Priyanka Singh is an Indian transwoman who came into the spotlight after her recent entry into the Bigg Boss Telugu season 5. Singh mainly works in the Telugu entertainment industry. She was born as a boy but later underwent sex reassignment surgery when she was 20 and became a woman.
She is known for being the second transgender woman to enter the controversial house of Bigg Boss as the first transgender woman who entered the house earlier was Tamanna Simhari.
BIOGRAPHY OF PRIYANKA SINGH
Priyanka was born as a boy named Sai Teja on 22 November 1995 in Hyderabad, Telangana. Her age is 26 years as of 2021. Singh’s close ones also call her by the name Pinky. She preferred talking more to girls rather than boys. Priyanka decided to tell her family about her sexuality. When she told her parents about her sexuality, her father was totally against it. However, Singh’s mother and siblings supported Priyanka. Her father was not accepting the truth about her sexuality. Afterwards, she went through a partial reassignment surgery. She started living her life the way she wanted. On the sets of Bigg Boss, she appealed to her father to at least talk to her. Priyanka stated,
I’ll remain your Teja ever daddy, please understand and accept me.”
PHYSICAL DETAILS
The black-eyed transwoman is approximately 5’4″ tall and weighs around 55 kg. The colour of her hair is black.
FAMILY
Priyanka Singh belongs to a family with Punjabi background.
She was born to DB Singh.
Priyanka has a brother who is an actor by profession named Akshay Verma and one more sibling.
LOVE
She is unmarried and currently is not dating anyone.
CAREER
She began her vocation in 2013 with the Telugu TV comedy show Jabardasth, which aired on ETV Telugu. After taking a break of three years, in 2017, she got an opportunity to work for her debut film Balakrishnudu. After its release, Priyanka gained massive popularity. That was a golden moment and, after that, there was no looking back for her. In the following year, she acted in another film named Manasynodu. The director of the film was Satyavarapu Venkateswararao. Subsequently, she worked in the Telugu TV serial Adirindi.
In 2020, she inaugurated her own YouTube channel named Its Me Priyanka. She usually uploads content videos related to shopping, health tips, food, travel, make-up, DIYs, home tour vlogs, health tips, and live sessions. Priyanka has gained more than 50K subscribers on her channel.
INTERESTING FACTS
- Her hobbies are travelling and shopping.
- She likes to eat non-veg food.
- In 2013, when Priyanka was acting in the comedy show Jabardasth, she was assigned the female role to portray. Afterwards, her TikTok followers encouraged her for gender reassignment surgery. Instantly after the surgery, she talked about much hormonal unevenness that she had to face.
- She is an avid dog lover and has a pet dog.
- Priyanka Singh is a social media influencer with 164K followers on her Instagram account.
JOURNEY IN BIGG BOSS TELUGU
Priyanka Singh is one of the well-behaved contestants of Bigg Boss Telugu Season 5. She is already a popular name in the Telugu entertainment industry.
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