47-year-old Singaporean, who has six grandkids, crowned at Grandma Universe 2023

Laura Lee, winner of Grandma Universe pageant, at her home on Jan 30, 2023. The grandma of six had her first child at 20 and first grandchild at 37. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The music is pounding inside the gilded ballroom of Hotel Montecito in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

Audiences whip out their phones as Singaporean Laura Lee – clad in a sparkly red frock that shows off her lean physique – begins singing and doing the salsa to Michael Buble’s Sway.