FHM Discovery: Priyanka Karunakaran
Kingfisher Calendar model Priyanka Karunakaran on her workout, Oreo and milk, her kind of man, kickboxing and jumping off a junk boat in Vietnam.
Watch out world because Priyanka Karunakaran is coming to get you.
Photography by Munna S. Styling by Nazneen Harianawala Parmar. Makeup by Niti Goenka. Hair by Laksh Singh.
Who's she?
- From: Mumbai
- Vital Stats: 34-24-35
- Height: 5’7
- Hair Colour: Black
- Eyes: Black
- Facebook: priyanka karunakaran
- Instagram: yanka.unplugged
Hey Priyanka, what’s cookin’?
An exciting 2018.
How does it feel being featured on Kingfisher Calendar 2017?
Simply amazing! The Kingfisher Calendar has always been a milestone. It’s the biggest calendar in India and I feel so blessed to be featured in it and work with the best in the industry.
Your Instagram pictures are fab. You look so comfortable in your skin...
I love being in front of the camera. It sort of gives me a certain high to leave behind any inhibitions and be anything I wish to be. It also comes from my love to create new images all the time. I want to be remembered as the model who can pull off any look: bald, eyebrowless, beauty, fashion etc.
Every girl would be jealous of you! What is your workout like?
(Hehe) I do not want anybody to feel jealous. I only aspire to inspire. I work out 6 times a week. I practice martial arts twice a week and the rest of the days I practice yoga and stretches. I eat healthily and cheat once in a while to curb any cravings.
What are your guilty pleasures food wise?
Oreo and milk...like lots of it!
How did you feel when you did your first ever photo shoot?
I was excited and did not want to go home. I just wanted to keep shooting. I loved every minute.
How has modelling changed you internally?
I had to discipline myself with regard to food and routine. Now eating and living healthy has become a habit. You also have to become strong mentally. I developed a never say die attitude and learnt to give my 100 per cent to whatever I put my time into. Overall it has changed me inside out.
If you were not a model, what another profession would you have chosen instead?
I would love to be an artist. Paint and create using my own vision and imagination and be paid loads of money for it.
When it comes to men, what gets your attention?
A twinkle in the eye and a good scent is very attractive at first sight and it really catches my eye. Once we are in a conversation he should know how to hold my attention and mean what he says.
Best pick up line ever got?
No one ever has used a pickup line on me!
Okay, then tell us, who is your kind of man?
Someone who is extremely passionate about his job, who understands my passion and respects my space, loves his family and loves dogs.
Take a minute, close your eyes and imagine what your perfect date would look like.
Doing an activity like swimming in the ocean and then a grill on the beach.
What about your most serious relationship?
I have honestly had no time because I’m travelling so much.
What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve said or done around someone you had a crush on?
I’m a very confident girl but the moment I’m crushing on someone I get very awkward, my grammar goes for a toss and I stammer also. It’s really funny and my crush runs away.
What are the three most annoying things a boyfriend can do?
The most annoying things... hmmm...not communicating, not being honest and not expressing his feelings.
How about the three best things?
Giving small cute surprises, pampering me on weekends and be absolutely spontaneous and ready to travel.
Craziest thing you’ve ever done?
Jumped into the ocean from the third floor or a junk boat in Vietnam!
Do you follow or play any sports?
I practice kickboxing. But I do follow tennis because my brother was a tennis player.
If you could have lunch with anyone dead or alive, who and why?
If I could I would have a hundred more dinners and lunch with my late grandmother Stella. I always feel like I did not spend enough time with her and that I would love to have more mature talks with her. She imparted so much knowledge to me and she and I would make great company.
What is quite possibly the most annoying thing ever?
Traffic (arghhh).
What world famous monument do you have interest in visiting?
I would love to stay in a little beautiful boutique hotel in Paris with a view of the Eiffel Tower.
Snack you cannot just get enough of?
I love chat, pani puri, and sev puri. I can never get enough of it.
The last time you laughed so hard you cried?
I have a gang of friends like gangsters who cannot stop pulling each other’s legs. We are constantly taking each other’s case and it keeps me in splits.
What’s the weirdest thing you have seen on someone’s phone?
Actually, in my phone, there are many weird things. And nobody will ever get to know about them.
You can tell us, at least...
No way!
What gross and unhygienic things do people do that bothers you?
Dirty nails and stained teeth.
What’s the grossest thing you’ve drunk?
I’m very careful about what I eat and drink. Nothing gross so far.
Favourite euphemism?
I usually say ‘it’s interesting’ for something I don’t like much.
Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Life is pretty unpredictable and so am I (hehe). You will have to just wait and watch.
Would you rather?
Would you rather have a third eye or a third arm?
My intuition works pretty well and if I did have a third arm I don’t know exactly where it would be attached to my body. So, none.
Would you rather be beautiful and marry an ugly person or be ugly and marry a handsome person?
I love the movie Beauty and the Beast (hehe).
Would you rather have a beautiful sporty car and an old house or a real “clunker” car and a beautiful house?
Beautiful home.
Would you rather fly all over the world with your true love or be marooned on an island with your favourite celebrity?
Fly all over the world with my love.
Would you rather jump into a pool of chocolate pudding or a pool of mud?
Done both for a shoot.
Would you rather take your vacation at an exotic resort or go camping?
Exotic resort.
Rapid fire
- Car or Truck: Truck
- Blue or Red: Red
- Iced Coffee or Hot Coffee: Hot Coffee
- Meat or Vegetables: Vegetables
- Oceans or Mountains: Oceans
- Comedy or Horror: Comedy
From the January 2018 issue of FHM India.
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