Priyanka Chopra is taking a walk down memory lane by breaking out the old photo albums.
This week, the Citadel star, 42, shared a heartfelt post on Instagram, featuring side-by-side photos of herself at age 9 and age 17—and the transformation is wild.
Chopra is nearly unrecognizable in the first photo, where she’s sporting a “boy cut hairstyle” (her words, not mine). The second picture features the actress in 2000, the same year she won Miss India.
The actress wrote a powerful caption explaining what this transformation means to her: “Warning: Don’t troll my 9 year old self. So wild to think about what puberty and grooming can do to a girl. On the left is me at my awkward pre teen era with a ‘Boy cut’ hairstyle so it wouldn’t be cumbersome at school. (Thanks ma @drmadhuakhourichopra ) I went from a ‘katori cut’ to this. so it was a win. [laughing emoji] and on the right is me at 17, having just won Miss India in the year 2000 and basking in the glory of hair, make up and wardrobe.. Both pictures taken less than a decade apart.”
Chopra continued, “As Britney Spears very articulately put it.. I’m not a girl, not yet a woman. That was exactly how I felt then, entering the big world of entertainment. Almost 25 years later.. still figuring it out. Though , aren’t we all? Looking back at my younger self often makes me kinder to myself today. Think about your younger self and how much she has done for you. Love yourself, you’ve gone through a lot to be where you are today.”
Well said, Priyanka.
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