On Wednesday, actor Priyanka Chopra who has long been working on her memoir 'Unfinished', got the first glimpse of the hard copy of the book.
Her memoir which will hit the stands on February 9, traces the collection of personal essays, stories, and observations by Priyanka as an actor, producer, singer, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
In the much-awaited memoir, the actor has also opened up about facing racism as a teenager in America. She has in detail written about being a victim of racist bullying at an American high school and how it affected her to a level that she had to ultimately return to India to finish her schooling.
Priyanka had moved to the US at the age of 13 and studied in Massachusetts, Iowa, and New York City.
Now, in a recent interview with PEOPLE, Priyanka, while speaking about the same said, "I took it very personally. Deep inside, it starts gnawing at you."
"I went into a shell. I was like, 'Don't look at me. I just want to be invisible,' " she added.
"My confidence was stripped. I've always considered myself a confident person, but I was very unsure of where I stood, of who I was," said Priyanka. As per the magazine, in Unfinished, Priyanka explains that other teenage girls would call and insult her with different names and statements like, 'brownie, go back to your country!' and 'go back on the elephant you came on'. "I don't even blame the city, honestly. I just think it was girls who, at that age, just want to say something that'll hurt," Chopra told PEOPLE.
"Now, at the other side of 35, I can say that it probably comes from a place of them being insecure. But at that time, I took it very personally," she added.
In her interview Priyanka revealed that after she came back to India, it was with the help of her doctor parents that she regained her confidence.
"I was so blessed that when I went back to India, I was surrounded by so much love and admiration for who I was. Going back to India healed me after that experience in high school," Priyanka said.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the former Miss World documented the memorable moment of getting the first look at the hard copy of her memoir ' Unfinished' in a video and shared the video with her fans on social media.