Singer-actress Sophie Choudry, who was born and brought up in London, felt that she was big and larger than everybody when she moved to Mumbai.
“In London, except for 2-3 desi girls, all there were tall, blonde and slim and I also felt that I was that. I felt I was big when I moved to Mumbai, when I started working for MTV. I found the girls in Mumbai very skinny, very small, I felt I am much larger than everybody,” Sophie said.
“Maybe I’m more curvy, I’m slim but not like a dandi. Typical Indian body type is skinny legs and a tummy, but I never had the stomach, I had fit legs, a fit body,” said Sophie on a panel discussion on fitness and nutrition. “Few people would comment on it and that’s a very bad health space to be in, because I was fitter than most people, maybe girls might have been much more skinnier than me, but they were not as fit as me, someone could be half your size, and she could not be fit at all, whereas you might be heavier, but you have muscle and not fat,” she said.
