Priyanka Chopra to Selena Gomez: Actresses who were told they weren't 'thin' or 'pretty'

Priyanka Chopra to Selena Gomez: Actresses who were told they weren't 'thin' or 'pretty'

Mar 19, 2023

Celebs

Karen Pereira
​Priyanka Chopra​

​Priyanka Chopra​

PC was in the headlines when she said a stylist told her she wasn't the 'sample size'. Now, her stylist Law Roach rubbished the actress' claims, telling The Cut "I've never had that conversation with her, ever."

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Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez revealed that she was often told she wasn't 'sexy enough' to be accepted in Hollywood. She shut down haters saying, "the sexiest thing ... is class."

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Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt lost 16 kgs in just 3 months before she landed her first job as a Bollywood actress.

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Jennifer Lawrence

Besides being asked to lose weight to play Katniss in 'The Hunger Games', Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence revealed she was made to stand nude among women to 'inspire' her to lose weight.

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Sonakshi Sinha

​Sonakshi was reportedly told to lose over 30 kg before she could make her Bollywood debut opposite Salman Khan.

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Sara Jessica Parker

Megastar SJP was ranked the "unsexiest woman alive" in 2007, prompting her to slam Maxim saying, "It's insane. It's so brutal in a way."

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Sara took it in her stride when she was told a few years ago 'agar aapko actor banna hai toh you know…' She is not one of the fittest stars in the industry.

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Margot Robbie

Actress Margot Robbie was told to lose weight for 'The Legend of Tarzan', however, refused to do so and questioned why her character needed to look "so thin."

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Jessica Chastain

Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain revealed that her worth as an actress was reduced to her physical appearance. She told The Telegraph that she wasn't getting work as "people kept telling me I wasn't pretty enough."

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Mindy Kaling

Mindy told the Guardian that she lost several roles because "we were not considered attractive or funny enough."

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Gigi Hadid

Supermodel Gigi Hadid revealed that designers have complained that her body type isn't typical for runway models, indicating she wasn't thin enough.

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