Priyanka Chopra Jonas on body shaming, social media and pay parity - BBC World Service

Priyanka Chopra Jonas never dreamt of becoming famous - but then she won the 2000 Miss World pageant which provided a “small-town girl” with a springboard for an international career.
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In an interview with BBC 100 Women’s Yogita Limaye, the Indian actress and producer speaks about body shaming, pay parity and the pressure social media can bring.
She says she was getting paid 10% of her male co-actor’s salary while starring in Bollywood movies, and it’s been only during her most recent acting engagements in Hollywood that she has seen the gender pay gap closing for her.
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Reported by Yogita Limaye and filmed by Vishnu Vardhan and Debalin Ray.
Produced by Georgina Pearce, Aakriti Thapar and Jo Adnitt.
BBC 100 Women senior producers: Valeria Perasso and Georgina Pearce.
BBC 100 Women editor: Claire Williams.
Thumbnail credit: Getty Images
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👋🏽Hi! We hope you enjoyed this interview by the BBC 100 Women team. Priyanka Chopra was included in the list of 100 names that BBC 100 Women publishes every year, with a mission to address the under-representation of women in media. We are constantly looking for inspirational women and girls from all around the world, leading on change in the fields of politics, social affairs, environmental activism, and many more areas. If you want to help us in this exciting project please suggest in the comments below names of amazing female leaders you would like to see included in that list. Thank you for watching this interview! If you enjoyed it, don’t forget to subscribe to our channel here 👉🏽 bbc.in/3VyyriM

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[@user-hi7cz8ch5i]

Priyanka, please don’t tell the whole world not to judge you on your looks and body. You used your body and looks to progress and developed as a world wide icon.

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[@ikerina]

I'm not Indian but I'm curious why many Indians on the internet only focus on her accent, make fun of her because of it rather than focus on the positive sides she brings.

[@jaramillo6012]

Desgraciadamente eso es lo que conocemos como mal llamado humanos y falta de una buena educación y valores por los demás...

[@mokhachoka2918]

India is full of jealously and hatred. Think about it. The poor majority hate life and each other,

[@Love211N]

Because they are losers 😂 Priyanka doesn’t care. She is smart, beautiful, intelligent, and successful.

[@user-mg8om9cf5i]

Because they can’t compete her 😂

[@kaushikchoudhary1512]

It's because India's obsession with British and American accent.

[@cimmerianfable]

She's the most well-spoken woman I've ever witnessed in Bollywood. Her communication style is extremely therapeutic. Not even for a moment, do I get bored of listening to her talk. So much to learn from her... A perfect role model to look up to if you're into the glamorous stars who made it in their own.

[@palanchandrapaul153]

Yup

[@sanataqdees1335]

Ever listened to Lara Dutta speaking?

[@pinchuap]

Aishwarya Rai....

[@deepm6366]

WOW! what a woman. We dont value her enough. Every girl should listen to her interviews and try to live their lives like her.

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U mean like fake

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[@Alice-th9lu]

I disagree , we in fact value her more than she deserves to be becoz of all the glamour of popular movie actress. Moreover ,subliminally she seems to have a inferiority complex to Westerners and sometime speaks in a fake accent to blend in there.

[@biggboss9780]

she gave very harsh statements in the past, like I don't need a man, I only need him when I need his sperm to produce a baby.

[@shajulsolutions3163]

Priyanka Chopra is truly an inspiration to the world.. her interview always gives empowerment to the listeners.

[@jtv848]

Intellectually, Priyanka is ahead of her peers in hollywood, which is evident in interviews. She truly is a " beauty with brains"

[@maddy-nc9gb]

She is inspiring women but her parents are more inspiring who were ahead of their time & supported their girl. The wisdom they had 40 years ago most indian parents in even 2023 don't have. hats off 👏👏

[@alshaddaishalom7863]

Beautifully said all through the interview proud of you Priyanka from me based in Mumbai India

[@shivid7680]

She speaks really well. Priyanka is and will be a role model & inspiration for so many women/ girls.

[@EducationalGyaan604]

Even mens are inspired from her....not only girlsw and women's...m a Boy n she is my inspiration and a role model

[@an-ic6gs]

Pranka you have broad shoulders that is why you breast is flate .

[@ravsterman]

You’ve bought into the fake image she portrays, she’s a facist

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[@emrekaragul9383]

What? 😂

[@geemuuuu]

She is more than an actor or a producer. She is a legend!

