leonard chua: Oriental Daily 9 April 2015

About Me

Born in England on 24th July 1981 and bred in Malacca.

Started career right after SPM as a F&B staff

Then worked for MAS as an air steward and also part-time modeling

Gained experience and skills in Sales & Marketing through selling insurance, cars, and involvement in network marketing with a couple of direct selling companies

On 06/10/2005, he met an accident at Federal Highway and loss his ability to walk until today

Admitted in the ICU for 1 and a half months followed by 4 months in the normal ward for rehabilitation

Likes to share his experience on how he managed to survive that 5 and a half months in the hospital.

In early 2010, Leonard has been nominated as one of the 50 CLEO most eligible bachelors of the year and that makes him the FIRST disabled CLEO bachelor finalist in Malaysia

Since then he has return to the modeling industry and that makes him the FIRST DISABLED MALE MODEL in Malaysia.

Hence Leonard is also the President of NGO, Beyond Rehab Wellness Center. His purpose of forming this NGO is to share hope with all the People With Disabilities (PWD) including the able people by proving to them that there is hope if we don’t give up

In 2011 he has been awarded with Junior Chamber International Malaysia (JCIM) -Ten Outstanding Young Malaysian Award 2011 in the Personal Improvement and Accomplishment category.

Then In 2012 he was awarded with F & N Outdo Yourself Award (OYA) in Civic Consciousness and Compassion category followed by Prestige Top 40 Under 40 in the Community Service Award.

After that, In 2013, Leonard obtained another award, that is Guang Ming HERO award

In 2015 he was awarded Asia Golden Dragon Award: Asia Outstanding Community Contribution Award

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