Qudsia Ali currently playing younger sister Taniya in fan-favourite Kuch Ankahi opened up about brutal beauty standards in drama industry. Starlet revealed that one of biggest challenges she faced when she entered showbiz was body shaming and people constantly telling her to shed some kilos to make it big on screen.

In conversation with Fuchsia, she said, "When I'd go for an audition, they would always tell me that 'if you wish to come on main television, then you'll have to lose some weight,'" she said.

She added that she'd always look up to international standards and wonder why beauty standards were so different here. "If we look at international shows, which everyone follows now, they don't have restrictions of colour, body, skin or weight."

Ali shed light on how she'd often think about losing all of her weight and getting her hair straight but fear of it not being worth her mental struggle and anguish would stop her. "I'd get these thoughts very often but what's guarantee? What's guarantee that if I get super slim and get my hair straightened and coloured and whatnot, who has promised me that I'll make it big then? So why would I take that risk?" she said.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 30 2023

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