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KATHMANDU, NEPAL — When Jane Dipika Garrett’s family learned that she’d applied to compete in Miss Universe Nepal, they assumed it was a joke. “No one,” she says, “believed I would win.” As a teenager, Garrett was bullied for several years for being overweight. She didn’t make any friends. She avoided people. Later, she attempted suicide several times, and after overdosing on drugs in 2022, she received a five-day treatment at a Kathmandu hospital. ✉️ To receive our weekly Women Worldwide newsletter, Click here. But in 2023, she made history when she became the first plus-size woman to compete…

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