Priyanka Chopra’s daughter Malti was “ready to perform” at Vogue photoshoot

Actress Priyanka Chopra is set to grace the cover of British Vogue’s February edition. Much to everyone’s surprise, her daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas made it into the magazine’s photo feature. Their looks were curated by Priyanka’s personal stylist Law Roach, who spoke about working with Malti, his youngest client, in a new interview.
Priyanka posed barefoot in a red midi dress worn with a statement choker. She kept her daughter close to her chest and hugged her, showing off her baby’s red dress as her back was turned to the camera. Speaking about Malti, Roach said the baby, who turned one this month, was “so quiet” on the set, but when prompted to pose, she would “just smile.”
“(Malti) was ready to perform! She was so quiet, but when prompted to do anything, she just smiled,” Roach told British Vogue in a new interview. Speaking about the mother-daughter's photo, one of the most striking images from Priyanka's latest magazine photoshoot, he said, “It’s art.” The stylist, who has worked with celebs like Bella Hadid, Megan Thee Stallion, Zendaya, and many others, also added that he wanted Priyanka and Malti's photo to be 'blown-up and framed' to hang in their Los Angeles home.
Priyanka and singer-husband Nick Jonas shared a simple, picture-less post celebrating Malta’s arrival in January last year. In the new interview, she opened up about witnessing accusations of “outsourcing” her pregnancy and “renting” a womb, among other things. She said, “I’ve developed a tough hide when people talk about me. But it’s so painful when they talk about my daughter. I’m like, ‘Keep her out of it.’ I know what it felt like to hold her little hands when they were trying t find her veins. So no, she’s not going to gossip.”
Chopra reveals that Malti had to be delivered pre-term, a full trimester before her due date. “I was in the OR when she came out. She was so small, smaller than my hand. I saw what the intensive-care nurses do. They do God’s work. Nick and I were standing there as they intubated her. I don’t know how they even found what they needed to intubate her.”
The new parents had to shuttle daily to the NICU for the next three months. “We spent every single day with her on my chest, on my husband’s chest. I didn’t know if she would make it or not,” she said. Priyanka revealed in the interview that she had “medical complications,” so “this was a necessary step, and I’m so grateful I was in a position where I could do this. Our surrogate was so generous, kind, lovely and funny, and she took care of this precious gift for us for six months.”