49: Why I Hate Being A Miss Singapore (Even though It Changed My Life)

<p>49: Why I Hate Being A Miss Singapore (Even though It Changed My Life) I had to work doubly hard. It's a double-edged sword. </p><p><br>Never give up on your dreams. Yes, you will face so many challenges that could either make you or break you but it’s always up to you how you will handle these challenges. Always be on the positive side of things. Let those negativities be your drive to make yourself better and to go out of your comfort zone. </p><p><br>Today I wanna talk about why I hate being a Miss Singapore, being a beauty queen here in Singapore, and how I eventually learned to embrace it. To learn more about the journey I’ve been through, tune in to this episode.</p><p><strong>How I leverage being a Miss Singapore<br></strong><br></p><p>03:04 - 03:26 I leverage in my Ms. Singapore title and my exposure in the media. So all these were all positioning, strategies that eventually got me to where I am. But I wasn’t happy. Because when you are Ms. Singapore and when you're a beauty queen people will think that you’re using beauty to do the work. Beauty to get things done.</p><p> </p><p>03:31 - 03:42 But we all know that’s not the case. Well, at least not for me. Because I had to work doubly hard, triply hard</p><p> </p><p>03:47 - 03:48 to prove myself.</p><p> </p><p>04:08 - 04:18  I super disliked when people talked down to me in a certain manner or women talking to me like ‘Oh no because you’re Ms. Singapore that’s why you get the job’</p><p> </p><p>04:19 - 04:28 You know in a very cynical and skeptical way and sometimes comes with a pinch of sarcasm. And all these things I couldn’t understand why.</p><p> </p><p>06:57 - 07:04  So what’s my point of telling you this story? I turned my mess into my message.</p><p><br><strong>The difficulty of being a Miss Singapore<br></strong><br></p><p>04:02 - 04:07 Through that rose-colored lens that they judge me I hate it. I hate being judged.</p><p> </p><p>04:38 - 04:47 Why are you judging me because I get very good projects, I get really good jobs, I get really