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Priyanka Chopra: I had believed that dark skin was not pretty
Updated On: 27 January, 2021 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Priyanka Chopra Jonas talked about the hostility she experienced after endorsing skin-whitening creams in India
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Priyanka Chopra. Image source: Yogen Shah
Priyanka Chopra has been quite vocal on the raging debate on racism and body shaming. Now, in a recent interview, the actress has spoken about racial discrimination she had to face in her life. She also talked about the hostility she experienced after endorsing skin-whitening creams in India.
The actress said that she now regrets endorsing fairness creams in India. Talking to Marie Claire magazine, Priyanka said, "[Skin lightening] was so normalized in South Asia; it’s such a large industry that everyone was doing it. In fact, doing it is still a check [mark] when you are a female actor, but it’s awful. And it was awful for me, for a little girl who used to put talcum-powder cream on my face because I believed that dark skin was not pretty.”
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