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Priyanka Chopra is the Miss World title holder for year 2000. She is originally from Rai Bareily, Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka studied in Lucknow, Rai Bareily
and Boston. After returning from Boston she received a call to participate in the Femina Miss India pageant to which her parents had sent her
photographs without her knowledge. She turned out the first runner-up in the pageant. Incidentally all the three Miss India personalities of the
pageant went on to win their respective titles for the year - Miss India Lara Dutta became Miss Universe 2000 and second runner-up Diya Mirza
became Miss Asia-Pacific 2000. This was the first time the three titles of an year went to the same country.
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