times as Team Captain:	1 (Ep. 3)
Times in Bottom Two:	2 (Eps. 5, 7)
Episode Eliminated:	N/A

Memorable Quotes

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?" (entrance quote)
• "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)

Trivia

• 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.
• She is the second queen to walk into the Werk Room with a question mark as part of the outfit, after Phi Phi O'Hara on All Stars 2.
• She is in a Spice Girls tribute group with her fellow Canada's Drag Race competitor, Juice Boxx.
• She is the second queen of Indian descent or heritage to compete in the Drag Race franchise, after Genie on Drag Race Thailand.
• In episode 3, she became the first queen on Canada's Drag Race to win both the Mini Challenge and Maxi Challenge in a single episode.
• Priyanka used her drag name as a fake girlfriend to hide being gay from her father.
• She is considered the lipsync assassin of her season, as she sent home Kiara, Ilona Verley, Rita Baga and Scarlett Bobo.
• Her lip-sync with Kiara is the first lipsync in the franchise to exceed 3 minutes, with a time of 3:14.
• Pryianka is one of the four winners that performed U Wear it Well on the show, after Sasha Velour, Trinity The Tuck and Shea Couleé at Season 9.
  • However, Priyanka is the only winner so far to have a verse in the U Wear it Well Rumix.
• Priyanka is the first winner of Canada's Drag Race and the first Canadian winner.
  • Priyanka is the 5th winner to be in the bottom 2 more than once, after All Stars winners, Trixie Mattel, Monét X Change, and Shea Couleé, and Drag Race Thailand Season 2 winner Angele Anang.
    • Priyanka is the 2nd non-All Stars winner to win a season being bottom 2 more than once (the first was Angele Anang from Drag Race Thailand).
  • Priyanka is the seventh winner in the franchise to not have the most challenge wins of her season, after Sasha Velour, Trixie Mattel, Monét X Change, Yvie Oddly, Jaida Essence Hall, and Shea Couleé.
  • Excluding Drag Race Thailand Winners, Priyanka is the 2nd Asian winner to win after Raja, who is Indonesian. Priyanka is Indo-Guyanese.
  • Priyanka is the third winner in the franchise to place in the bottom 2 in the Snatch Game, after Yvie Oddly and Trixie Mattel, and the second on a regular season. However, she is also the first on an international season.
  • Priyanka is the fifth winner to win the Makeover Challenge, after Monét X Change, Jaida Essence Hall, Chad Michaels and Bianca Del Rio.
  • She is the fourth winner to walk in the Werk Room first, after Bianca Del Rio, Trixie Mattel, and Shea Couleé.
• Priyanka revealed to Trixie Mattel at the Pit Stop that Denali introduced her to RuPaul's Drag Race by inviting her to a viewing party for Season 9's premiere.
• Priyanka is the first queen from Canada's Drag Race to be on The Pit Stop, and the second international queen after The Vivienne from Drag Race UK Season 1.
• Alongside Brooke Lynn Hytes, Priyanka hosts the Moguls of Media pop culture podcast Famous This Week as well as The Official RuPaul's Drag Race Podcast alongside Alec Mapa.
• Priyanka is the first international queen to have an "Out of the Closet" video.
• Priyanka's backup character for Snatch Game was Miranda Sings.
• Priyanka confirmed she wouldn't be interested in competing on VS. The World or Global All Stars season.
• Priyanka is the first and currently only Lip Sync Assassin to not have competed on a season judged by RuPaul.
• Priyanka, alongside Lemon, are the first former contestants to later have one of their songs used as a lip sync song.
  • Their song "Come Through" was used as the lip sync song on Season 4 Episode 4 of Canada's Drag Race

Gallery

Canada's Drag Race Season 1

Mini Promo

Promo Banner

Mini Trailer

Fierce Blizzard Photoshoot

#TeamPriyanka Promo

#TeamPriyanka Promo

Winner Congratulatory Post

Priyanka Crowned

Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Looks

Promo Look

Confessional Look

Entrance Look

Canuck Couture Fantasy Look – Gone Fishy

Not My First Time Look

Québec-ky With The Good Hair Look

Single-Use Queens Look – Metal

Snatch Game Look – Miss Cleo

Night of a Thousand Céline Dions Look – Wedding Dress, 1994

Night of a Thousand Céline Dions Look (Reveal) – Billboard Music Awards, 2016

Canadian Tux-She-Do: Denim on Denim on Denim Look

Pageant Perfection Look

A Family Affair Look - with Elektra

Executive Holiday Party Realness Look

Après the Après Ski: Icy Walk of Shame Look

Ice Queen Eleganza Look

Finale Performance Look

Coronation Eleganza Look

PriyankaReunionLook.jpg

Canada's Drag Race Anniversary Extravaganza Look

Canada's Drag Race Season 2

Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Looks

Photoshoot Look

Successor Crowning Look

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World Season 1

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World Season 1 Looks

Guest Judge Look

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 8 Looks

Lip Sync Assassin Look

Videos

MEET THE QUEENS Priyanka

Canada's Drag Race Meet Priyanka

U WEAR IT WELL feat. Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo, and Priyanka

All of Priyanka's Runway Looks Canada's Drag Race

Filmography

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013–2014	Next Star	Self	Host
2013–2019	The Zone	Self	Host
2015	Katie Chats	Self
2015	Kids Choice Awards Countdown	Self	Host
2020	Canada's Drag Race (Season 1)	Self	Winner
2021	Canada's Drag Race (Season 2)	Self	Guest
2022	Ezra	Self
	Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World (Season 1)	Self	Guest judge
2023	Bollywed	Self
2023	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 8)	Self	Lip Sync Assassin

Music Videos

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2018	"Say My Name"	Herself
2019	"You Look So Good"	Herself
2021	"Do Better"	Anjulie
2021	"GAP"	Heidi N Closet
2021	"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"	Herself
2021	"Queen of the North"	Brooke Lynn Hytes (featuring Priyanka)
2021	"Cake"	Herself
2021	"Bitch I'm Busy"	Herself
2021	"Come Through" (featuring Lemon)	Herself
2022	"Snatch" (featuring Cheryl Hole)	Herself

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021-22	The Pit Stop	Self	Guest, 2 episodes
2021	What's My Game?	Self	Host
2021	Out Of The Closet	Self	Episode: "Priyanka: Canada for Christmas"

Discography

Singles and EPs

Year	Title	Notes
2018	"Say My Name"
2019	"You Look So Good"
2021	"MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)"
2021	"On The Ground"
2021	"Cake"
2021	"Bitch I'm Busy"
2021	"Taste Test"	EP, feat. Lemon and Cheryl Hole
2021	"Country Queen"
2021	"Sleigh My Name"
2022	"My Only Wish (This Year)"	feat. Tia Kofi
2022	"Sleigh My Name (Remix)"	feat. Shea Couleé, Alaska and Lemon
2023	"Bad Bitches Don't Cry"	feat. Ralph

Appearances/Features

Year	Title	Notes
2020	"Not Sorry Aboot It"	by The Cast of Canada's Drag Race, Season 1
2020	"U Wear It Well"	by RuPaul feat. The Cast of Canada's Drag Race, Season 1
2021	"Queen of the North"	by Brooke Lynn Hytes feat. Priyanka

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