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Boomz, Bigini: What Ris Low Taught Us About Beauty Pageants

Boomz, Bigini: What Ris Low Taught Us About Beauty Pageants

Update: 2025-09-04
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Singapore once crowned beauty queens with national pride. Then came Ris Low, whose reign stirred controversy, conversation, and a cultural shift. From mental health to media pressure, this episode examines how her experience exposed the cracks in the pageant system and left the industry forever changed.


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Boomz, Bigini: What Ris Low Taught Us About Beauty Pageants

Boomz, Bigini: What Ris Low Taught Us About Beauty Pageants

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