Fara Mendoza criticised over waxing video
Compiled by GERARD GIMINO, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
ACTRESS and entrepreneur Fara Mendoza has made the news again after uploading a video of her getting her bum waxed, Kosmo reported.
'It's part of my monthly routine. The service is also good,' she said in an Instagram story.
Some netizens, however, were riled up, saying this was a step too far.
'This is not something for people to see,' said a netizen.
'It's as if there is no more respect. Everything must be shown for the sake of content,' another netizen said.
Others defended her, saying that such services are normal.
> The daily also reported that Cik B, the daughter of beauty mogul Datuk Seri Vida Othman, claimed she had an eerie encounter during a midnight drive from Kelantan to Ipoh.
Cik B said the incident happened as they were driving in a two-car convoy and blasting music through the speakers.
'Midway, we were stopped by a Road Transport Department officer telling us to refrain from doing this.
'Shortly after, our car hit a hole and we had to stop by the road side.
'While checking the tyres, we saw a restaurant along the road we were on, and saw it filled with people despite it being 2am.
'The people didn't even look at us. Only when we passed, we realised there were no parked cars there,' said Cik B.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
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