[@richarai14]

So self aware, sorted, clarity of thought and unbiased articulation. What works wonderfuly for Priyanka is the fact that she has seen and grown up in environment which has had both small town rooted-ness and showbiz glitz. She sounds credible because she has lived that life. Her story tells you that 'anybody can do it'.. what a wholesome journey.

[@tokenoflove]

SHE & HER ARTICULATED WORDS🔥🔥🔥 BEST IN BOLLYWOOD FOR SURE..NO ONE CAN OVERSHADOW HER..PERIOD

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[@baeyanka5264]

She is a genius!so inspiring... In fact I was once body shamed by my ex boyfriend and then he came back asking me to go back to him after realising that he will never find someone as humble and loving as I am... He had dated many girls after breaking up with me thinking that having a girl with slim and good body will satisfy his manhood.....but I guess he was wrong and regrets body shaming his true love...he wants me back and I am hesitant to fall for him again.

[@urScorpioLady]

She is always very inspirational!! Confident and humble, smart, beautiful… list goes on and on ❤

[@priyarajendran8349]

Women of power in most intelligent way. And she is the role model for every ordinary girl💕

[@LittleDovey]

It is she who made a foray into Hollywood and because of her others are being welcomed like Deepika and Alia. Aishwarya couldn't do it but Priyanka really opened the gates for everybody.

[@suomotophoenix3450]

She is the definition of beauty with brain

[@lauraleicathell6091]

Yes ma'am you are so on point!!!

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Her understanding level is so real

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[@pjarts1847]

Amazing interviewer! They actually were great questions! ❤💯

[@shahnazsyed8000]

She represents herself with an utmost honesty as possible. She knows who she is! An entertainer. As thoughtful and truthful as possible. That isa very very tiring process. Looking forward to more of her. I have loved reading autobiography of Gandhiji. Self acknowledgement is a huge huge confrontation before you finally accept your limitations and possibilities owing your role and life choices. Priyanka achieves transparency for sure. I feel bad she is tiring... and hope she gets a break. But happy that she is still a feeling person.

[@soldier7314]

Right where are you from

[@imtiazwali6002]

From where she is ''' you don't have anything to do with her

[@RamizCineView]

Work hard and make us more proud pc. We love you and you will always be our favorite actress.

[@thePribs]

She's so right. We women are so afraid to create noise or stand up for ourselves cos we might get labelled 'troublesome'.

[@priyarajendran8349]

Absolutely true words by her

[@nykk812]

But if a man does the same it is 'heroism' boldness.

[@sunitapalawat9829]

She is so good. Her intelligence and ability to convey with convincing words is amazing and admirable

[@soldier7314]

Yes right😊

[@davidranasinghe8093]

For me personally😘she's the most beautiful woman in the world 🌎 and such an inspiration for every human ❤ love her personality

[@zithyapa8784]

This is so inspirational. Even though we are in 21st century still there’s a difference between men and women and we do feel it all the time. The feeling of being criticized just because you have that X chromosome with you. Not being recognized same as your male co-worker. It is still there. And seeing people like you gives us the strength to deal with all these things and may do wonders. Thank you!

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[@rebeccawari3242]

She is a living inspiration to every girl. All times, favorite of the global community.

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[@Knowledgethrives]

Brah Priyanka Chopra is my favourite human. I love her sincerity and the tone of her voice throughout the interview is very loving.

[@TheRoamingdiary]

she is a motivational women in the world ❤

[@soldier7314]

Yes

[@AndrewNation13]

Thank-you sooo much for taking a moment ...out both of your days to bring us this delightful interview 🙂

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🤩🤩

[@dubb3292]

she'so eloquent

[@rujislam9780]

my god!!!she always brings smile in my face..She is so well spoken... If she ever had to seat for ielts,um sure she would have gotten 9...hands down

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😂😂😂

[@SuperRomi1411]

😂😂😂😂hahahahahhahahhahaah I think the same. 😂

[@dilshodismailov1254]

she has to be an interviewer on speaking part of IELTS😂😂😂

[@madhuvanthiraj3713]

Lovely conversation between two strong women who know their minds.

[@selfcreationstudio6618]

Literally, i dont think so much about Priyanka Chopra but yes this is because she never goes viral in controversies. She is going on her way. That's the way of living as an actress is so impressive. Yes, you are inspiration for all of us. And this is a big achievement that u r working in US. Hats of to your patience and struggle. I loved to listen your interview. Its mind-blowing.❤May god bless you always.

