Mumbai: After Shilpa Shetty, British actress-model Deana Uppal became the second person of Indian origin to be a part of the 'Big Brother' TV show in UK. Deana talks exclusively to us about coming a close third on the show and her subsequent exit.
After Shilpa Shetty, you are the only other person of Indian-origin on Big Brother...
The reception was not great. I came into the house wearing a saree as I wanted to show off our beautiful Indian clothing and my Indian origin. However, I felt most of the housemates where intimidated by this. On the first night, a lot of the contestants backed away from me and avoided conversation.
Apparently you were the most hated inmate in the house!...
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01:05 PM, Aug 17, 2012
London: British police have questioned a man for posting racist comments as communications regulator Ofcom launched a probe after more than 1,000 complaints about racist insults hurled at Miss India UK Deana Uppal on reality show Big Brother. In scenes reminiscent of the abuse faced by Indian actress Shilpa Shetty from fellow contestant Jade Goody on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, 23-year-old Indian-origin model Uppal, who hails from Birmingham, was...
05:19 PM, Jul 11, 2012
London: Five years after actress Shilpa Shetty was subject to racist behaviour on Celebrity Big Brother, Miss India UK Deana Uppal has faced similar 'insults' from a fellow contestant, prompting regulator Ofcom to launch an investigation on receiving over 1,000 complaints. Hailing from Birmingham, Uppal is the current Miss India UK and has done modelling assignments in the UK and India. In 2007, following an uproar over racist comments by...
11:04 PM, Jul 10, 2012
