'After all of these American hormones and the food, I come back a little bit more woman than my dad would have anticipated at 16' (via toofab)
It was during this time that Chopra won her first beauty pageant and continued into the Femina Miss India and Miss World pageants, which she won in 2000. Just two years later, she landed her first role in the 2002 romantic thriller,"Humraaz," and the rest is history.
Elsewhere in her chat with Stern, Chopra talked about the surgery mishap that nearly caused her whole career to come toppling down almost"before it started." She called it a"dark" time after a surgery to remove a polyp in her nasal cavity left her looking completely different. Chopra said she quickly started losing movie roles, per"This thing happens, and my face looks completely different, and I went into a deep, deep depression," said Chopra. Luckily, her father, who was also a doctor, agreed to hold her hand and be in the room with her during corrective surgery.
She also credits Bollywood director Anil Sharma for helping to keep her spirits up, even though she was"shifted to a supporting character" from a lead in one of his projects."He, while the tide was against me, said, 'It will be a small part but give it your all.' And I did." Today, Chopra is one of the most famous and successful Indian actresses, and has expanded into music and even penned a bestselling memoir. Chopra marriedYou can hear her open up all about their"meet-cute" in the clip below.
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