Life of Rose Chan...pt4
When she went to Singapore to meet her husband who refused to accept her back, she stayed behind to become a cabaret dancerIn the cabaret, she proved herself an accomplished dancer, and was runner-up in two national championships:
All-Women's Ballroom Dancing Championships in Singapore in 1949
Miss Singapore beauty contest in 1950 .
As a result of her success, she was in great demand, and started dancing at as many as five cabarets at a time . In 1951 she opened her own show and toured Malaya (now Malaysia). Malaya then was ruled by the British till 1957.
In 1957 she married an Indonesian and embraced Islam. Her name was changed to Rosminah bt Abdullah. Her second marriage lasted 3 years without children. She had four failed marriages. She had 2 sons (from 3rd n 4th marriages) and 4 daughters. According to Rose Chan in an interview before she died, her eldest son and an adopted daughter disowned her.
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