New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Pink and proud I’M A DRAG ON ON THE WATER!

Seeing the look of joy and ecstasy on Glenda Tan’s face after she’s completed a dragon boat race, it’s not surprising she hilariously describes such moments as, “Almost better than sex!”

The 68-year-old Aucklander is a proud member of the Pink Dragons, a team of breast cancer survivors, whose racing adventures are chronicled in the new film The Pinkies Are Back.

But while today her beaming smile, bright wigs and bubbly spirit make Glenda hard to miss, the Auckland teacher aide admits she

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