Secret world of sugar babies not all sweet

Sugar baby Jenni (above, not her real name) has been in the sugar dating scene for more than two years, with three long-term arrangements in which she received allowances from her “daddies”. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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SINGAPORE - When Jenni (not her real name) heard about her friend's lavish trips to Europe more than two years ago, she wondered how she could afford it.

"She told me she was on a sugar-dating app," says the 28-year-old marketing executive and part-time model, who was born in Malaysia.

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