Episode 40: Larissa Ping

Happy New Year, friends! May 2024 bring you success and all the niceties your heart desires to have, because that is my wish for this year, too! :) Meet Larissa Ping, a Sarawakian sweetheart who has won Miss Malaysia in 2018 and represented the country while competing in China. For this episode and in this channel however, we have touched less on the pageantry and more on who she is as a person, the resilience, the "bad ass", and the confidence that she manifests on-and-off camera, and how being nice and having the support of her family as the foundation that lays the characters of Larissa Ping today. Follow Larissa on Instagram @larissaping and Barry on Instagram @barryanakbarim Support my podcast here buymeacoffee.com/barryanakbarim ** - I plan my days, weeks, months and my year early. - Expectations vs. Reality? - Coldplay is magical! - When one door closes, more doors are opened. - People have seen me "unclothed". - "A stuck-up, a snob" - "If only I am a public figure, I may not face hate". - Involvement in school and youth ministry builds my confidence. - I enjoy travelog. - I have learned to push cyberbullies aside, especially when comments are hateful and aren't true. - People will do selective hearing on what opinions to agree & disagree with. - I don't detox social media by deleting photos on Instagram. - I store memories and love looking back on them. - There will always be silver linings & light at the end of the tunnel. - I want to bring the voice to the marginalised children. - I love Maths. - I signed a "slave contract". - Larissa as a solicitor - Don't have to fit in with everyone. - I have a great family and I'm grateful. Not everyone has it. - Success is defined through how proud of my family is of me. - I'm not a celebrity and not untouchable. - "She's a bimbo, and not even smart".