1. Pooja Chopra was born on 3 May, 1986 and is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.
18 Facts About Pooja Chopra
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Pooja Chopra won the title of Femina Miss India World 2009 and represented India at Miss World 2009 pageant where she became the first Indian to win the "Beauty with a Purpose" title at the Miss World competition for India.
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Pooja Chopra got her breakthrough with Commando: A One Man Army and since then, appeared in many films.
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Pooja Chopra was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
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Pooja Chopra stated was abandoned by her father at birth since he wanted a boy.
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Pooja Chopra worked and brought up both girls by herself.
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Pooja Chopra attended Mount Carmel Convent High School and later graduated from Ness Wadia College, both in Pune.
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Pooja Chopra was crowned with the 2009 Femina Miss India East title on 17 February 2009, in Kolkata.
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Pooja Chopra won Miss Perfect 10, Miss Catwalk, Miss Beautiful Smile, Talwarkars Best Body, and Nakshatra Miss Sparkling Beauty, thus gaining direct entry into the top ten finalists of the Femina Miss India 2009.
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Pooja Chopra sprained her ankle while running down a flight of stairs one week prior to the Miss World Final, which was scheduled to take place on 12 December 2009; still, she participated in the competition and earned a positive response from the public.
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Pooja Chopra finished as one of the top 16 finalists out of 120 contestants.
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Pooja Chopra made her acting debut in the 2011 Tamil film Ponnar Shankar, playing the role of Princess Muthaayi, opposite Prashanth Thiagarajan.
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Pooja Chopra acted in Vipul Shah's action film Commando opposite Vidyut Jammwal, in her first lead role.
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Pooja Chopra starred in Neeraj Pandey's short film Ouch, a dramatic love story.
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Meena Iyer from Times of India said, "Pooja Chopra is super-confident in her film debut and a welcome addition to Bollywood's heroines".
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Pooja Chopra has won 8 National and International Titles in 2009.
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Pooja Chopra won US$10,000 for her project, which she donated to the NGO which helps small girls fight poverty.
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Post Pulwama attack in 2019, Pooja Chopra donated part of her Aiyaary earnings to families of Martyred Soldiers.