It is hard to picture the glamorous Col (Rtd) Dr Mumtaj Nisah Abd Rahim – impeccably dressed for our shoot in chic apparel and exquisite jewellery – as a scruffy young child in the small fishing town of Mersing, Johor.
Yet, it was here in this seaside dwelling where Dr Mumtaj and her five siblings enjoyed a childhood surrounded by nature and where she discovered she had a calling in dentistry.
