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Priyanka Mini Chopra (born July 18, 1982 in Jamshedpur, India) is an Indian film actress in Hindi films. She is the Miss World title holder for the year 2000. She was raised in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.

Biography

Priyanka studied in Lucknow, Bareilly and Boston. After returning from Boston she received a call to participate in the Femina Miss India pageant to which her parents had sent her photographs without her knowledge. At the contest, she won the title of Femina Miss India-World, thus winning the right to represent the country at Miss World. Incidentally all the three Miss India personalities of the pageant went on to win their respective titles for the year - Miss India Universe Lara Dutta became Miss Universe 2000 and Miss India Asia-Pacific Diya Mirza became Miss Asia-Pacific 2000. This was the first time the three titles in one year went to the same country.

Beauty pageants were banned in her conservative home state Uttar Pradesh the year she won the title, and she received death threats as well.

There were allegations that her Miss World title was rigged and that 1st runner-up Giorgia Palmas of Italy deserved to win instead, after a mistake made by Chopra in the final round was overlooked by the judges. Asked "Which living woman do you admire the most?" she replied, "Mother Teresa", Mother Teresa having died in 1997.

After winning the Miss World title, Priyanka moved to films. She appeared in several successful films, among them are Andaaz
, Aitraaz
and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
. In 2004, she was placed at number seven in the Filmfare Top Ten Actress' Listing, a rare accomplishment to earn at such a young age.

Awards & Nominations

Filmfare Awards

2004: Winner of the Best Debut (Female) Award for "Andaaz" (Shared alongside Lara Dutta) 2005: Nominated under the category of Best Supporting Actress for "Aitraaz" Winner of the Best Performance in a Negative Role Award for "Aitraaz"

The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards

2005: Nominated under the category of Best Actress Award for "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" Nominated under the category of Best Performance in a Villanous Role for "Aitraaz"

Star Screen Awards

2005: Winner of the Best Performance in a Negative Role Award for "Aitraaz"

Filmography

# Love Story 2050 (2006) (announced) # Qurbani (2007) (announced) # Aap Ki Khatir (2006) (filming) # Prithviraj Samyukta (2007) (in production) # Happy New Year (2007) (filming) # Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam (2006) (in production) # Uthaan (2006) (in production) # Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love
(2006) (filming) # Don (2006) ... Roma (pre production) # Ek Haseena Ek Deewana (2006) (in production) # God Tussi Great Ho (2006) (filming) # Krrish
(2006) ... Priya (Journalist) (filming) # Deodhar Gandhi (2006) (in production) # Taxi Number 9211
(2006) (Special Appearance) # Bluffmaster! (2005) ... Simmi # Barsaat
(2005) # Yakeen (2005) ... Samar # Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) ... Pooja Mitali # Karam (2005) ... Shalini # Blackmail (2005) ... Mrs. Rathod # Aitraaz
(2004) ... Mrs. Sonia Roy # Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
(2004) ... Rani Singh # Asambhav (2004) ... Alisha # Kismat (2004) ... Sapna Gosai # Plan (2004) ... Priti # Andaaz
(2003) ... Jiya # The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
(2003) ... Shaheen Zakaria # Thamizhan (2002) ... Priya

Trivia

She is the daughter of a doctor and an army surgeon.
In 2006, Priyanka was ranked third on India's 50 Most Desirable Women Alive, a poll conducted by Zoom, an Indian TV channel .

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