Priyanka Profile


Priyanka was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand,
India to Ashok and Madhu Chopra nee Akhauri, both doctors.
While her father is of Punjabi heritage, her mother is Bihari Kayasth. She spent part of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Her family frequently moved since her father
was in the Army. She studied at La Martiniere Girls' College in Lucknow, as a young girl and later came to the United States, where she
was an excellent student at Newton North High School, in Newton, Massachusetts and John F.
Kennedy High School (Cedar Rapids) in Iowa. She finished 12th standard in Bareilly. She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.