Deana Uppal

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Deana Uppal
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Uppal in 2018
Born
Deana Uppal

(1989-01-30) 30 January 1989 (age 34)
Middlesbrough, England
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, Philanthropist and Entrepreneur
Height1.74
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Point Of Light award - from PM of UK Rishi Sunak

Deana Uppal (born 30 January 1989) is an English beauty pageant titleholder, [1] actress and business entrepreneur. She was the winner of Miss India UK 2012. She was also one of the housemates in the Big Brother (British series 13), one of the contestants in Fear Factor, Khatron ke Khiladi 5 , [2] and has featured in various movies. Uppal currently runs a number of businesses under DKU World. Uppal is the founder of DKU Kindness Diaries charitable trust. Deana's latest documentary, which she directed, produced and hosted, is currently being shown on channels worldwide.

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Personal life

Uppal was born in Middlesbrough. Her father died from cancer when she was a child, and she moved to the Midlands when she was 12. [2] Deana currently lives between London and India.

Big Brother 13

Uppal participated in Big Brother 13 in 2012. [3]

On Day 1, Uppal entered the house along with fifteen other housemates. She was randomly selected by Big Brother to be the first housemate to enter the house, and had to nominate three of the other housemates in front of her in exchange for immunity from the public eviction. On Day 70, Uppal left the house in 3rd place. She received the most nominations of the entire series and survived the highest number of evictions.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleSource
2011Billo NachModelMusic Video
2015 Bhaag Johnny Aankhon Aankhon Music video
2012 Born to Be King Sheeba [4]
2016 Yeh Hai India Jenny
2016SardaarjiCasting Director
2017Main Kosa Rabb NuDirector [5]
2017 Parking Meera
2017Taste of AsiaHerself
2017Hard KaurSirat Kaur
[6]
2018Curly Curly VaalDirectorMusic Video
2018LevelzAssistant DirectorMusic Video
2020India's nomads: The forgotten world of the Gadia LoharDirector and HostDocumentary [7]
2021Jind MahiExecutive ProducerFilm
2022Sidhus Of SouthallExecutive ProducerFilm

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