in washington, president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum, to fight climate change. you re watching bbc news. now, it s time for bbc 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you re obviously a successful star in two countries on two continents, but when you were growing up, that was a very different world. when people asked you what you want to be, what did you say? and at what point did you feel that the canvas co
my parents, both highly progressive, always pushed me towards whatever dream i wanted to have, so every year i would have a different dream. sometimes i wanted to be a homemaker, sometimes i wanted to be an engineer, i don t know, but it was never entertainment, that was never realistic. but i got into entertainment when i was 17, and after that, life just. i kept looking at the next rung of the ladder and then slowly i looked back and i was, like, 60 feet above. you become miss world at a really young age, at the age of. i didn t even know what it meant, honestly. and it appeared to be, like, there s been lots of dramatic changes in your life, but it was probably the first one, and possibly most dramatic one? do you think beauty pageants can be empowering? see, that s a very convoluted.complex question. i think that the equity on physical beauty when it comes to women are defined predominantly by the male gaze,
when i was 17, and after that, life just. i kept looking at the next rung of the ladder and then slowly i looked back and i was, like, 60 feet above. you became miss world at a really young age, at the age of. i didn t even know what it meant, honestly. and it appeared to be, like, there s been lots of dramatic changes in your life, but it was probably the first one, and possibly most dramatic one? do you think beauty pageants can be empowering? see, that s a very convoluted.complex question. i think that the equity on physical beauty when it comes to women are defined predominantly by the male gaze, and that makes it confusing, you know, that, oh, my gosh, your waist is not the right size or your height s not the right size or you look a certain way, that makes you beautiful or that doesn t make you beautiful. so that, being judged by the male gaze and the beauty standards that have been created by patriarchal norms,
was never realistic. but i got into entertainment when i was 17, and after that, life just. i kept looking at the next rung of the ladder and then slowly i looked back and i was, like, 60 feet above. you know, you become miss world at a really young age, at the age of 2000. i didn t even know what it meant, honestly. and it appeared to be, like, there s been lots of dramatic changes in your life, but it was probably the first one, and possibly the most dramatic one? do you think beauty pageants can be empowering? see, that s a very convoluted.complex question. i think that the equity on physical beauty, when it comes to women, are defined predominantly by the male gaze. and that makes it confusing, you know, that, oh, my gosh, your waist is not the right size or your height s not the right size or you look a certain way , that makes you beautiful or that doesn t make you beautiful . so that being judged by the male gaze and the beauty standards
when i was 17, and after that, life just. i kept looking at the next rung of the ladder and then slowly i looked back and i was, like, 60 feet above. you become miss world at a really young age, at the age of. i didn t even know what it meant, honestly. and it appeared to be, like, there s been lots of dramatic changes in your life, but it was probably the first one, and possibly most dramatic one? do you think beauty pageants can be empowering? see, that s a very convoluted.complex question. i think that the equity on physical beauty when it comes to women are defined predominantly by the male gaze, and that makes it confusing, you know, that, oh, my gosh, your waist is not the right size or your height s not the right size or you look a certain way, that makes you beautiful or that doesn t make you beautiful. so that, being judged by the male gaze and the beauty standards that have been created by patriarchal norms, because women have, for a very long time,