Lesson from Maurene. Maureen gives advice to those who are experiencing bullying.
Maureen Wroblewitz has gone from this insecure teen who keeps bringing up that she lacks the height to be a top model to standing the tallest in the finale of "Asia's Next Top Model." In an interview with reporters at the season finale viewing party on Wednesday, June 28, Maureen said that she had to constantly prove to everyone that she was more than her looks.
"I think that they shouldn’t have underestimated me and I’m really happy that I could prove them wrong. I’m not just a pretty face. I’m more than that. Actually, it was more like there was the good girls and there was the bad girls. And we tried to stay away from each other because there were so many different personalities. We didn’t want to clash and all that. But for me, I got bullied also. So they would come at me and they were trying to kind of bring me down because they may be feeling threatened," she said.
According to Maureen, being the last Filipina standing was what motivated her to work harder. “The whole time I thought like maybe me and another Filipina might get the top spots. But by the third episode, the other Filipinas were gone! Suddenly I was alone,” she told us during the finale screening at The Palace Pool Club. “That motivated me to do my best because a Filipina has never won.”
However, she admitted that she didn't always feel very confident.
"Before I entered the competition, I already doubted myself. I never even thought I would make it into the competition at all. But look at me now!" she wrote. "I was constantly called 'a pretty face with no skills'. But little did they know, it would just make me come out stronger and better."
"There were times where I felt like giving up, but I knew that it couldn't be an option," she confessed.
Battling self-doubt and discouragement only made Wroblewitz and she hopes that this motivates people to keep fighting for themselves, too.
Maureen won against Malaysia's Shikin Gomez and Vietnam's Minh Tu Nguyen in the finale challenge, where they had to walk at a fashion show in Singapore. The ladies wore X.Q.Zhang designs during the fashion show.
All of us even the most gifted and strong men of God experienced discouragement from time to time. One of the the greatest leaders and motivators of all time taught us how to battle discouragement. Let us learn from his experience.
Overcoming Discouragement.
Let us consider some of the common causes of discouragement: fatigue, fear and failure.
THE REMEDY
- REINFORCEMENT. When discouraged, call the family of God for help.
- REQUISITION. When discouraged, call on God through prayer.
- REVITALIZATION. When discouraged, remember the Lord who is great and awesome. Find rest on God and be refreshed by his word and his presence.
- REPOSITION. When discouraged, reposition yourself from the position of doubt and defeat to the position of faith and victory. You can only do this through changing your stand. Stand on the word of God and not on your doubt.
- REFLECTION. When discouraged, reflect on God’s power and love. Look on God who will fight for us.
Bible Verses For When You Are Feeling Discouraged.
Psalm 34:17-19
Psalm 147:3
Isaiah 41:10
Jeremiah 29:11
Romans 8:28