Priyanka photo shoot for 'Guess'

"I was petrified," she said of her pageant experience (though a grainy YouTube video suggests otherwise). "I didn't know how to walk in heels and wear a massive gown. I just wanted it to be over." But Bollywood movie offers and product endorsement deals began flooding in, and, as Ms. Chopra put it, "I went from being a geek to a geek's fantasy."