Even though she once struggled with her curly hair, these days, the beauty queen, whose hair started growing back in June, doesn’t feel awkward going wigless and bald at home, even if passers-by see her.
“I can accept myself for who I am and I feel beautiful even without hair,” she said. “But when I go out, I still dress up and put on a wig because it gives me a different kind of energy.”
This has been the silver lining in her heartbreaking diagnosis.
“Before I got sick, I was so cowardly. I didn’t dare to dream or strive for the things I wanted. I would hesitate and think about how others would react. But now I realise life is short, time is limited.
“If I could have a conversation with my younger self, I would tell her to be courageous and go for whatever she wanted without hesitation.
“I hope my children will also be brave and do whatever they want to do, and I want to be a living example for them. This is what keeps me strong,” she said.