article_snippet.sent: (CNN)When Mui Thomas was growing up, Mui Thomas, wanted to be a fashion model -- not an unusual aspiration for a young girl.
article_snippet.sent: Along with Mui parents, Mui's also begun speaking about Mui experiences of living with a "visible difference" and cyberbullying at schools around Hong Kong.
article_snippet.sent: Mui father has also written a family memoir called "The Girl Behind the Face.
article_snippet.sent: Many have found Mui story inspirational -- a real life version of the young adult novel "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio about a young boy with a deformed face who enters middle school.
article_snippet.sent: On Saturday, Mui will graduate from school assemblies and speak in front of a paying audience at a TEDx talk in the city.
article_snippet.sent: Her father thinks public speaking will help Mui come to terms with Mui condition
article_snippet.sent: but Her father's also wary that Mui could be portrayed as a "modern freak show.
article_snippet.sent: It's difficult for Mui because Mui spent so long denying it.
article_snippet.sent: Mui might take part in a fashion show for people with visible difference, realizing a childhood dream.
article_snippet.sent: In person, Mui comes across as articulate, poised and confident -- something Mui mom says comes out of spending so much time with adults while growing up -- and it's easy to see how Mui could command an audience of hundreds.