My skin is as complicated as I am, says Priyanka Chopra!

International diva Priyanka Chopra adds another feather to her cap. Well, we all know that she has featured on the cover of say, a zillion magazines but this time, it is different. Because this time, Priyanka Chopra has made it to the list of 41 women featured in Allure Magazine’s Diversity Issue.

This American women’s beauty magazine’s April cover issue features 41 women who are celebrating diversity through stories of inclusion and the day-to-day struggles of beauty. The magazine cited, “We 41 women of color to tell us the story of their lives through their skin—and skin tone. Because our skin can be both a vulnerability and a defense. But most importantly, it can be a source of celebration.”

The list of 41 women featured by the magazine includes Padma Laskhmi, Meghan Markle, Constance Wu, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King, and Jessica Alba, among others. But what caught our attention was Chopra’s frank quote in the American magazine.

Priyanka is quoted as telling, “My skin is as complicated as I am. When I was growing up, I didn’t see anyone on television who looked like me. Initially companies didn’t have colors that matched Asian or Indian skin. Because I’m darker, I had issues as a teenager—society pressure that a girl is prettier if she’s lighter. Pressure exist, and it’s on us to make those pressures not seem important to girls. I’ve achieved what I’ve achieved, and skin color has nothing to do with it—in fact it might have been an asset. I like the color of my skin very much. It’s so primitive to me that people are judged on the basis of the color of their skin. I mean, it’s skin. We all have it.”