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18-year-old Priyanka Chopra (C) of India poses after winning the Miss World final with second placed 18-year-old Giorgia Palmas (L) and third placed 20-year-old Yuksel Ak of Turkey (R) in the Millenium Dome in London, 30 November 2000.

Actress Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss World on November 30, 2000, and the actress says the international beauty pageant was her “beginning”.

“Wow! Was I really 17 then! The beginning of my beginning... My Miss World anniversary. #Throwback,” she tweeted on November 30.

After winning the title, she entered the Hindi film industry in 2003 with The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, which co-starred Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta.

The actress has now also ventured into production. She recently won accolades for playing boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom in her biopic titled Mary Kom.