Summer Weekends: Maria Thattil from Miss Universe to the Jungle

Welcome to our summer series of the Weekend Briefing featuring some of your favourite interviews from 2023!

Maria is a queer, South-Asian woman, the daughter of migrant parents and a former Miss Universe Australia - who stands a petite five foot three in a world of 6 foot something beauty pageant contestants.

In this chat with Jamila Rizvi, Maria explains what it was like to be told she wasn’t Australian enough to be Miss Universe, her experience on coming out on reality TV and her new memoir Unbound.

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