KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — Cosmetics millionaire Sofea Ilias has gone back to being a transwoman after a brief stint living in her biological male identity.
The 22-year-old said on top of the insults she had still received while trying to live as a man with the name Safiey, she missed her life as a transgender where she felt empowered.
“I am actually quite tired of trying to be good and to come back to the right path. Whatever I do, there will still be people who are dissatisfied and who’ll question me.
“When I was a ‘pondan’, they insulted me. When I became a man, still people insulted and questioned me,” she posted on her Facebook page, using the derogatory term for an effeminate man.
The businesswoman revealed there were even those who accused her of “riding on religion” to boost her business during the time she was trying to be a man.
Sofea added that she has gotten fed up of dealing with her critics and said going back to her transgender lifestyle would give her peace of mind.
“I am tired of entertaining all the accusations and allegations. When I tried to be good, still people went around talking.
“I’d rather be myself and make myself happy in my own way,” she stressed.
Sofea, who owns a cosmetic company, reportedly tried to go back to being a man at the end of last year.
Entertainment daily Kosmo! reported Sofea as getting rid of her breast implants last April after she went for breast surgery at age 19.
