Miss International Malaysia Explained

Miss International Malaysia
Type:	Beauty pageant
Membership:	Miss International
Headquarters:	Kota Kinabalu
Language:	English
Leader Title:	Chairman
Leader Name:	Jenny Ngu
Leader Title2:	President
Leader Name2:	Jawed Khan
Leader Title3:	CEO
Leader Name3:	Dr. Aly Alias Stephen Nah
Location:	Malaysia

Miss International Malaysia is the pageant that selects the representative for Malaysia in the Miss International pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner.

The reigning Miss International Malaysia are Cassandra Yap of Johor and Ashylnn Ooi of Penang. They were crowned on 1 October 2023 at Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu.^[1] Yap represented Malaysia at Miss International 2023 pageant where she was chosen to be in the top 15.^[2] Meanwhile, Ooi will represent Malaysia at Miss International 2024 pageant.

History

Miss International Malaysia Organization Board of Directors (2023)
Position	Director
President	Jawed Khan
Chairman	Jenny Ngu
CEO	Dr Aly Alias Stephen Nah
Project Manager	Jason Jonathan
Event Manager	Zaide Zambrie
Event Coordinator	Izam Ismail
State Director Semenanjung	Kimberly Lee
State Director Sabah	Richard Chok
State Director Sarawak	Dato Raymond Jolly

The pageant was conceived by the Shaw Organisation in 1960 as a beauty pageant competition to find the representatives for Malaya and Borneo (North Borneo and Sarawak) for the Miss International pageant. Malaya first competed in Miss International was in 1960. The country was represented by Zanariah Ahmad (later Tunku Puan Zanariah) while Elizabeth Voon of North Borneo represented Borneo at the 1st edition of the pageant. From 1960 until mid 1970s, Shaw Organisation organised the pageant, then taken over by Far East Beauty Congress for a few years and Exclusive Resources Marketing Pte Ltd from 2010 until 2016. The pageant is considered as one of the oldest international beauty pageant in Malaysia.

In 2023, the national competition was supported by the government under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture to improve the quality and excitement of beauty pageant competition in Malaysia. The pageant was also organised by Persatuan Pentas Anak Seni Malaysia (PPASM) and GRISM.

Malaysia has placed two times in the 1960s and had not been placed until 2023, where Cassandra Yap of Johor placed in the top 15. This is additionally Malaysia's most recent, and third placement.

