Priyanka Chopra Jonas (pronounced [pr??ja??ka? ?t?o?p?a?];[3] born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress, singer, film producer, philanthropist, and the winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant. One of India's highest-paid and most popular celebrities。
At the age of thirteen, Chopra moved to the United States to study, living with her aunt, and attending schools in Newton, Massachusetts, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after a stop in Queens, New York, as her aunt's family also moved frequently.[19][20] While in Massachusetts, she participated in several theatre productions and studied Western classical music, choral singing and Kathak dance.[21] During her teenage years in the United States, Chopra sometimes faced racial issues and was bullied for being Indian by an African-American classmate.[22][23] She has said, "I was a gawky kid, had low self-esteem, came from a modest middle-class background, had white marks on my legs ... But I was damn hard working. Today, my legs sell 12 brands."[23]
After three years, Chopra returned to India, finishing the senior year[19][20] of her high-school education at the Army Public School in Bareilly.
