Priyanka Chopra regrets starring in fairness ads, says applied 'talcum powder on face'

Actress Priyanka Chopra recently opened up about experience of endorsing skin-whitening creams in India. actress confessed that she stopped being a part of such campaigns after moving to Hollywood. Priyanka Chopra who recently featured on cover of Marie Clair magazine spoke about trend where Indian actors were very casual about endorsing fairness creams. She even revealed that her upcoming memoir, Unfinished also speaks volumes about time where she used to be a part of such campaigns and how after some time she refrained from being a part of it. 

Priyanka Chopra talks about fairness products campaigns

Talking about same,  Sky is Pink actress said that skin lightening was something very rmal for people in South Asia and everyone was doing it for sake of ir work. She said that being a female actor and still doing such campaigns is awful for her. Recalling old days where Priyanka Chopra used to apply talcum powder on her face to look fair, actress said that she used to apply powder cream on her face because she believed that dark skin was t pretty. "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 t pretty," said Priyanka. 

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actress asserted that her past endorsements resurfaced in wake of Black Lives Matter movement which gared momentum in USA sometime back. Priyanka Chopra's memoir, Unfinished, has reportedly been in works for years w. As per an article on British Vogue,  actor has dedicated book to unfinished journey of her late far. As per piece, actor nearly penned down 20 journals, all of which were unfinished, which is a realisation that came to her when she was packing up her Mumbai-based residence last year. Those journals reportedly helped actor to write down memoir that will soon be seen on bookshelves in months to come.

Meanwhile, on work front, actress is basking in success of her recently released film White Tiger on Netflix that also stars Rajkummar Rao and arsh Gourav. Apart from this, she recently finished shooting for her upcoming film Text For You that also stars Celine Dion and Sam Heughan. 

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