Win Lae Phyu Sin,19-year-old beauty blogger from Myanmar wears her hijab with pride and is busting stereotypes with her videos.

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She has 6.000 followers on Facebook also on other social media platform. She teaches more than 600 students in 150 classes on how to use cosmetics. Picture: Win Lae Phyu Sin  is seen in a photograph on her Facebook page.

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The 19-year-old was the centre of attraction at a recent launch of beauty products in Yangon, her striking multicoloured makeup offset by a long sleeved, green and white gown and matching hijab (picture).

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Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar usually keep a low profile for fear of intimidation. “I don’t regret my decision to wear the hijab,” the blogger says. “Hijab is like a key for me. I can use it to go where I want to go, and do what I want.” Picture: Win Lae Phyu Sin attends a high school reunion with her former classmates in Yangon, Myanmar, May 6, 2018.

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But her popularity does not only draws praises, but also criticism and even discrimination. A Buddhist woman who enrolled in her class backed out on discovering Win Lae was Muslim. Picture: Win Lae Phyu Sin, 19, attends a high school reunion with her former classmates in Yangon, Myanmar, May 6, 2018.

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Some Facebook commenters have attacked her for being too flamboyant and using makeup, which conservative Muslims regard as taboo, but the blogger refuses to let critics waste her time. Picture: Win Lae Phyu Sin talks to a videographer after attending a beauty product launch event in Yangon.

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“When people attack or criticise me outside and online, I choose to ignore them,” she says. “I have a lot of work to do.” Picture: Win Lae Phyu Sin talks to a videographer after attending a beauty product launch event in Yangon. Picture: Win Lae Phyu Sin poses for a photograph on her way home after teaching a class in downtown Yangon, Myanmar August 12, 2018.