Sunny Leone's entry into the Bigg Boss house took India by storm, with viewers and critics alike initially wondering what the Canadian born adult film actress would bring into the house, the atmosphere quickly turned to that of inquisitiveness.
However, what incidentally was an experiment has now turned into the hottest property on TV with Sunny deseeding many of the top B-town actresses to become one of the most searched celebs online in India.
Born into a Punjabi family on May 13 1981, as Karen Malhotra, Sunny was like any other toddler. Enjoying the chilly Canadian winter with building snowmen, ice skating and ice hockey, Sunny was the epitome of athleticism.
Enrolled in a Catholic school since Public school was thought of as being too unsafe, Sunny excelled.
In 1996 when Sunny was 13, her family decided to move to Southern California, fulfilling her grandmother's wish of the entire family living together. With the change in weather and the obvious ragging of her naivety in the new school, Sunny sorely missed her old country.
Graduating in 1999, Sunny enrolled in a local Junior College where one of her friends urged her to try modelling. However, before entering into her career of choice, Sunny even worked at a German bakery, Jiffy Lube, and later even at a tax and retirement firm.
It was during this initial modelling career while Sunny was studying to be a paediatric nurse that one of her classmates introduced her to John Stevens, an agent who in turn introduced her to Jay Allen, a photographer for Penthouse magazine.
Though initially wary of taking her clothes off and striking suggestive poses for the camera, curiosity got the better of her and she dived in full force, quickly becoming one of the most sought-after adult models. However, till then she was known as Karen and while picking a name for her adult career she said Sunny was her real name while Leone was picked by Bob Guccione, former owner of Penthouse magazine.
With her adult career taking off, Sunny was crowned as the Penthouse Pet of the Month for March 2001. Following this, numerous other magazine deals followed, including Cheri, High Society, Swank, Leg World, Hustler and Club International.
Later that year, Sunny even appeared in the 2001 home video Penthouse: Pets in Paradise , as well as Ja Rule's "Livin' It Up" music video. With her popularity on the rise it wasn't long before Sunny set up her own website.
Two years later, Sunny was declared as the Penthouse Pet of the Year 2003. Later Sunny signed a three-year contract with Vivid Entertainment with which she transitioned into the world of hardcore pornography, stating that she would only do lesbian scenes, with her first film being titled Sunny.
In May 2007, upon re-signing her contract with Vivid for another six films, Leone agreed to perform for the first time with men on camera, but exclusively with her fiancé, Matt Erikson. That summer she also received breast augmentation, and shot her first movie under the new contract titled Sunny Loves Matt.
In August of '08, Sunny announced the launch of her own studio, Sunlust Pictures, with Daniel Weber as her partner. With this new venture, she planned to write, direct and create her own brand of adult movies with Vivid Entertainment as her distributor.
While the same year she even won the Web Babe of the Year titled at the Xbiz Awards. In September 2009, an iPhone application consisting of a collection of non-nude photos, some videos and a porn star-penned blog was approved by Apple for sale in the iTunes store, making it the first officially sanctioned application featuring a porn star.
In 2010, Sunny was titled as one of the top 12 female stars in porn by Maxim. The same year, Sunny lost her father to cancer, which he had been first diagnosed with in 1999. This year in 2011, Sunny entered into the Bigg Boss house causing a stir within and outside the house amongst the contestants and viewers alike.
On various occasions, Sunny has proclaimed that she leads a normal life and enjoys the simple pleasures like abstract painting, horse riding, reading, watching The Simpsons and even playing World Of Warcraft.
However, what incidentally was an experiment has now turned into the hottest property on TV with Sunny deseeding many of the top B-town actresses to become one of the most searched celebs online in India.
Born into a Punjabi family on May 13 1981, as Karen Malhotra, Sunny was like any other toddler. Enjoying the chilly Canadian winter with building snowmen, ice skating and ice hockey, Sunny was the epitome of athleticism.
Enrolled in a Catholic school since Public school was thought of as being too unsafe, Sunny excelled.
In 1996 when Sunny was 13, her family decided to move to Southern California, fulfilling her grandmother's wish of the entire family living together. With the change in weather and the obvious ragging of her naivety in the new school, Sunny sorely missed her old country.
Graduating in 1999, Sunny enrolled in a local Junior College where one of her friends urged her to try modelling. However, before entering into her career of choice, Sunny even worked at a German bakery, Jiffy Lube, and later even at a tax and retirement firm.
It was during this initial modelling career while Sunny was studying to be a paediatric nurse that one of her classmates introduced her to John Stevens, an agent who in turn introduced her to Jay Allen, a photographer for Penthouse magazine.
Though initially wary of taking her clothes off and striking suggestive poses for the camera, curiosity got the better of her and she dived in full force, quickly becoming one of the most sought-after adult models. However, till then she was known as Karen and while picking a name for her adult career she said Sunny was her real name while Leone was picked by Bob Guccione, former owner of Penthouse magazine.
With her adult career taking off, Sunny was crowned as the Penthouse Pet of the Month for March 2001. Following this, numerous other magazine deals followed, including Cheri, High Society, Swank, Leg World, Hustler and Club International.
Later that year, Sunny even appeared in the 2001 home video Penthouse: Pets in Paradise , as well as Ja Rule's "Livin' It Up" music video. With her popularity on the rise it wasn't long before Sunny set up her own website.
Two years later, Sunny was declared as the Penthouse Pet of the Year 2003. Later Sunny signed a three-year contract with Vivid Entertainment with which she transitioned into the world of hardcore pornography, stating that she would only do lesbian scenes, with her first film being titled Sunny.
In May 2007, upon re-signing her contract with Vivid for another six films, Leone agreed to perform for the first time with men on camera, but exclusively with her fiancé, Matt Erikson. That summer she also received breast augmentation, and shot her first movie under the new contract titled Sunny Loves Matt.
In August of '08, Sunny announced the launch of her own studio, Sunlust Pictures, with Daniel Weber as her partner. With this new venture, she planned to write, direct and create her own brand of adult movies with Vivid Entertainment as her distributor.
While the same year she even won the Web Babe of the Year titled at the Xbiz Awards. In September 2009, an iPhone application consisting of a collection of non-nude photos, some videos and a porn star-penned blog was approved by Apple for sale in the iTunes store, making it the first officially sanctioned application featuring a porn star.
In 2010, Sunny was titled as one of the top 12 female stars in porn by Maxim. The same year, Sunny lost her father to cancer, which he had been first diagnosed with in 1999. This year in 2011, Sunny entered into the Bigg Boss house causing a stir within and outside the house amongst the contestants and viewers alike.
On various occasions, Sunny has proclaimed that she leads a normal life and enjoys the simple pleasures like abstract painting, horse riding, reading, watching The Simpsons and even playing World Of Warcraft.
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