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17. Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra revealed that she was once told by a director to have plastic surgery on her body to land a role. “Before I became an actress, I met with a producer about the possibility of acting,” she said in her memoir “Unfinished.” “I was asked to stand up, turn around, and show him my proportions. I did. He stared at me long and hard, assessing me, and then suggested that I get a boob job, fix my jaw, and add a little more cushioning to my butt.”
Chopra added that she felt “devastated and small” by the experience but decided to “draw the line” and refuse to conform to the unrealistic standards imposed on her. “I left his office feeling defeated and questioning my career,” she wrote. “I went on to work in films and TV without changing anything about my body. I decided that if I was going to make it in the industry, I wanted to do it on my own terms.”
