'Star Wars'! 40 Surprising Facts from a Galaxy Far, Far Away

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Jasmin Malik Chua
Jasmin Malik Chua
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Jasmin Malik Chua is a fashion journalist whose work has been published in the New York Times, Vox, Nylon, The Daily Beast, The Business of Fashion, Vogue Business and Refinary29, among others. She has a bachelor's degree in animal biology from the National University of Singapore and a master of science in biomedical journalism from New York University. 

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