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But that was 10 years ago, before she met Hoang Son in 2018. He helped her realize that "being oversized is a unique advantage," she said. "I had probably been hurt too much, and Son came to compensate," the 30-year-old woman said of her now-boyfriend. Quynh and Son at a cafe in Ho Chi Minh City in 2022. Photo courtesy of Quynh Before meeting Son, Quynh believed that she had an "overweight" body. Her height was 1.6 meters, while her weight was 58 kilograms, about 10 kilograms more than the average weight of her peers. She was turned down for jobs many times because companies said she had an "underqualified appearance." But what hurt Quynh most was when her boyfriend of eight years told her to lose weight. "Everyone around me made me feel like I’m ugly. I tried to lose weight like my ex wanted me too, and I didn’t dare wear things he didn’t find eye-catching," she recalled. She also skipped meals and over-exercised. "Still, after all the effort I put in, … [Read more...] about Love changes oversize model’s life

The medal of VnExpress Marathon Sparkling Quy Nhon 2023. Photo courtesy of VM The 4th season medal of VnExpress Marathon Quy Nhon has square shape. In the middle, the image of King Quang Trung riding a horse and raising a sword symbolizes the unyielding spirit of the martial arts land of Binh Dinh. This year's medal uses the golden color representing beautiful sand beaches stretching along the coast of Quy Nhon, the capital town of Binh Dinh Province. The main shape of the design carries the architectural lines on ancient Cham tower. The tower peeking behind the statue of King Quang Trung on the medal is the Binh Lam tower, which was built around the 10th-11th centuries as one of the first Cham towers in Binh Dinh. "Sparkling Quy Nhon" text block appears on the medal in orange and red, the typical colors of VnExpress Marathon. The back of the medal has the word "Finisher" and the image of Hoang Hau beach with crashing waves. "When creating this year's medal, we aim to … [Read more...] about VnExpress Marathon Sparkling Quy Nhon 2023 reveals medal

Oliveira throws the winner’s crown to the floor on May 27, 2023. Photo from Daron Bartlett’s Twitter The event in the Brazilian city of Cuiabá had a freak ending when Matheus Oliveira took to the stage and threw the winner’s crown to the floor, breaking it into pieces, after his wife was announced as the runner-up, according to the Daily Mail . Becker, the representative of Cuiabá, was hugging Emanuelly Belini, the representative of Várzea Grande and winner of the contest, when Oliveira came to the stage, snatched the crown from the previous winner and hurled it to the floor. After that, he grabbed his partner’s hair and pulled her off stage. Responding to shouts and disapproval from the audience, he picked the crown up from the ground before smashing it a second time. Nathally Becker, contestant and runner-up of Miss Gay Mato Grosso 2023. Photo from Becker's Instagram Contest security guards had to go onto the stage and remove the furious husband. "He … [Read more...] about Man smashes beauty pageant crown after wife comes runner-up