Priyanka Chopra ‘extremely proud’ to have taken part in beauty pageants

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Priyanka Chopra has defended beauty pageants, saying that they gave her the help she needed to get into acting and that they boosted her confidence.

The Indian actress made her name in Bollywood after winning the Miss World competition in 2000, and she said she has no regrets about taking part despite such contests now having fallen out of favour in many countries.

Chopra, 37, told Tatler: “It’s something that I’m extremely proud of. “It gave me a trampoline to my acting career. “It gave me a sense of self, a sense of confidence to be able to stand in front of heads of state, to be able to speak in front of media from around the world, and actually know what I’m talking about.” As well as being crowned Miss World 2000, Chopra also came