'Desi girl' Priyanka Chopra raised own bar globally in 2016

Being a person who is close to her roots, and who swears by her "Desi girl" tag, Priyanka never let the foreign sunshine in her life take light away from her career and life back home. "India has always given me the opportunity on a global stage to represent the country -- be it in Miss India or Miss World, when I was working in films, or at the international level. "But the true evolution is that of the mind; so I think I've always wanted to do that," Priyanka told the media recently when she was appointed brand ambassador of Assam Tourism here.