Supermodel-turned-emcee-turned actress Diandra Soares entered Bigg Boss Season 8 with a new look with her hair style. The concept of her hair do which attracted many is 'Peacock Dancing in the Rains.'

Diandra has entered Bigg Boss Season 8 after a successful 2 decade career in modeling. Commenting on her plans at Bigg Boss' house she says, "I am not going to be diplomatic just for the sake of it. I will certainly have my honest opinions and no one needs to be afraid of me." Responding to a question about the anchor Salman Khan's nature of putting the contestants in a spot sometimes she says, "That is what I am really worried about. I don't want to be shouted at by Salman in the show."

Regarding her break from the ramp of late she says, "I started my career at the age of 16 and now I just turned 35. I think the industry is bit bored of me too." "Moreover, there are many new comers and even foreigners who are in the scene at a lesser rate and I don't want to compromise on my fees and do only shows for those who can afford me," she concludes. Diandra also made it to the last 3 of the recently concluded popular TV show - Khatron Ke Khiladi.

Diandra Soares is most noted in her career for her bald looks on the ramp. In an industry where hair is considered as one of the prime parameters of beauty and femininity, Diandra's actions were truly revolutionizing. Her first head shave happened in 1999 at Goa in between a fashion show. She shocked the entire fashion world when she shorn her velvet black ringlet locks. She was 20 then and later said that she done it because she loved the fun in experiments.

Diandra's second head shave happened in 2010 at the age of 30. Diandra explained that she did it because she felt the need for relive the experience all over again. Fortunately the responses were rather positive and her head shave received wide acclaim. Designers found her shinning black bald mane interesting and decided to open the close the shows with Diandra in the Lakme Fashion Week. Her career reached to the peak during this time and received wide media attention as never before which includes a special story done by Huffington Post on her.


On September 7, 2013 she shaved her head again and sporting the bald look for the third time in her career. Diandra commented that it was done for religious reasons and by going bald she felt spiritually empowered.

She hosted amongst others, Kingfisher Strong Force 1, 'Big Pitcher' of E'Pique 2014 in Bangalore.

Diandra's earlier works mostly comprised music videos like Jadoo and Bali Bramhabhatt's remix Ila Arun (Kichdi), Jalwa etc. She made her entry to silver screen with the 2001 English movie 'Everybody Says I'm Fine!' directed by Rahul Bose. Her ticket to Bollywood actually happened as a cameo in Madhur Bhandarkar's award winning film Fashion in 2008. She was quite a bliss as a television host and received wide acclaim for her show Get Gorgeous which was aired [Channel [V]]. Her other notable television appearances include the fourth season of the popular show 'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi' (Season 4) hosted by Akshay Kumar. She was a contestant in the second season of Fox Traveller's "Life Mein Ek Baar." Aside from her modeling and acting career, Diandra is a professional makeup artist and also known for designing skills.

She designed shoes for Tarun Tahiliani, Shane and Falguni Peacock, posters for the popular Bollywood movie 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha' directed by Dibankar Banerjee and also designed Kingfisher Calendar for 2 years.