Priyanka Chopra Jonas.Photo: Rich Fury/GettyPriyanka Chopra Jonasis finally free of the pressure she used toput on herself to conformto “unrealistic beauty standards” — and “it’s been a revelation,” she said.TheQuanticostar, 39, opened up about howher self-image has changedsince she was a child.“In the past, I always felt pressure to look a certain way,“she toldThe Telegraphin a new interview. “I have been raised with unrealistic beauty standards my whole life — we all have. Growing up, I believed everything had to be perfect, skinny or sample size, and airbrushed.“Chopra Jonas, who is Indian, said, “It has taken me time to come to terms with my natural skin and natural hair texture.“But these days, she said, her perspective has changed.“I’m now comfortable in my own skin and I can work with brands that are about individuality and expressing yourself,” she said. “… I used to always have my hair blow-dried or have professional make-up before an interview, but these days I do my own. It’s been a revelation.“Chopra Jonas also talked about her body image and making a point not to punish herself ifshe isn’t able to fit a workoutinto her busy days, or if her meals aren’t perfectly balanced.“I try to eat healthily and work out, but honestly my hours are so crazy,” she said. “I travel a lot to different time zones, so I prefer to give my body what it needs, when it needs it, in order to function at my best. I don’t deny my body anything, even at 1 a.m. when I have the night-time munchies.“RELATED VIDEO: Priyanka Chopra Says She Loves Touring with HusbandNick Jonas: ‘It’s Like a Home on Wheels’Chopra Jonas also said that her husband, pop starNick Jonas, has helped her become more serene.“My husband Nick has definitely helped me get in touch with a new, calmer side of myself,” she said. “I’m very ambitious, a go-getter, a hustler. I used to have torrential energy. But Nick is the sunshine that calms my storm.““We balance each other that way,” she continued. “Whenever I’m feeling torrential, I now think about patience and how he [Nick] comes at every situation with a sense of resolution. It’s much more peaceful, rather than feeling agitated.”
Priyanka Chopra Jonas.Photo: Rich Fury/Getty
Priyanka Chopra Jonasis finally free of the pressure she used toput on herself to conformto “unrealistic beauty standards” — and “it’s been a revelation,” she said.TheQuanticostar, 39, opened up about howher self-image has changedsince she was a child.“In the past, I always felt pressure to look a certain way,“she toldThe Telegraphin a new interview. “I have been raised with unrealistic beauty standards my whole life — we all have. Growing up, I believed everything had to be perfect, skinny or sample size, and airbrushed.“Chopra Jonas, who is Indian, said, “It has taken me time to come to terms with my natural skin and natural hair texture.“But these days, she said, her perspective has changed.“I’m now comfortable in my own skin and I can work with brands that are about individuality and expressing yourself,” she said. “… I used to always have my hair blow-dried or have professional make-up before an interview, but these days I do my own. It’s been a revelation.“Chopra Jonas also talked about her body image and making a point not to punish herself ifshe isn’t able to fit a workoutinto her busy days, or if her meals aren’t perfectly balanced.“I try to eat healthily and work out, but honestly my hours are so crazy,” she said. “I travel a lot to different time zones, so I prefer to give my body what it needs, when it needs it, in order to function at my best. I don’t deny my body anything, even at 1 a.m. when I have the night-time munchies.“RELATED VIDEO: Priyanka Chopra Says She Loves Touring with HusbandNick Jonas: ‘It’s Like a Home on Wheels’Chopra Jonas also said that her husband, pop starNick Jonas, has helped her become more serene.“My husband Nick has definitely helped me get in touch with a new, calmer side of myself,” she said. “I’m very ambitious, a go-getter, a hustler. I used to have torrential energy. But Nick is the sunshine that calms my storm.““We balance each other that way,” she continued. “Whenever I’m feeling torrential, I now think about patience and how he [Nick] comes at every situation with a sense of resolution. It’s much more peaceful, rather than feeling agitated.”
Priyanka Chopra Jonasis finally free of the pressure she used toput on herself to conformto “unrealistic beauty standards” — and “it’s been a revelation,” she said.
TheQuanticostar, 39, opened up about howher self-image has changedsince she was a child.
“In the past, I always felt pressure to look a certain way,“she toldThe Telegraphin a new interview. “I have been raised with unrealistic beauty standards my whole life — we all have. Growing up, I believed everything had to be perfect, skinny or sample size, and airbrushed.”
Chopra Jonas, who is Indian, said, “It has taken me time to come to terms with my natural skin and natural hair texture.”
But these days, she said, her perspective has changed.
“I’m now comfortable in my own skin and I can work with brands that are about individuality and expressing yourself,” she said. “… I used to always have my hair blow-dried or have professional make-up before an interview, but these days I do my own. It’s been a revelation.”
Chopra Jonas also talked about her body image and making a point not to punish herself ifshe isn’t able to fit a workoutinto her busy days, or if her meals aren’t perfectly balanced.
“I try to eat healthily and work out, but honestly my hours are so crazy,” she said. “I travel a lot to different time zones, so I prefer to give my body what it needs, when it needs it, in order to function at my best. I don’t deny my body anything, even at 1 a.m. when I have the night-time munchies.”
RELATED VIDEO: Priyanka Chopra Says She Loves Touring with HusbandNick Jonas: ‘It’s Like a Home on Wheels’
Chopra Jonas also said that her husband, pop starNick Jonas, has helped her become more serene.
“My husband Nick has definitely helped me get in touch with a new, calmer side of myself,” she said. “I’m very ambitious, a go-getter, a hustler. I used to have torrential energy. But Nick is the sunshine that calms my storm.”
“We balance each other that way,” she continued. “Whenever I’m feeling torrential, I now think about patience and how he [Nick] comes at every situation with a sense of resolution. It’s much more peaceful, rather than feeling agitated.”
source: people.com
