Priyanka, also professionally known as Mark Suknanan,[4] 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.
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)
"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")
"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)
"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".
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 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.