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With her fierce looks and fluid dance moves, you might never guess that Anisha Thai was originally a civil engineer. “I moved to Hong Kong five years ago and was thinking of climbing the corporate ladder, but then I realised that I was missing out on my passion for dance,” says the half-Comorian and half-Vietnamese model, dancer and influencer from Paris.

When the pandemic hit, Thai went through “a period of self reflection” before entering, a dance competition on TVB that she eventually won—calling that the “trigger” she needed to quit her job and pursue her dream of becoming an artist full-time.

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