Priyanka

Mark Suknanan (born May 28, 1991) 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. He was previously a host of the YTV children's series The Zone and the YTV reality competition series The Next Star, where he went by Mark Suki. His first EP, Taste Test, was released in 2021. Early life Suknanan was born on May 28, 1991, in Whitby, Ontario. He is of Indo-Guyanese descent. Suknanan is an alumnus of Niagara College's broadcasting program. Career Suknanan began his career as a host in children's television, most notably on YTV's The Zone and as the web host of the YTV reality competition series The Next Star. Suknanan began performing as a drag queen in 2017, initially under the name Priyanka Love, in Toronto clubs. Her first competition in drag was for a local contest at the suggestion of fellow drag queen Xtacy Love, where she placed fourth. She quickly found success in the local drag scene, winning numerous titles, including Miss Crews and Tangos (2018–2019) and Woody's Queen of Halloween (2018). Priyanka was voted Toronto's best queen in Now's annual reader poll in 2019. Speaking about her rise to fame, Suknanan said: "I went from zero to 100... I came into drag so hard and built up a name so quickly that it just kind of became routine." Priyanka has also performed as Mel B in a Spice Girls drag tribute act, alongside her Canada's Drag Race castmate Juice Boxx as Emma Bunton.