Ho Lye Toh

Ho Lye Toh (born 1923) is a Singaporean retired weightlifter and a three times former Miss Singapore.[1][2][3]

Ho Lye Toh doing a snatch lift

Toh's father was Ho Peng Khoen, a school teacher and Malayan weightlifting champion. He encouraged Ho to weightlift in order to build up her strength, rewarding her with small gifts as she lifted greater weights. Eventually she mastered the snatch-lift.

Ho also entered beauty pageants winning several times but was forced to stop following the Japanese invasion of Singapore during World War II. She tried again after the war but her boyfriend asked her to stop as she was too successful.

References
  1. The weight lifter and three-time Miss Singapore great-grandma. Alyssa Woo, contented, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. Singapore's 1940s teenage weightlifting beauty queen. Heather Chen, BBC News, 7 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/singapores-golden-girls


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