Jannatul Ferdoush Peya

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Jannatul Ferdoush Peya
জান্নাতুল ফেরদৌস পিয়া
Born
Khulna, Bangladesh
Education University of London
OccupationModel, actress, lawyer
Years active2007–present
Title Miss Bangladesh 2007 Miss Indian Princess International 2013
Spouse(s)Faruq Hasan Samir
Beauty pageant titleholder
No. of films Chorabali
Major
competition(s)
Miss Bangladesh 2007
Website peyajannatul.com

Jannatul Ferdous Peya, also known as Peya Jannatul, is a Bangladeshi model, actress and a lawyer. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Bangladesh 2007. [1] [2]

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Career

Peya started her modeling career in 2008 after she had won the title of Miss Bangladesh in 2007. In 2014–15, she worked with Mascot Model Management in New Delhi, which is an India-based modeling agency. She also worked in a Hindi music video in 2014 [3] In 2013 she won the crown of Miss Indian Princess International beating contestants from 19 countries. [4] [5]

She has so far acted in several dramas such as, To Be or Not to Be and Projapotir Shukh Dukkho.

Her first movie was Chorabali directed by Redwan Rony in 2012. Her next releases were Gangster Returns and Story of Samara. [2]

Recent works

Peya is the first cover girl of Vogue India from Bangladesh. While sharing her experiences Peya stated that she finds her inspiration from Deepika Padukone and wants to expand her career internationally like Deepika. [6]

In February 2017, Peya was named the brand ambassador of TRESemmé which is a famous brand for hair caring and styling associated with New York Fashion Week (NYFW). This glamorous diva attended NYFW this year. NYFW is one of the biggest fashion events of the whole world which brings brands, designers and models together. She said that it was a great honour to be there as a first Bangladeshi model and expressed her wish to work as a model influencer. [7] [8]

In September 2018, Peya became the brand ambassador of Yamaha Motorcycles Bangladesh. [9]

Besides having a strong modeling career she also hosted cricket matches in BPL 2017. [10] She made her second appearance as host in BPL 2018 on GTV screen. From the enormous response of these two seasons of hosting BPL she was invited as a presenter to work in ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup. She is the first Bangladeshi to work as a presenter in ICC World Cup. [11] [12]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleCo-actorDirectorNotes
2012 Chorabali Suzana Joya Ahsan, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Indraneil Sengupta Redwan RonyNominated for critics’ choice Best Actress of Meril Prothom Alo Award 2012
2015The Story of Samara [13] PeyaSanj JohnRikiya Masudo
Gangster ReturnsSheenaApurbaAshiqur Rahman
Probashir Prem [14] MomoAhmed Ali MondolFilming
2016ChitmoholShimul Khan, Mousumi HamidH R Habib
2017Prem Ki Bujhini Siddharth SidCameo appearance

Awards

YearAwardsCategoryFilmResult
2007 Miss Bangladesh Won
2012 Meril Prothom Alo Awards Critics' Choice Best Film Actress Chorabali Nominated
2012JAY Face International
2nd
2012 Bachsas Awards Best Actress Chorabali Won [15]
2013Miss Indian Princess InternationalWon

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References

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tabassum Ferdous Shaon
Miss Bangladesh
2007
Succeeded by
Jannatul Nayeem Avril