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The young women of colour redefining Australian beauty standards – ABC News
If you’d asked a 13-year-old Maria Thattil if she would become Miss Universe Australia, she’d probably have thought you were joking.
If you’d asked a 13-year-old Maria Thattil if she would become Miss Universe Australia, she’d probably have thought you were joking.
She was shy, desperate to belong and afraid to be herself.
“I’m in a realm where I didn’t ever historically think I could show up and take up space,” Ms Thattil, now 27, tells the ABC.
So representing Australia at any level was something she didn’t believe was possible. Ms Thattil says for most of her life she’s been told she couldn’t be Australian.
“I wasn’t Australian…
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