Competing to prove a point

NEVER let a medical condition stop you from living life to the fullest.

This is the message Sofia Lovi Ramasamy, Nik Norziehana Che Isa, and Nor Athira Sujino want to send out as finalists for Miss Amazing Malaysia 2019, a beauty pageant for physically challenged women.

Nor Athira, a commis chef, almost did not make it to the pageant as organisers felt that as a lupus patient, she is “normal”.

Read more at The Star

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