The thirty-three-year-old Ipoh-born woman has been a professional plus-size model for almost nine years.
“Modeling was just a dream. I was born a plus-size person and was never skinny. I decided to pursue modelling as I believe it’s unfair that our beauty standards are based on society’s standards. Why shouldn’t I feel pretty too?”“Since kindergarten, I had been mocked by teachers. I felt I was the ‘centrepiece’ they felt the need to pick on,” she told“Similarly, in primary school, a teacher would push me to run faster and said that if I couldn’t, it was only because I was fat.
“In Science class, I’d be called to the front to show how a particular experiment was to be done. The students would say: ‘Don’t sit on the stool, it’ll break’.”Qastella decided to get a job rather than continue with her tertiary education due to her bullying experience in school.Qastella found her calling in the retail line that became her “haven”.
“There were times when I broke down, especially when I entered a new retail shop. I proved them wrong each time and focused on my commitments instead,” she said.
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