Jannatul Ferdous Peya

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Jannatul Ferdoush Peya
জান্নাতুল ফেরদৌস পিয়া
Jannatul Ferdoush Peya in Tri-Nation Mega Festival.jpg
Born
Khulna, Bangladesh
EducationUniversity of London
OccupationModel, actress, lawyer
Spouse(s)Faruq Hasan Samir
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Bangladesh 2007 Miss Indian Princess International 2013
No. of filmsChorabali
Years active2007–present
Major
competition(s)		Miss Bangladesh 2007
Websitepeyajannatul.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]

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[]

Year Film Role Co-actor Director Notes
2012 Chorabali Suzana Joya Ahsan, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Indraneil Sengupta Redwan Rony Nominated for critics’ choice Best Actress of Meril Prothom Alo Award 2012
2015 The Story of Samara[13] Peya Sanj John Rikiya Masudo
Gangster Returns Sheena Apurba Ashiqur Rahman
Probashir Prem[14] Momo Ahmed Ali Mondol Filming
2016 Chitmohol Shimul Khan, Mousumi Hamid H R Habib
2017 Prem Ki Bujhini Siddharth Sid Cameo appearance

Awards[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ পিয়ার প্রিয় গ্রীষ্মকাল, মায়ের বসন্তকাল. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
  2. ^ a b Islam, Zia Nazmul (22 March 2014). "PEYA More than just a pretty face". The Daily Star.
  3. ^ "Peya stars in Indian music video". Dhaka Tribune.
  4. ^ পিয়া রিটার্নস. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 3 December 2015.
  5. ^ "IP 2013". indianprincessfashion.com.
  6. ^ "These talented and driven women are perfect ambassador for diversity". Vogue India.
  7. ^ "Peya participating at New York Fashion Week". The Daily Star. 11 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Model Peya becomes brand ambassador of TRESemmé Bangladesh". Daily Sun. 11 February 2017.
  9. ^ ইয়ামাহা’র ব্র্যান্ড এম্বাসেডর হলেন পিয়া [ভিডিও]. Ekushey TV (in Bengali). 11 September 2018.
  10. ^ Khan, Sajal (2 November 2017). "Peya to host BPL". Dhaka Tribune.
  11. ^ বাংলাদেশ থেকে প্রথমবারের মতো যাচ্ছি, তাই অনেক এক্সাইটেড : পিয়া. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). 25 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Bangladesh's Peya Jannatul all set for World Cup stint as presenter". 25 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Peya in item song". Dhaka Tribune.
  14. ^ 'প্রবাসীর প্রেম' এ পিয়ার দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা যাত্রা. mediatimes24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
  15. ^ বাচসাস পুরষ্কার প্রদান [Bachsas Awards]. sylhettoday24.com (in Bengali). 27 December 2014.

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Preceded by Miss Bangladesh
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