Miss Universe Malaysia 2016 Explained

Winner:	Kiranmeet Kaur Jassal
Date:	30 January 2016
Presenters:	Hansen Lee • Deborah Priya Henry
Entrants:	14
Placements:	8
Venue:	Palace of the Golden Horses Hotel, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
Congeniality:	Nisha Sema
Photogenic:	Dhivya Dhyana Suppiah
Before:	2015
Next:	2017

Miss Universe Malaysia 2016, the 50th edition of Miss Universe Malaysia, was held on January 30, 2016, at the Palace of the Golden Horses Hotel, Selangor. Kiran Jassal of Selangor was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Vanessa Tevi Kumares of Negeri Sembilan at the end of the event. She then represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant in Manila, Philippines.^[1]

Results

Final Results	Contestants
Miss Universe Malaysia 2016	– Kiranmeet Kaur Jassal
1st Runner–Up	– Dhivya Dhyana Suppiah
2nd Runner–Up	– Lina Soong
3rd Runner–Up	– Swarna Naidu
4th Runner–Up	– Nisha Sema
Top 8	– Cindy Ng – Jennifer Ling – Alicia Tan

Gala Night Judges

• Sonny San^[2]
• Dato Dr Ko Chung Beng
• Zaihani Mohd Zain
• Shawn Loong
• Dato Sri Navneet Goenka
• Elaine Daly – Miss Universe Malaysia 2003
• Jeff Lee
• Datuk Wira Rahadian Mahmud Khalil
• Awal Ashaari – actor, model and television presenter

Preliminary Judges

• Dato' Farah Khan – founder and president of Malaysia's leading luxury retailer
• Gillian Hung – fashion guru
• Kavita Sidhu – Miss Charm International 1990, actress, fashion designer and producer
• Debbie Goh – malaysian actress
• Whulandary Herman – Miss Universe Indonesia 2013
• Sukanya Poljak – actress
• Aster Lim
• Shawn Loong

Special Awards

Awards^[3] ^[4]	Contestants
Miss Photogenic	– Dhivya Suppiah
Miss Talent	– Lina Soong
Miss Best Body	– Swarna Naidu
Miss Congeniality	– Nisha Sema
Miss My Dentist Winning Smile 1	– Swarna Naidu
Miss My Dentist Winning Smile 2	– Kiran Jassal
Miss Online Personality	– Alicia Tan

Judges

• Dato' Farah Khan - Founder and president of Malaysia's leading luxury retailer
• Gillian Hung - Fashion guru
• Kavita Sidhu - Miss Charm International 1990, Malaysian actress, fashion designer and a producer
• Debbie Goh - Malaysian actress
• Whulandary Herman - Miss Universe Indonesia 2013
• Sukanya Poljak - Actress
• Aster Lim
• Shawn Loong

Contestants

^[5] The official Top 14 finalists of The Next Miss Universe Malaysia 2016.

No.	Contestant	Age	Height	Ethnicity	Hometown	Occupation	Notes
1.	Alicia Tan	25		Chinese		Accounting Student	Top 8
2.	Ariessa Leanne Lam Yin Yee	26		Chinese		Make-up artist/Radio DJ
3.	Cindy Ng	26		Chinese		Social Entrepreneur	Top 8
4.	Dhivya Dhyana Suppiah	25		Indian		Medical Student	1st Runner-up
5.	Hazelin Ng	22		Chinese		Student
6.	Jeniffer Ling	23		Chinese		Business Developer	Top 8
7.	Kiran Kaur Jassal	20		Punjabi	Subang Jaya, Selangor	Dentistry Student	Winner
8.	Lina Soong	25		Chinese		Multimedia Student	2nd Runner-up
9.	Loveena Ruben	19		Indian		Media Student
10.	Nisha Sema	22		Indian-Japanese		Mass Communications and Public Relations Student	4th Runner-up
11.	Rema Rao	26		Indian		Compliance Consultant
12.	Shiat Teen	25		Chinese		Flight Attendant
13.	Swarna Naidu	18		Indian		Hotel Management	3rd Runner-up
14.	Yen Nee	25		Chinese		Physiotherapist

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed/appeared at other national beauty pageants:

Miss Malaysia World

• 2014 - Dhivya Dhyana Suppiah (3rd Runner-up)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family of beauty queens helps improve lives of less fortunate The Star. 2020-07-17. www.thestar.com.my.
2. Web site: Miss Universe Malaysia Gala Night 2016.
3. Web site: Miss Universe Malaysia 2016 Grand Finale. 31 January 2016.
4. Web site: Miss Universe Malaysia Gala Night 2016 @ Palace of the Golden Horses Malaysia Tatler . my.asiatatler.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310084907/http://my.asiatatler.com/events/miss-universe-malaysia-gala-night-2016/1 . 2016-03-10.
5. Web site: Miss Universe Malaysia 2015 - FINALISTS . www.missuniversemalaysia.com.my . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123234630/http://www.missuniversemalaysia.com.my/finalists16.html . 2015-11-23.