[@DVFunn]

She is really honest and raw which is refreshing ❤❤❤❤

[@appleofmyeyeA]

I love one important point she said "don't pull each other down".

[@abukalam11070]

She is truly brilliant.

[@sapnascicluna2716]

Better use of KZbin to listen someone responsible public figure and learn new vocabulary, In this regard Priyanka nailed it. ❤

[@saideep3047]

Absolutely!

[@shikshakala9976]

It's a rollar coaster ride for Priyanka Nick Jonas. From local star to being global star she faces a lot in her life. Inspirational for so many young girls not just in India as well as worldwide too. Having a fame and name as a Indian actress she tries to reach other's country cinema and start from the bottom. This shows that she was never settle for few and after 10 yrs of struggle she finally succeed in getting her first television show. Through out her life she won so many award like miss world , miss india, also name in top 100 bbc personality.

[@ritisha9466]

She is beautiful, genuine and real. Love her 😍✨❤️

[@gauravpadghan05]

A Maharashtraian women taken interview of a Indian women is good thing... of BBC world🥳🥳

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Absolutely well said interview. She is a legend.....❤❤❤

[@varsanimeera]

Priyanka was great but also excellent questions!

[@conversationswithboluwatife]

I just love how honest she is ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️thank you for always being an inspiration to me and so many 🤍

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[@ellaswan2]

I Always think that pc have perfect hourglass body. I always want to get a body like her.. Not only her body type but her confidence is something so infections 💖

[@ManpreetKaur-gb5lm]

You are doing very well mam ...i am feeling bless i was born in this era ...you are my roal model...today I am in stress but after listen to your speech i am feeling good.today i learned push yourself nobody is going to do it for you ... Thanku so much mam to motivate me

[@niloferkabir72]

Priyanka is a very confident speaker with a very good power of English fluency with powerful words and a confident lady. I like her talking power

[@pia9978]

Priyanka is a beautiful and bold Love her bravery. She is the queen of Bollywood

[@shanazali6839]

An honest and articulate, empowering and inspiring interview.

[@filipevueti7832]

She's the queen of inspiration ❤👏

[@kumishanmugalingam8922]

So consistent of Priyanka and she remains down to earth and real as a humanbeing!!

[@sarikabhardwaj9855]

Her point of view is different and this make her unique personality..❤

[@shaguftapatel2688]

Thanku so much to give us lot of information

[@shreesumanchaudhary772]

Love you Priyanka Chopra Di the way u speak 😊😊 You are always a inspiration for all young girls and the way you cleared all the doubts about the pay parity ,the respect for you multiples 100 times . Indeed kangana Ranaut and Priyanka Chopra are literally so so strong to speak the truth'. Hats off

[@priyanka_88.]

Its interesting how she makes a perfect balance in her answers..like when she was asked about if miss world empowered her...her response ..that it was empowering at that time but now at this age its different

[@tiesyingyang6449]

She is really honest and raw which is refreshing... I loved the interview coz it was so positive. Looking forward to her work..

[@priyankaacharya1495]

Priyanka Chopra... you're so perfect , I just love you!!

[@ramjibista8567]

Priyanka is inspiration of girl and woman. Her every work and speech are appreciated !!

[@priyankachirdiya2451]

Love u Priyanka ma'am💜💜

[@jeenaveerakutty1868]

Superb interview 👏

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[@pranabkumarchattopadhyay9697]

I'm overwhelmed having seen her Human beings could be so beautiful and talented simultaneously

[@sharminidias2179]

Priyanka is someone I admire , respect and follow. She gives me inspiration to achieve what we thought was not. Nothing in life is gained without hard work and she has done her part of hard work to get to, where she is, created a voice for Women in Asia and the world , leaving us speechless and empowered. I gain a lot by listening to her . I may not have a platform like hers , but from where I am now, I encourage all women within my reach, that dreams and achieving them never stop at any age . As Priyanka said “it doesn’t matter what your circumstances are , what matters is how big your dreams are . She has created a platform and opened opportunities for other women, and the next generation. Kudos to her !

