'Malaysia boleh!' cried Michelle Yeoh's mother in a video chat with her daughter minutes after her historic Oscars win was announced. Oscars2023
"Malaysia boleh!" cried Michelle Yeoh's mother in a video chat with her daughter minutes after her historic Oscars win was announced — citing a popular slogan that loosely translates into"Malaysia can do it!"
"We kept telling her: 'You will win... You're going to stand on stage with the golden man'," she said, referring to the Oscar statuette.The 60-year-old Malaysian actress won the award for her role in the sci-fi film"Everything Everywhere All at Once", beating Cate Blanchett who had long been favourite to win a third Oscar for"Tar".
Dr Tan Ooi Hong, a Yeoh fan, said:"She is the pride not just for Malaysia, but she is the pride of Asia as well."
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