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 . While in Massachusetts , she participated in several theatre productions and studied Western classical music , choral singing and Kathak dance . During her teenage years in the United States , Chopra sometimes faced racial issues and was bullied for being Indian by an African-American classmate . 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 . " After three years , Chopra returned to India , finishing the senior year of her high-school education at the Army Public School in Bareilly . During this period , she won the local " May Queen " beauty pageant , after which she was pursued by admirers , leading her family to equip their home with bars for her protection . Her mother then entered her in the Femina Miss India contest of 2000 ; she finished second , winning the Femina Miss India World title . Chopra then went on to the Miss World pageant , where she was crowned Miss World 2000 and Miss World Continental Queen of BeautyAsia & Oceania at the Millennium Dome in London on 30 November 2000 . Chopra was the fifth Indian contestant to win Miss World , and the fourth to do so in seven years . She had enrolled in college , but left after winning the Miss World pageant . Chopra said that the Miss India and Miss World titles brought her recognition , and she then began receiving offers for film roles
Miss World 2000
Miss World 2000
Priyanka Chopra