Priyanka Chopra recalls piercing her belly button in the back of a cab, says she wasn’t a ‘fashion girl’ growing up: ‘I was that quintessential 90s girl’ | Bollywood News
5 min readNew DelhiMar 7, 2026 05:42 PM IST Long before she became a global star, Priyanka Chopra began her journey in the spotlight through beauty pageants. The actor first competed in the Miss India pageant as a teenager and went on to win the Miss World 2000 title at just 18, a moment that changed the course of her life. In a recent conversation on the Going Rogue podcast, Priyanka looked back at those early years, recalling how overwhelming the experience was for a small-town teenager who had never modelled before. She also shared how she was not a “fashion girl” in that era but really enjoyed her belly button piercing, to the point that she once re-pierced herself in the back of a cab. Priyanka Chopra reveals her fashion hacks The host also brought up a moment from Priyanka’s Miss World 2000 journey, when she used a “namaste” gesture to discreetly hold her gown in place on stage. Asked if she had other such quick fixes for fashion emergencies, Priyanka shared a few …







