{"id":345,"date":"2020-09-04T12:09:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=82098"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:05:35","slug":"canada-drag-race-winner-04-09-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/09\/04\/canada-drag-race-winner-04-09-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Canada’s Drag Race winner Priyanka: Name, TV career and Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

After RuPaul’s Drag Race sailed across the pond for its first-ever UK series earlier this year, now Ru is crossing the border to see what the Canadian queens have to offer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first season of Canada’s Drag Race kicked off on OutTV on Thursday, July 2nd. It then came to British screens on Friday, July 3rd, airing on BBC Three.<\/p>\n

One of the queens who stood out to fans from the beginning was Priyanka. After consistently impressing throughout the competition, Priyanka was crowned Canada’s first-ever Drag Race superstar!<\/p>\n

Find out everything you need to know about the winning Drag Race queen here!<\/p>\n

Who is Priyanka?<\/h3>\n

Priyanka, whose real name is Mark \u201cSuki\u201d Suknanan, is a drag queen from Toronto, Canada. She was born on May 28th, 1991 making her currently 29 years old.<\/p>\n

Already, Priyanka is one of the Canadian queens with an established following. Priyanka’s rise in Canada’s drag scene has been meteoric and in her past three years performing drag, Priyanka has won many titles. This includes\u00a0Miss Crews and Tangos (2018-19), Woody\u2019s Queen of Halloween (2018) and NOW Magazine Readers\u2019 Choice for best local drag performer.\u00a0She was also\u00a0<\/span>the NOW\u2019s Readers\u2019 Choice 2019 cover star.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After graduating from\u00a0Niagara College’s Broadcasting program, Priyanka embarked on a career as a kid’s television host. This included work on YTV’s The Zone<\/em> and the Canadian teen singing competition The Next Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Priyanka found her feet in the drag world in 2017 when she entered a contest at Crews & Tangos, a bar in Toronto.\u00a0<\/span>She entered with local drag queen Xtacy Love\u2019s encouragement and managed to place fourth.\u00a0Since then, Priyanka has become one of Toronto’s most celebrated drag queens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n