Titleholders

Year	Representative's Name	Hometown	Placement	Special Awards	Ref
1960	Tengku Zanariah binti Tengku Ahmad	Kelantan	Unplaced		^[3]
1961	Helen Tan Hong Lean	Kuala Lumpur	Top 15	Best National Costume Speech Division	^[4] ^[5]
1962	Brenda Alvisse	Penang	Unplaced		^[6] ^[7]
1965	Linda Lim Hong Eng	Singapore	Top 15		^[8] ^[9]
1967	Marjorie Rongsank	Penang	Unplaced		^[10] ^[11]
1968	Maznah Mohammed Ali	Johor Bahru	Unplaced		^[12]
1969	Pauline Chai Siew Phin	Ipoh	Unplaced		^[13]
1970	Lucy Lim Lee	Pahang	Unplaced
1972	Francesca Lee	Penang	Unplaced
1973	Nancy Thong	Kedah	Unplaced
1974	Amy Theresa Sibert	Sarawak	Unplaced		^[14]
1975	Jenny Liew Tan	Kota Bahru	Unplaced
1976	Siti Fauziah Haron	Penang	Unplaced
1977	Dorothea Chuah	Bagan Datuk	Unplaced
1978	Farida Abdul Samad	Selangor	Unplaced
1979	Nancie Foo	Sabak Bernam	Unplaced		^[15]
1980	Christina Leong	Senai	Unplaced
1982	Karen Seet Yeng Chan	Terengganu	Unplaced
1983	Helen Ann Peters	Penang	Unplaced
1984	Jennifer Foong Sim Yong	Malacca	Unplaced	Miss Friendship
1986	Latonia Chang Pei-Pei	Kuala Lumpur	Unplaced		^[16]
1999	Andrea Franklin Gomez	Sarawak	Unplaced
2000	Aida Stannis Kazum	Sarawak	Unplaced
2001	Felina Cheah Teck Yoong	Penang	Unplaced
2002	Krystal Pang Chia Boon	Kuala Lumpur	Unplaced
2003	Ester Tan	Selangor	Unplaced
2004	Lim Lee Ching	Kuala Lumpur	Unplaced
2005	Winnie Chan Wai Ling	Negeri Sembilan	Unplaced
2006	Iris Hong Choy Yin	Penang	Unplaced
2007	Yennie Yim Lim Nee	Penang	Unplaced
2008	Zi Wei Tham	Negeri Sembilan	Unplaced
2009	Tay Tze Juan	Selangor	Unplaced
2010	Chantelle Chuah	Ipoh	Unplaced
2011	Celine Phong Sze Ling	Perak	Unplaced
2012	Olivia Teng Mei Xian	Perak	Unplaced		^[17]
2013	Charissa Chong Su Huey	Selangor	Unplaced		^[18]
2014	Rubini Sambanthan Muthaliyar	Kajang	Unplaced		^[19]
2015	Immaculate Lojuki	Penampang	Unplaced		^[20]
2016	Olivia Constance Nicholas	Ipoh	Unplaced
2017	Annie Wong Wei Wei		Unplaced		^[21]
2018	Mandy Loo Poh Jern	Penang	Unplaced	Top 15 – Best Body	^[22]
2019	Charmaine Chew Qi En	Alor Setar	Unplaced	Top 7 – Best National Costume Top 10 – Miss Photogenic	^[23]
2022	Giselle Tay Xin Heng	Kuala Lumpur	Unplaced		^[24]
2023	Cassandra Yap Jie Ying	Johor Bahru	Top 15	4th Place – Best National Costume	^[25]
2024	Ashlyn Ooi Tze Yin	Penang	TBA	TBA	^[26]

List of Runners-up

Miss International Malaysia

Year	Winner	1st Runner Up	2nd Runner Up	3rd Runner Up	4th Runner Up
1961	Helen Tan^[27] Kuala Lumpur	Ann Woodford^[28] Malacca	Diana Kok Perak
1962	Brenda Alvisse Penang	Maimunah Mustafa Perak
1965	Linda Lim^[29] Singapore	Betty Lim Kuala Lumpur	Alice Woon Singapore
1966	Marjorie Rongsank^[30] Penang	Monkam Siprasome Kedah	Habsah Hamdan Sarawak	Shirley Palmer Selangor	Maznah Ali Johor
1968	Maznah Ali^[31] Johor Ramlah Alang Terengganu	Doris Choong Selangor	Edna Wanda Jacobs Kelantan
1969	Pauline Chai Perak	Lucy Lim Pahang
2017	Annie Wong Sarawak	Lynn Hang Kedah	Audrey Lee Kedah
2018	Mandy Loo Penang	Renu Sanderan Pahang	Janie Chin Perak
2022	Giselle Tay Kuala Lumpur	Kash Bhullar Selangor	Jean Kueh Selangor
2023	Cassandra Yap Johor	Kimberly Vung Sabah	Christina Lee Perak	Aaliyah Wunsch Sarawak
2024	Ashlyn Ooi Penang

Miss International Borneo

Year	Winner	1st Runner Up	2nd Runner Up	3rd Runner Up	4th Runner Up
1960	Elizabeth Voon North Borneo	Mabel Ong Kuching	Rachel Han Seria
1962	Jane Lim North Borneo	Teresa Pang Brunei	Cecelia Phung Brunei

