Tenacity is the quality of holding on — continuing to push toward a goal through rejection, delay and discouragement without surrendering the goal itself. Asked at the 2026 InStyle Imagemaker Awards what would most surprise her younger self, Priyanka Chopra did not name fame or fortune: she named ‘my will to survive, my tenacity.’ It was a striking answer from a woman honored for impact, locating her success not in talent or luck but in refusal to stop.
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Mentioned in: Priyanka Chopra’s Long Road From Shy Teenager to Global Example