[@TimePASS-rb9zg]

Highly appreciate her for standing up for all women. SHE IS WINNING AND HELPING ALL GIRLS WIN👏👏

[@sadanandkanagaraj1314]

But she wears bekni and inner wear on movies so

[@ayammayaone]

Inspiring , intelligent woman! 🙏🏼

[@ramasreekantham4586]

Priyanka nailed it , media always finds faults… but you are beautiful inside and outside in most of our hearts . ♥️🤗😍 . Interview is excellent… answered so thoughtfully… admire you for bringing out money being paid more to man than women which is 100% true .. even if woman is more smarter than man … so ironic … but that’s how whole world is woman get paid less .. body shaming is often created by haters , also social media fake news..like domino … everyone talks about without thinking . Hope it charges in time but woman has to take care of family, work , children, doing outside activities… woman work never done . ✌️😉♥️

[@celineabraham3968]

We are proud of you Priyanka ❤️ You can positively inspire our young girls👍

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[@spititout12]

Listening to her and kangana is amazing for me.

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Listening to priyanka is understandable but kangana 😒

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@@rockhard1844 ya i get you,but at a times she make sense.

[@pusparai2683]

I can listen Priyanka for 100 hours nonestop! You have a beautiful mind. More power to you 🙏❤️

[@gopikapeethambaran4439]

She is such a highly confident lady with all integrity

[@jinalparikh5402]

She’s the best😍

[@prachisambhare9534]

Great clarity of thoughts and sheer command over the language ! She’s really very well trained by her parents ! Huge respect !

[@TRISHADEUJA-pk1xp]

Very Well Spoken, A gem Indeed👏👏

[@thanzijaffin1991]

An amazing lady. I always love her. Worship her

[@ruchikachawla723]

I really appreciate her... its so true about the fact we all want to look nice ....meaning fair skin, skinny body..which should not be. Feel beautiful just the way you are. We all are blessed and super beautiful

[@jyotikumari-ih1tm]

So inspirational ❤

[@pahigogoi5939]

What a amazing woman she is ❤

[@cedainty]

I love Priyanka, have since first time I watched her in a movie.

[@candybaton4750]

Wow, What an amazing interview with one of the Humble and Pretty woman in the World❤ God Bless❤

[@littlemuslimtree]

She is so eloquent and speaks so well. She is so smart & can discuss so many topics so intellectually!! I’m a new fan of her 😊

[@shivirajput340]

I leave in small village still i watch this personality it's make me confident fearless and give me power be ambitious❤❤❤

[@SuperHeroin1234]

Hi, thanks so much all of you.I love Priyanka and I believe I will make a valuable interview with you ,I wait that day !!!!

[@UmeshThimmaiah16]

Very inspirational 👏👏👏👏👏❤️

[@Heza94]

Wow ,she is very inspiring.

[@sonikasingh5618]

She is so graceful

[@rosanijbroek7328]

Beautiful, sopisticathed, elegant, charming, friendly and intelligent young woman!!

[@veerapereira7644]

Always strong, always beautiful, always inspirational 👍

[@thepriyanshu8774]

She is really genius girl.I think she is know very well about empowering of indian women and child who's background from military that's really have very good manners..love india ❤

[@kaurageous_crypto897]

You r inspiration for thousands..... Keep flying

[@MsEternalpeace]

Uninhabited, grounded, composed, articulate, confident, honest, thoughtful...every adjective is fit. Only one I wonder (about all celebs ) is genuine.

[@AmandeepKaur-yg8pz]

Priyanka I love your voice , confidence and everything about you.

[@sadanandkanagaraj1314]

She is great human being

[@aaratisapkota7879]

You are so beautiful lady in this world no one can be comparable to priyanka chopra ....she is brilliant ladyy ...thinking wide talented high ...No one compete her in bollywood tooo ..ll are nepo kids...support true talent🙏🇳🇵

[@Mukeshkumar-cn8ou]

She is really inspiring millions of people around the world to chase your dream never stay in your comfort zones. ❤❤❤

[@parbhakarprince2739]

What a interesting and fantastic interactive interview of priyanka chopra full of motivation and courageous talk?

[@sanamgadpayle3734]

I absolutely proud of you Priyanka mam we are learnt lots of from your afferrds and success, im so happy and grateful for you u r my inspiration,

[@sawons4079]

Priyanka Chopra is so much a dedicated women to give the deepest words of society.

[@sweetutiwari3040]

She is the best actress, best business woman, best motivational woman.i love the way she answers 😊

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Amazing awesome stunning outstanding simply THE BEST

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Her words that makes me to become bold enough to take steps 😊

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