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2020 beauty pageant in Malaysia
Miss Universe Malaysia 2020 , the 54th edition of the Miss Universe Malaysia , was held on 5 September 2020 at Kota Damansara , Petaling Jaya , Selangor . Francisca Luhong James of Sarawak was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Shweta Sekhon of Kuala Lumpur at the end of the event. She represents Malaysia at Miss Universe 2020 pageant held in Hollywood , Florida , United States .[1]
Background
Gala Night
The Miss Universe Malaysia was originally to be held on April 16, 2020 but on March 16, 2020, every events in Malaysia have to be cancel (or postponed) due to the disease transmission of COVID-19 .[2]
In early July, it was announced that the gala night will be held on September 5 in the form of "e-Gala" with no audience present physically during the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing . The e-Gala will be the first-ever virtual Miss Universe Malaysia gala and will be broadcast live on the official website of Miss Universe Malaysia. During the livestream, audiences get to vote for the Miss Body Beautiful, Best in Evening Gown and the winner of Miss Universe Malaysia.[3] [4]
e-Gala Night Judges
Dato' Hans Isaac - actor, director and producer.[4]
Datin Selwinder Kaur - Glojas by Smart International Aesthetic chief operating officer.[4]
Dr Nicholas Lim - La Jung Aesthetic Clinic medical director and aesthetic medical practitioner.[4]
Deborah Priya Henry - Miss Universe Malaysia 2011.[4]
Carven Ong - Carven Ong Couture creative designer.[4]
Michelle Lam - Esthetics International Group director.[4]
Shawn Loong - Shawn Cutler Group of Salons founder, creative director and celebrity stylist.[4]
Elizabeth Lee - Bowerhouse co-founder.[4]
Pre-judging Judges[5]
Marini Ramlan - artist and entrepreneur.
Rubin Khoo - associate publisher at Burda Luxury KL.
Sunita Chhabra - editor of "Life Inspired" at The Star .
Datuk Yasmin Yusoff - Miss Universe Malaysia 1978, actress and singer.
Zahir Kelvin Ong Abdullah - TV host and executive director of Venus Assets Sdn Bhd.
Background
The public could watch the live-streamed competition by purchasing tickets to the show on the Miss Universe Malaysia website, with 20 per cent of the proceeds to be channeled to Lighthouse Children Welfare Home Association in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.[4] [6] HELP University .[7]
Final program
The grand finale was originally scheduled for 5 March 2020, then being delayed from April 2020 and once again to 11 July 2020 before being rescheduled to 5 September 2020. It was originally to be held at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur, but it was changed to live-streamed virtually at Miss Universe Malaysia website.[3] [4]
Marketing
The finalists will be featured in an online show, The Next 2020 Miss Universe Malaysia, comprising 18 episodes scheduled to be aired starting January 23, 2020, followed by 10 episodes of their journey leading to the crowning of Miss Universe Malaysia on online lifestyle channel, hurr.tv. The webisodes will also be available on the Miss Universe Malaysia Organization YouTube channel and the hurr.tv mobile app.[7]
Results
Final Results
Contestants
Miss Universe Malaysia 2020
1st Runner–Up
Selangor – Charissa Chong
2nd Runner–Up
3rd Runner–Up
Kuala Lumpur – Neha Verma
Top 11
Kuala Lumpur – Celine Foo
Kuala Lumpur – Chua Xing Er
Kuala Lumpur – Louisa Ananthan
Kuala Lumpur – Pritha Manivannan
Pahang – Quinn Fung
Sabah – Rindsay Rachelle Laige
Sabah – Meme Yaw §
§ Fan favorite winner
Order of announcements
Top 11
1. Kuala Lumpur - Celine Foo
2. Sabah - Rindsay Laige
3. Selangor - Charissa Chong
4. Johor - Serene Chai
5. Sarawak - Francisca James
6. Kuala Lumpur - Louisa Ananthan
7. Pahang - Quinn Fung
8. Kuala Lumpur - Pritha Manivannan
9. Kuala Lumpur - Chua Xinger
10. Kuala Lumpur - Neha Verma
11. Sabah - Meme Yaw §
Top 4
1. Selangor - Charissa Chong
2. Kuala Lumpur - Neha Verma
3. Sarawak - Francisca James
4. Johor - Serene Chai
Special awards
Awards
Contestants
Miss Congeniality
#2 Kuala Lumpur – Celine Foo
Miss Habib
#11 Kuala Lumpur – Neha Verma
Miss Body Beautiful
#9 Kuala Lumpur – Louisa Ananthan
Best in Evening Gown
#7 Sarawak – Francisca Luhong James
Fan Favorite Winner
#10 Sabah – Meme Yaw
Miss Online Personality
#11 Kuala Lumpur – Neha Verma
Miss La Jung Youthful Forever
#17 Kuala Lumpur – Serene Chai Yong Bin
Miss Auto Bavaria Elegance
#7 Sarawak – Francisca Luhong James
Miss Dermalogica Healthy Skin
#14 Kuala Lumpur – Pritha Manivannan
Miss Skinz Sanctuary Flawless Skin
#17 Kuala Lumpur – Serene Chai Yong Bin
Miss Strip Body Confidence
#3 Selangor – Charissa Chong Su Huey
Miss Glojas Beautiful
#14 Kuala Lumpur – Pritha Manivannan
Shawn Cutler Hair Award
#16 Sabah – Rindsay Rachelle Laige
Contestants
18 contestants competed for the title of Miss Universe Malaysia 2020:[8]
No.
