i just don't want competition like that! i don't want to, now, at my age, i don't want to be judged for my body type, or if i can give a quick—witted answer in 60 seconds while the, you know, dong is going. there is complexities around pageants and they can be highly empowering, but there's a lot that needs to change for them to be that way. so, winning that pageant gave you the foot in the door, so to speak, in bollywood, but it wasn't immediate acceptance oi’ success. you know, it's an industry in which, even today, i would say, to a large extent, the notion of beauty has got to do with, you know, the colour of your skin, a certain body shape. were you, did you ever feel like you were body shamed? 0h, absolutely. i was called black, dusky... what does even �*dusky�* mean? in a country of all dusky people, i mean, we are literally brown in india! but we still have so much