Miss Borneo Beautiful 2011 Finalist No.2 – Rebekah Livan Balan

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Rebekah Livan Balan

Contestant Profile

Name Rebekah Livan Balan

Age 22

Hometown Kuching

Studies Diploma in Hotel Management (Inti College, Sarawak).

Aspirations To open my own restaurant or write a line of books.

Personal motto If it was a man’s world, God wouldn’t have put women on it.

 

1) What do you like about your studies?

I like working in the service line because I get to work with different types of people from different countries as it opens my eyes to new things.

 

2) How are you preparing for the MBB 2011 fi nal on November 18?

By being friendlier, more sociable and broadening my general knowledge. I am also trying to be more fi t by exercising and having a more controlled diet.

 

3) What qualities define Miss Borneo Beautiful?

In my opinion, it is being able to carry yourself confidently and represent the different ethnic races that are in Sarawak.

 

4) Do you have a message to the other MBB 2011 contestants?

Good luck, and we all have an equal chance of winning.

 

5) What skills/talents do you have that will make you stand out in the competition?

For me it would be playing the sape and the guitar.

 

6) What would it mean for you to win MBB 2011?

If I were to win, it would mean that the pageant doesn’t just choose its winner by their physical looks and height – because I’m only 5’5.

 

7) Who has inspired you most in your life?

That would be my mother. She’s a foreigner, and she left her homeland to be with the man she loves; to me that takes a lot of guts.

 

8) What makes your hometown special?

To me, what makes my hometown special is that it has so many races in one city, each with their own distinct cultural differences and yet all living together in harmony.