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Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own and defend my own loveliness.

Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 5
Comedian
Fashion Designer
Film Actor
Musician
Television Actor
Voice Actor
San Francisco County
California
Margaret Moran Cho
Moran Cho
Cho Moran
Jo Moran
Learned
Fats
Stalk
Called
Defend
Scarred
Words
Claim
Stalking
Understand
Claims
Loveliness
Look
Ugly
Hunt
Looks
Meant
Hunts
Time
Deep
Barely
Inside
Disgusting

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