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Talented Bollywood actress and a former beauty queen who
won the Miss World title in 2000. Born to Capt. Dr. Ashok
Chopra, a surgeon in the Army and mother Dr. Madhu
Chopra, Priyanka grew into a multi-talented lady finding
her creative joys in singing, writing poetry and short stories,
but never ever dream of entering the showbiz world.
Priyanka Chopra graduated from La Martiniere Girls'
College in Lucknow. Prior to her graduation, she studied
in several schools as her father; a serving officer in the
Army was on constant move on army duties.
Priyanka Chopra began her movie debut with a Tamil film
called "Thamizhan" in 2002 and followed it up with a
Bollywood movie Andaaz" {2003} starring opposite
Akshay Kumar and directed by Raj Kanwar. Making her
screen presence felt strongly in "Andaaz", Priyanka won
Filmfare's and Star Screen's Most Promising Newcomer
award.
She gave a commendable performance as a villain
in "Aitraaz" {2004} and won all-round praise from
critics and general public alike.
The former Miss World was also voted as the Sexiest
Asian Woman of 2006 in a poll conducted by Eastern
Eye, an Asian newspaper being published from Britain.
Priyanka was crowned Miss India World and later
Miss World in 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta
and Dia Mirza, both from India, won the Miss
Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a
rare triple.
When she won the Miss World crown, she became
the fifth Indian woman to win the title in a span of
just seven years. India's Yukta Mookhey had won
the same national and international titles in the
previous year.
Beauty Pagents were banned in her conservative
home state of Uttar Pradesh in the year she won
the title.
She was given the nickname Piggy Chops by co-star
Abhishek Bachan while shooting for Bluffmaster. This
name was made public later on when it was mentioned
at the end of Taxi no 9211.
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