Contestants
Age[a]
Height
Represented
Notes
1.
Adelina Chan Yin Ling
26 168 cm (5 ft 6 in )
Penang
2.
Celine Foo
25 173 cm (5 ft 8 in )
Kuala Lumpur
Top 11
3.
Charissa Chong Su Huey
26 171 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 2 in )
Selangor
1st runner-up
4.
Ching Poh Yee (Chloe)
24 165 cm (5 ft 5 in )
Kuala Lumpur
5.
Chua Xing Er (Xinger)
23 173 cm (5 ft 8 in )
Kuala Lumpur
Top 11
6.
Francisca Luhong James
24 175 cm (5 ft 9 in )
Sarawak
Winner
7.
Gladys Liew Chi Mun
23 ft 5 + 1 2 in )
Perak
8.
Haylynn Tan Siau Thong
20 ft 5 + 1 2 in )
Selangor
9.
Louisa Ananthan
22 170 cm (5 ft 7 in )
Kuala Lumpur
Top 11
10.
Yaw Mee Mee (Meme)
25 170 cm (5 ft 7 in )
Sabah
Top 11
11.
Neha Verma
21 ft 9 + 1 2 in )
Kuala Lumpur
3rd runner-up
12.
Ooi Erjun
22 ft 8 + 1 2 in )
Selangor
13.
Prissha Gerald
21 ft 8 + 1 2 in )
Johor
14.
Pritha Manivannan
26 168 cm (5 ft 6 in )
Kuala Lumpur
Top 11
15.
Fung Wei Qing (Quinn)
23 168 cm (5 ft 6 in )
Pahang
Top 11
16.
Rindsay Rachelle Laige
21 168 cm (5 ft 6 in )
Sabah
Top 11
17.
Serene Chai Yong Bin
25 168 cm (5 ft 6 in )
Johor
2nd runner-up
18.
Yong Meei Yeng
26 168 cm (5 ft 6 in )
Selangor
Crossovers
Contestants who previously competed/appeared at other international/national beauty pageants:
International Pageants
Miss International
2013 - Charissa Chong (Unplaced)
World Miss University
2014 - Charissa Chong (Top 30)
Miss Asean
2014 - Charissa Chong (Top 5)
Miss Global Beauty Queen
2017 - Meme Yaw (Unplaced)
National Pageants
Miss Universe Malaysia
Miss World Malaysia
2015 - Serene Chai Yong Bin (1st Runner-up)[9]
2016 - Francisca Luhong James (4th Runner-up) → (2nd Runner-up)[10]
2018 - Francisca Luhong James (Top 5)[11]
Miss International Malaysia
2013 - Charissa Chong (Winner–Miss International Malaysia)[12]
2017 - Meme Yaw (Winner–Miss Global Beauty Queen Malaysia)
Miss Astro Chinese International
2016 - Serene Chai Yong Bin (Top 8)[13]
Miss Cultural Harvest Festival
2015 - Francisca Luhong James (2nd Runner-up)[14]
Supermodel International Malaysia
2017 - Charissa Chong (Top 20)[15]
Miss Malaysia Borneo Tourism
2015 - Meme Yaw (Top 5)[16]
Sabah Model Of The Year
2016 - Meme Yaw (Finalist)[16]
Notes
^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
^ a b "Miss Universe Malaysia 2020 e-Gala" . Miss Universe Malaysia Official Instagram . 10 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-10 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Landau, Esther (13 July 2020). "Miss Universe show to be live-streamed" . New Straits Times . Retrieved 2020-07-13 .
^ "Introducing the Pre-Judging Panel" . Miss Universe Malaysia Official Facebook page. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-03 .
^ Syahrul (17 August 2020). "Shweta Sekhon On Referring To The Miss Universe Malaysia Crown As Her "Baby" . Hype Malaysia . Retrieved 2020-08-26 .
^ a b Vijaindren, Audrey (13 December 2019). "Miss Universe finalists in 'boot camp' . New Straits Times . Retrieved 2020-07-10 .
^ Tan, Thomas (2019-12-14). "18 finalists of Miss Universe Malaysia 2020 unveiled" . www.cj.my . Retrieved 2019-12-17 .
^ Thomas Tan (1 September 2015). "Sabah beauty Brynn Lovett is Miss Malaysia World 2015" . Citizen Journalists. Retrieved 2019-12-13 .
^ Thomas Tan (28 August 2016). "18-Year-Old Tatiana Kumar Crowned Miss Malaysia World 2016" . Citizen Journalists. Retrieved 2019-12-13 .
^ "Sarawakian lass is Miss World Malaysia 2018" . The Sun Daily. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-13 .
^ "Charissa Chong is Miss Global International Malaysia 2013/2014" . The Star . 29 July 2013. Retrieved 2019-12-13 .
^ WL Jack (8 November 2016). "[Coverage] Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2016 (Astro國際華裔小姐競選 2016)" . wljack.com. Retrieved 2019-12-13 .
^ GEORGETTE TAN (4 May 2015). "Jean Seymour is Miss Cultural Harvest Festival" . The Borneo Post. Retrieved 2019-12-13 .
^ Thomas Tan (14 January 2017). "Top 20 Finalists of Supermodel Int'l Msia 2017 Revealed" . Citizen Journalists. Retrieved 2019-12-13 .
^ a b Thomas Tan (22 July 2016). "Miss Universe Msia 2017 Aspirants Take Their Shot" . Citizen Journalists. Retrieved 2020-03-03 .
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