Priyanka Chopra Miss World Biography
Source:- Google.com.pk
Winner of the Miss India and Miss World beauty pageants in 2000.
Father Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra, mother Dr. Madhu Chopra.
Achievements: she is the only Indian in the USA to have been selected at the state level for the National Opus Honor Choir, extensive charity work back in India and the USA, and joined the CAF and CII in their literacy program and is their ambassador. Member of the support group for the Thalassemic children in U.P., India, participated in the adult education awareness program with the non-governmental organizations in the peripheral areas of Bareilly, joined the Indian Government-sponsored Polio Eradication Program as a volunteer. Raised funds for the destitute in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, by participating in a church program.
While shooting the song "Do Me A Favor, Let's Play Holi" in the movie Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005), she stepped on a live wire and received a shock. She was hospitalized for a day.
Did her schooling from La Martinière in Lucknow. She completed tenth grade in Boston and wanted to become a software engineer or a criminal psychologist.
Her father Ashok Chopra, who also manages her career, was diagnosed with a tumor in his liver. He had to undergo a complicated emergency surgery.
Has a younger brother.
Turned down the lead in Umrao Jaan (2006) to work in Bluffmaster! (2005).
Listed as number 2 of 'Top Bollywood Actresses' of 2006. (rediff.com, 8-25-2006)
Turned down a part in London Dreams (2009) because she could not provide the shooting dates as she was busy with other films.
Listed #1 by UK magazine Eastern Eye one of "Asia's Sexiest Women" (Sept/2006).
Appeared on the cover of the premiere issue of Maxim magazine, Indian version, released in 2006.
Cousin of Parineeti Chopra.
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who recently released the video of her first music single, 'In My City', said she wanted the world to see what Bollywood is. "I wanted to give it an Indian flavour in terms of dancing. I wanted the world to see what Bollywood is all about," Priyanka told reporters at the unveiling of the single 'In My City'. "I wanted that the identity of the song should be Indian. I am very India-proud. When people see my video, they must feel that Bollywood is like this," she said. Talking about her style, she said it's a fusion and amalgamation which will be enjoyed in west and India. "I showed the video to my dad first. He is not well and has been in the hospital for a while now. He really liked it, specially the namaste which I do," she said. Priyanka also revealed she would like to sing for her own films.
Mumbai: Even as controversy raged over Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik asking India to provide security to superstar Shahrukh Khan in the wake of his reported remarks, actress Priyanka Chopra feels that celebrities are becoming a "soft target". "I believe people often use celebrities to advance their propagandas... Celebrities have become a soft target nowadays," Priyanka told reporters at an event where she unveiled the video of her single "In My City". The actress was reacting to the controversy involving Shahrukh Khan over his remarks, which he reportedly made in an interview, that "he has sometimes become the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose to make him a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about Muslims in India". Shahrukh's remarks prompted Malik to ask Indian government to provide security to the actor. "Media should not get trapped in such situations and aim at telling the truth," she said. To a query whether she would have encountered more controversies had her title being 'Khan', the visibly miffed actress retorted, saying, "I think I get into controversies with 'Chopra' surname too. A big deal is being made out of nothing. You should be ashamed to even ask such a question in a country as secular as India."
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