Early life
Leone was born in Sarnia, Ontario to Sikh Punjabi parents.[3] Her father was born in Tibetand raised in Delhi, while her mother (who died in 2008)[9] was from Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh.[3][10] As a young girl, she was very athletic and played street hockey with the boys,[2] and ice skating on a nearby frozen lake.[11]
Although the family was Sikh,[3] her parents enrolled her in Catholic school[3][12] as it was felt to be unsafe for her to go to public school.[13] There she had her first kiss at 11, lost her virginity to a basketball player at another school at 16,[12] and discovered her bisexuality at age 18.[14] When she was 13, her family moved to Fort Gratiot, Michigan, then to Lake Forest, California a year later,[12][15] fulfilling her grandparents' dream that the family be together in one place.[3] She graduated from high school in 1999 and enrolled in college.
Bigg Boss
In 2011, she participated in the Indian reality series Bigg Boss, entering the house on day 49.[95][96] However she refused to divulge her porn star status, and replied to fellow house-mate Pooja Bedi that she was a model and a TV star in America for the last ten years or so.[97] It was reported that she has caused a stir in the larger populace[98] with her Twitter feed gaining 8,000 new followers in just 2 days[99] and Google saying searches for her experienced a "breakout".[100] There have also been complaints lodged with the IndianMinistry of Information and Broadcasting alleging that the Colors TV channel is promoting pornography by having Leone appear on the show; among those who have filed are the Indian Artistes and Actors Forum[101] and Anurag Thakur, member of Lok Sabha and head of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing.[102]
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