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

49: Why I Hate Being A Miss Singapore (Even though It Changed My Life) I had to work doubly hard. It's a double edge sword.

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 on 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.

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.

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Show Notes

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.

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.
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.

How I leverage being a Miss Singapore

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. 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 03:47 - 03:48 to prove myself. 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’ 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. 06:57 - 07:04 So what’s my point of telling you this story? I turned my mess into my message.
The difficulty of being a Miss Singapore

04:02 - 04:07 Through that rose-colored lens that they judge me I hate it. I hate being judged. 04:38 - 04:47 Why are you judging me because I get very good projects, I get really good jobs, I get really high profile clients, why aren’t you happy for me? 04:54 - 05:19 So all these emotions and all these thoughts actually still went through even as I progressed into building an online, building my business online. Bringing my business online in 2013 and then later on doing a cafe retail chain. The same thing, I was facing difficulty because I was Ms. Singapore. 06:57 - 07:04 So what’s my point of telling you this story? I turned my mess into my message. 07:11 - 07:27 I told myself ‘I’m not going to let anyone determine my future. So what if you’re jealous? You hate me, you skeptics, you have disgust, sarcasm and you’re always using Oh because you’re Ms. Singapore, what?’
Filtering the negativities

07:39 - 07:49 I kind of put up a filter, this UV light that kills bacteria, I kind of like put a UV light surrounding myself right now and none of this nonsense can get to me ever again. 07:55 - 08:00 This story is something that I’m gonna turn from negative to victorious. 08:03 - 08:16 Within a year I rebranded myself from the cafe retail chain business I redesign from the ground up the way I should be, the way I am, the way I want to be seen as a leader in the marketplace. 08:48 - 09:00 And also for those skeptics and naysayers and dreams layers out there, I will say thank you, it’s because of you I got out of my comfort zone and continue to strive to be better. 09:01 - 09:21 (20) A different version of myself 2.0. I never gave up and that’s why I’m where I am today. And because I did not choose to accept all this negativity, I weed out those negative people, good people came into my life.

Key Takeaways:

Never give up.

Go out of your comfort zone and strive to be better.

Redesign and rebrand yourself the way you want to be seen as a leader in the marketplace.

Don’t let negativity pull you down.

Don’t let others determine your future.

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