EDITED: I had to fix my grammar because Malaysians were getting angry I accidentally wrote “I told people I was southeast asian, I was Malaysian” and focused on ‘I WAS’ instead of the whole message. Ofcourse I AM Malaysian but anyways here’s the new and improved caption.
2021 - My first Vogue cover ever, and what better way to have this moment with @voguesingapore!
I recently spoke up about representation in Hollywood.. or anywhere actually. If you want to play the Southeast Asian game, you gotta have Southeast Asian players. In my 15 years working in the international music industry I have been ‘trying’ to prove my worth to the world that yes- I’m a southeast Asian woman and I too can be great at what I do. Southeast Asian women sometimes get little or no respect for our efforts because of where we come from (this is where third world country, sexualization of SEA women comes to mind) or the colour of our skin. We needed to go above and beyond to have a seat at the table. Now that the entertainment world is starting to recognize SEA talents and the richness of our culture- it’s important that we are involved in carefully telling our story and not let anyone else write our narrative for us. You can’t pick and choose what Southeast Asian narrative you want to tell your audience, you need to embrace us for who we are. We need to be in on the conversation. Hire us. We are here.
Our girls and boys need to see us out there so they know that - with whatever they have in them, no matter how small a village they come from, they can achieve what sometimes seems impossible. But it’s not. They can be world class too.
When I’m out there and I tell people I’m southeast Asian, and Malaysian, I’d get different reactions. “Wait how are you Asian but dark skin? Wait how are you Asian but you’re Muslim? Wait how is your English so good?” People still have no idea (or a skewed idea) of who we are so let’s find every opportunity to make our mark in whatever field we want to excel in. Demand a spot to tell our story.
Thank you #VogueSingapore for having me on your April 2021 cover. @musingmutley you’re a real one for this💥 Keep on telling beautiful SEA stories through SEA creatives.🙏🏽 man! I’m gonna get 20 copies of these and give em to my aunties OMG!!
Photo @chee__wei
Outfit : @khoonhooi_official
Stylist : @jonathanliang_
Hijab stylist @nazlivingastyle
Makeup: @chufan
Story: @louboutins
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