Known For: British actress and model
Category: Actresses
Country: India
Date of Birth: Saturday, 29 September 1984
Language Hindi
Preeti Desai is a British film and television actress, model, and former Miss Great Britain. She made history by becoming the first woman of Indian descent to win the title in 2006.
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Desai was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England to Hemlata (née Niak) and Jitendra, who have a pyrotechnics company. Both of her parents are of Gujarati descent; her father is from Kenya and her mother is from Uganda. Her younger sibling Anjlee Desai, is a singer and songwriter. Desai attended St Augustine's RC Primary School in Coulby Newham, then to Nunthorpe Secondary school in Nunthorpe, and Middlesbrough College.