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A giant heart.
From red carpets to rehab, Mr Miyagee’ s greatest role isn’ t on screen – it’ s the comeback story of a small star with an unstoppable spirit.
By Venecia Valentine
Some stars are born for the screen. But the rarest ones shine brightest far from the cameras – in the quiet moments of determination, resilience and the courage to keep going when life rewrites the script.
Many know Mr Miyagee from television, films, commercials, magazines, red carpets, and his role as Rolex in the Netflix hit, Semi-Soeter. But beyond the spotlight lives a far more powerful story: that of a tiny dog with a giant heart who refused to let his journey end when life became unbearably hard.
“ He’ s always been small,” says his owner, Lindi Pieterse,“ but what he lacks in size, he makes up for in spirit. Mr Miyagee has never once believed he was fragile.”
Almost a year has passed since the accident that changed everything, and yet here he is: still showing up, still fighting, still believing.
The official report says the injury happened during playtime with his best friend, Mademoiselle Lula Bell. Mr Miyagee, however, maintains it was a professional hazard, a highoctane stunt inspired by Mission
Impawsable. Let’ s just say Tom Cruise won this round with better knees.
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