I Love Dabbling In Different

When I Became Miss World, I Couldn't Believe I Had Won It. I Used To Sleep With My Crown Because I Was Scared Someone Would Steal It. In A Minute The World Changed For Me.

When Somebody Else Calls You Exotic, Exotic Is A Box - It's The Stereotype Of Snake Charmers And Face Jewelry. You're Just That Stereotype. But I Don't Get Offended Anymore. I Used To Get Offended By Things That Were Said To Me, Or How I Was Seen. Now I Educate. If I Get Pissed Off, I'll Educate In A Sassy Way. Other Times I Educate In A Gandhi-like Way. You Know - I Have My Moods.

I Was Rejected Many Times. I Cried. I Was Told That Female Actors Are Replaceable In Films Because They Just Stand Behind A Guy Anyway. I'm Still Used To Being Paid - Like Most Actresses Around The World - A Lot Less Than The Boys. We're Told We're Too Provocative Or That Being Sexy Is Our Strength, Which It Can Be, And It Is, But That's Not The Only Thing We Have. But Women Have Incredible Endurance And Incredible Strength. Your Ability To Deal With It Is Within You.

I Did Not Want To Be The Stereotype Of Either Bollywood Or What Indian Actors Are Usually Offered. The Exotic, Beautiful Girl, Or The Academically Inclined Nerd. And I Wanted To Play A Lead... I Didn't Settle For Less.

First Of All, Feminism Is Not Man-hating, Not Man-berating. It Is Not Saying We Are Better. It Is Just Saying We Want The Same Opportunities, And We Want To Be Able To Make Decisions On Our Own Without Being Judged For Them. We Want The Same Freedom Men Have Enjoyed Over The Years, So I Think That's The Place Where We Are. And It's Completely Not Mutually Exclusive At All For How You Want To Look, How You Take Care Of Yourself, How You Want To Be, What You Want To Look Like.