{"id":4249,"date":"2019-03-28T10:20:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T02:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/news_events\/merzaesthetics-celebrates-110th-anniversary-prominent-women\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T14:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:49:04","slug":"merzaesthetics-celebrates-110th-anniversary-prominent-women-ko","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/th\/news_events\/merzaesthetics-celebrates-110th-anniversary-prominent-women-ko\/","title":{"rendered":"Merz Aesthetics Celebrates Its 110th Anniversary With 11 Prominent Women From Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Merz Aesthetics, a global leader in medical aesthetics of the global Merz Pharma Group, recently launched its latest campaign, the Merz Aesthetics Serendipity Journey (MASJ). The MASJ will feature authentic personal stories from a diverse group of 11 prominent women from 11 different Asia Pacific countries (known as the MASJ Squad) in hopes to help people focus positively on their favorite features and minimize self-limiting beliefs that hinder them from reaching their fullest potential. It also aims to start a conversation that addresses the stigma attached to the practice of undergoing medical aesthetics treatments, by inspiring a shift in mindset that such treatments are not that different from other ways of enhancing one\u2019s beauty such as makeup, hair, fashion styling and exercise.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2415\" src=\"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_7595-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"660\" \/>The MASJ Squad includes popular YouTube influencers, actresses, authors, entrepreneurs, and reality TV stars that have accepted the challenge to begin a self-discovery journey and will share how they have overcome personal struggles in their lives and learned to embrace their individuality without conforming to society\u2019s standards of perfection or beauty.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Almiranti Fira, Indonesia<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Bonnie Chu, Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Cat Arambulo-Antonio, Philippines<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Emily Quak, Malaysia<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf \u201cGuitar\u201d PATINYA, Thailand<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Hana Giang Anh, Vietnam<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf \u201cMin Garden\u201d Min Jeongwon, South Korea<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Nitibha Kaul, India<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Sarah Roza, Australia<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Thien Qi Yun, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf \u201cQueen\u201d Chen Yi-Li, Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what our Malaysian Beauty Influencer, Emily Quak has to say about her self-discovery journey.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2416\" src=\"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_7596.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1059\" height=\"1052\" \/>Emily Quak, radio DJ at MIX FM and Youtube personality, didn\u2019t plan on finding a place in beauty as a career. A degree in law and a good job at a firm in Melbourne would have been considered a successful career move for most people. However, Emily soon discovered that her real passion was not in law, but in beauty. \u201cWhile practising law, I discovered beauty, blogging and Youtube-ing, and knew I found what I loved. I quit a promising, lucrative career in law to go into something where, basically, you have to hustle by yourself or nothing is going to come from it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For Emily, beauty is authenticity. \u201cIt\u2019s the way you pull off being you daily. That\u2019s what beauty is!\u201d As part of the MASJ Squad, she is able to use her love of beauty and her own serendipitous story to connect positively with her followers and have a continuing conversation on how beauty can impact confidence and the many available options for enhancing the features people love about themselves. \u201cI am very very big on self-confidence and your own body image. A lot of people post a lot of horrible things online now and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s right. People say, \u201cYou\u2019re too skinny and if you gain some weight, you\u2019re too fat. Without makeup, you\u2019re too ugly; with makeup, too fake.\u201d What I\u2019m trying to do through my posts and through the things that I say to the people who message me is \u2018do what makes you happy\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While self-confidence levels of women and men in Asia Pacific have improved over the last decade, the results from a recent Merz Aesthetics APAC Consumer Study: \u2018Discovering The Truth About Beauty and Self-Confidence\u2019 still show a lower-than-expected level of self-confidence and that most women and men are still finding it difficult to pay themselves a compliment. \u00a0This consumer market study was conducted by Merz Aesthetics in partnership with Frost &amp; Sullivan across 11 Asia Pacific countries (Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam) and included 3,210 women &amp; men from the ages of 21 to 55 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The Merz Aesthetics 2018 APAC Consumer Study: \u2018Discovering The Truth About Beauty and Self-Confidence\u2019 included the below key findings:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>70% of respondents across 11 countries in Asia Pacific lack self-confidence and often measure themselves against others; LC (Less confident individual), while the rest 30% of respondents are confident and feel good about themselves; C (Confident individuals) N=3,210(C + LC)<\/li>\n<li>50% of these less-confident individuals find it difficult to associate themselves as being beautiful\/good-looking due to various reasons such as cultural norms, societal beauty standards. N=2,250(LC)<\/li>\n<li>85% of confident individuals are not afraid to say they are physically beautiful\/good-looking and believe that beauty and self-confidence are positively related. They feel more confident when they make an effort to look their best and caring for their physical appearance. N=960(C)<\/li>\n<li>70% of respondents are highly proactive about making an effort to maintain and enhance their natural beauty adopting a healthy diet, exercise, and medical aesthetic treatments. N=3,210(C + LC)<\/li>\n<li>60% of respondents are open to non- and minimally-invasive medical aesthetic treatments to boost their self-image and confidence. N=3,210 (C + LC)<\/li>\n<li>90% of respondents who are open to aesthetic treatments to enhance and maintain their physical appearance indicated these initiatives as contributing to greater self-confidence and attractiveness. N=1,539(C + LC)<\/li>\n<li>70% of confident individuals perceive that physical enhancement and aesthetic treatments as norms today and consider it acceptable to undergo these aesthetic treatments to boost self-confidence and enrich their quality of life. N=960(C)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As part of the Merz Aesthetics Serendipity Journey campaign, Merz Aesthetics is launching a new website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.myserendipityjourney.com<\/a>\u00a0which will be available in English, Thai, Korean and Traditional Chinese versions. This interactive website will feature thought-provoking content and informative beauty articles, as well as videos and personal stories of each Serendipity Squad member. Each Serendipity Squad member will also be documenting their personal experiences and campaign journey over the next twelve months on their social media platforms \u2013 Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. In addition, this digital platform will offer consumers information and access to a group of beauty professionals including certified\/licensed local medical aesthetics service providers.<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Ref:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/lifestyle\/love-society\/merz-aesthetics-celebrates-its-110th-anniversary-with-11-prominent-women-from-asia-on-theirs-merz-aesthetics-serendipity-journey\/\">http:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/lifestyle\/love-society\/merz-aesthetics-celebrates-its-110th-anniversary-with-11-prominent-women-from-asia-on-theirs-merz-aesthetics-serendipity-journey\/<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merz Aesthetics, a global leader in medical aesthetics of the global Merz Pharma Group, recently launched its latest campaign, the Merz Aesthetics Serendipity Journey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4250,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events\/4249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myserendipityjourney.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}