See also

• Miss International

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cassandra Yap is Miss International Malaysia 2023 . 2023-11-04 . The Star . en.
2. Web site: 2023-11-04 . Cassandra ends 58-year-old drought . 2023-11-04 . www.dailyexpress.com.my.
3. Web site: Puteri Raja Kelantan Ratu Cantik Pertama Malaysia. 2022-01-23. en-GB.
4. Web site: Ismail. Yus. MISS MALAYA/INTERNATIONAL 1961. OLD NEWSPAPER REPORT. Malaysia Pageant News. 2022-01-23. en-US.
5. Web site: Dutch girl crowned . 2022-05-06 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.
6. Web site: Ismail. Yus. TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BRENDA ALVISSE-MISS PENANG/MALAYA 1962. Malaysia Pageant News. 2020-10-04. en-US.
7. Web site: Pint-sized Brenda is crowned 'Miss Penang' . 2022-05-06 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.
8. Web site: Linda among the top 15. 2019-11-27. eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
9. Web site: Now, what am I? asks Miss Malaysia . 2023-11-11 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
10. Web site: MISS MALAYSIA MAJORIE RONGSANK (LEFT), 20, AND MISS …. 2021-02-22. www.nas.gov.sg.
11. Web site: All set for the big beauty contest tonight . 2023-11-11 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
12. Web site: M-queen: I hope it won't happen again.... 2022-02-06. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. en-SG.
13. Web site: I was a prisoner in my own home, says former beauty queen The Star. 2021-02-22. www.thestar.com.my.
14. Web site: THERESA IN LINE-UP OF BEAUTIES. 2020-10-26. eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
15. Web site: A teen at heart . 2023-11-11 . The Star . en.
16. Web site: Khys . 2011-07-04 . Arkib Negara X: Miss Malaysia-World (1985) . 2023-11-11 . Arkib Negara X.
17. Web site: Ismail. Yus. MISS INTERNATIONAL MALAYSIA 2012. PRESS CONFERENCE AND EVENT PHOTOS. Malaysia Pageant News. 2020-10-26. en-US.
18. Web site: Charissa Chong is Miss Global International Malaysia 2013/2014. 2022-01-27. The Star. en.
19. Web site: Mokhtazar. Syahirah. 2018-08-17.
    1. Showbiz: Resilient Rubini triumphs as top model
    . 2019-11-27. NST Online. en.
20. Web site: Immaculate crowned Miss Global International Malaysia 2015 The Star. 2021-02-22. www.thestar.com.my.
21. Web site: PROFILE Miss International2017 Miss International Beauty Pageant 2020. 2020-10-26. www.miss-international.org.
22. Web site: Mandy Loo crowned Miss International Malaysia 2018 - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes. 2020-10-26. Femina Miss India.
23. Web site: Renushara. 2019-10-04. Meet Charmaine Chew, the Stunning Model Representing Malaysia in Miss International 2019. 2021-02-01. WORLD OF BUZZ. en-US.
24. Web site: Tan . Thomas . 2022-03-20 . Giselle Tay happy to win her first Miss International Malaysia 2022 title . 2022-03-31 . Yamcha Time . en-US.
25. Web site: Cassandra Yap is Miss International Malaysia 2023 . 2023-10-26 . The Star . en.
26. Web site: Dua Ratu Satu Malam! Cassandra & Ashlyn Dinobat Miss International Malaysia 2024 . 2023-10-26 . gempak.com.
27. Web site: 11 May 1961 . K.L. girl wins the Miss Malaya title . 2022-08-16 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.
28. Web site: 11 May 1961 . Runner-up . 2022-08-16 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.
29. Web site: 1965-07-11 . Linda, 18, ('I am surprised') is Miss Malaysia . 2022-12-22 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.
30. Web site: Marjorie (Miss Malaysia) makes it three in a row . 2022-04-28 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.
31. Web site: 1968-02-19 . Gadis2 Melayu bolot dua mahkota 'Ratu' . 2022-12-22 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.