18 Iconic Women Whose Careers Began As Beauty Queens

Published on 08/18/2021
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NOW: Candice Bergen

Despite Bergen’s failure to graduate, she still went on to have a superb career in modeling and later acting. She featured on a few Vogue covers before going to acting school in New York City. She then appeared in 1966 in her first role in The Group, where she ironically played a university studio. Later in the 60s she also starred in a French romantic drama called Live for Life in 1967, a film directed by Claude Lelouch. Her other leading performances include Miss Congeniality, Carnal Knowledge, and Murphy Brown.

NOW Candice Bergen

NOW Candice Bergen

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THEN: Priyanka Chopra

We finally have our first Indian beauty with Priyanka Chopra, who was born in Jamshedpur, Bihar, on 18 July, 1982. Chopra was 13 years old when she relocated to the United States and would be raised in New York, Massachusetts, and Iowa. She would later return to her home country, where she took the May Queen title, a local beauty pageant. She went on to win the Femina Miss India World crown, and later, Miss World 2000.

THEN Priyanka Chopra

THEN Priyanka Chopra

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