“Juna” has emerged on a live-streaming platform – Bigo Live and because of her ability to converse in multiple languages, a huge fanbase started growing. Bigo Live Malaysia took the initiative to interview her and it certainly did make big waves on social media.
Of mixed parentage, Juna’s father is Chinese and her mum Malay. Looking back, Juna admits that she has come a long way, enduring challenges one after the other.
“When I was a child, people thought my mother was my maid whenever they saw us together outside. This is simply because she has darker skin than mine. No matter how hard I tried to explain, it was still difficult for them to understand,” Juna shared. Back then, there was a period when I struggled with identity confusion. I didn’t know if I belonged to the Chinese or Malay group.”
“At home, we were used to practising both cultures simultaneously. Hence, when I was with friends of a certain race, I didn’t really know how to act appropriately.”
