Miss Grand Malaysia

Miss Grand Malaysia
FormationAugust 29, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08-29)
FounderAnson Chong
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersKuala Lumpur
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National Director
Sean Wong
Parent organization
Introducing Talent Sdn. Bhd. (2017 – 2021)
HyperLive Entertainment Pte. Ltd. (2022 – Present)
WebsiteOfficial website

Miss Grand Malaysia is an annual female beauty pageant in Malaysia, founded by a Penang-based businessperson Anson Chong in 2013,[1] aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts.[2][3] During 2015 to 2021, the contest was run by Introducing Talent Sdn Bhd, under the leadership of Jude Benjamin Lisa.[4][5] Since 2022, the franchise has belonged to the Singapore-based start-up HyperLive Entertainment.[6]

Malaysia holds a record of 3 placements at Miss Grand International in 2016,[5][7] 2020,[8] and 2021,[9] the highest achievement was top 10 finalists in 2020, won by Jasebel Robert of Kuala Lumpur.[8]

The current Miss Grand Malaysia is Kash Bhullar of Selangor. She will represent her country at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant to be held at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Background

History

The Miss Grand Malaysia beauty contest was founded in 2013 by Penang-based businessperson Anson Chong who ran the inaugural edition at Queensbay Mall in Bayan Lepas, featuring 12 national finalists representing all Malaysia states.[1][10] Of which, Michelle Madeleine Boey from the host state was announced as the winner and won the prizes worth 10,000 RM[11][12] During 2014 to 2016, no national pageant held to determine the winner, the country representatives for the international competition were designated by different national directors.[13][14]

After three years of hiatus, the pageant was brought back in 2017 by a public relation and digital marketing consultant from Sarawak Jude Benjamin Lisa, who served as the national licensee for Miss Grand International in Malaysia during 2015 to 2021. Together with the business partner Josh Oneill, he also set up the event organizer privately held firm Introducing Talent Sdn Bhd to be responsible for managing the affiliated pageant,[7] beginning with the second edition of Miss Grand Malaysia, in which Sanjeda John from Sabah was named the winner at a contest held at Evolve Concept Mall in Selangor on 5 August outclassing 15 other finalists. In the same event, the country representative for Miss Interncontinental 2017 was also crowned.[15] Since then, the pageant has been held annually to select the Malaysian candidates for various international pageants including Miss Grand International until the organization lost the franchise to the Singapore-based start-up company HyperLive Entertainment Pte Ltd in 2022.[6] The national titleholder for Miss Grand International has been determined through the Miss World Malaysia ever since.[6] The event was organized by Fantastic Golden Sdn. Bhd., who was appointed by the Singaporean franchise holder company as its official partner to produce the event in Malaysia.[6]

Since 2017, the organization has been franchising the state competitions to the individual organizers, who would name the state titleholders to compete in the national pageant.[4] Beginning with three state pageants in 2017 including Sabah, Sarawak, and Kuala Lumpur,[5] Melaka became the fourth member in 2018,[16] while Selangor and Johor firstly joined the contest in 2019 and 2020, respectively.[7] The organizer also planned to held the seventh-state pageant in Penang in 2022,[7][17] but, unfortunately, lost the franchise to the HyperLive Entertainment.[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pageant was virtually held for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021.[7] Originally, the organizer planned to conduct the 2020 physical contest at Bangi Avenue Convention Centre in late June,[18] but postponed it twice, firstly to mid-October,[19] and then to 30 January 2021.[20] However, in early 2021, the situation of the outbreak has not improved, causing the organizer to hold the contest virtually instead, in which Jasebel Robert was chosen to participate at the Miss Grand International 2020 in Thailand, while the remainder of the candidates was qualified to compete at the 2021 national contest automatically.[21]

Location and date

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Malaysia contest, since its inception in 2013.

Year Edition Date Final venue Host State Entrants Ref.
2013 1st 29 September Ground floor, Central Atrium, Queensbay Mall Penang 12 [12][10]
2017 2nd 5 August Grand Pacific Ballroom, Evolve Concept Mall, Petaling Jaya Selangor 16 [5][15]
2018 3rd 12 May 24 [22][23]
2019 4th 28 April Meritz Hotel, Miri Sarawak 24 [24]
2020 5th 28 January 2021 The pageant was held virtually, due to the spreading of the COVID-19 17 [7]
2021 6th 2 August 23 [25]
2022 7th 27 August Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu Sabah 15 [26][27]
2023 8th 14 August The Zodiac Theatre, 7th floor Genting Dream Cruise — 11 [28]

Contestant selection

The Regional Pageants of Miss Grand Malaysia in 2020.

Color keys
   State Pageants (6)
   Local Pageants in Sarawak (8)
   Local Pageants in Sabah (16) 		 •  Casting event
   National pageant
  No Pageant Held

Since 2017, the national finalists' selection of the Miss Grand Malaysia has been operated via three systems, including (1) the multiplex regional pageant system, in which the state franchisee conducts several local pageants and casting events to determine the state finalists, or franchising the local competition to individual organizers, who would name their representative to compete at the state pageants. (2) a simple regional pageant system, the state pageant is held to select the national finalists with no lower pageants or casting events, and (3) a central direct application through the national licensee, the organization then selects the candidates based on their profiles.[18]

The winner, as well as the 1-2 runners-up of each state pageant, will automatically qualify to the national stage while other runners-up and some finalists candidates will be entered to the wild card round, in which the national organizer will then select the supplementary national candidates based on their discretion.[18]

As of 2020, six states was held the state contest for the Miss Grand Malaysia, including:

Simple state pageants

Multiplex state pageants

  • Sabah: held annually since 2017, the highest number of local pageants is 16 in 2020.[5]
  • Sarawak: held annually since 2017, the highest number of local pageants is 18 in 2018.[5]
Miss Grand Malaysia National Finalists Selection Procedure
(2017 – 2021)
Stage/SystemMultiplex Regional
(East Malaysia States)		Simple Regional
(West Malaysia States)		Centrally Direct
(Organizer Selection)
Stage 1Local Pageant (s)Local Casting (s)Profile Screening
Stage 2State level PageantState level Pageant
Others RU & finalists
Winner & RU
(2-4 spot/state)		Winner & RU
(1-3 spot/state)
Wild Card Challenge
Stage 3National Pageant

Titleholders

Miss Grand Malaysia Titleholders and the result at the international contest
Year Miss Grand Malaysia Runners-up Ref.
1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up 3rd Runner-up 4th Runner-up 5th Runner-up
2013 Flag of Penang Penang – Michelle Boey Flag of Kedah Kedah – Malena Yvelisse Flag of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur – Natelynn Tiow — — — [11]
2014 Flag of Penang Penang – Jane Koo No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position. [29]
2015 Flag of Kelantan Kelantan – Santhawan Boonratana [13]
2016 Flag of Selangor Selangor – Ranmeet Jassal [14]
2017 Flag of Sabah Sabah – Sanjeda John Flag of Putrajaya  Putrajaya – Cass Chen Flag of Sarawak  Sarawak – Fiolla Redup — — — [15]
2018 Flag of Sabah Sabah – Debra Jeanne Poh Flag of Sabah Sabah – Kate Cantwell Flag of Sabah Sabah – Scarlett Megan Liew Flag of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur – Taanusiya Veerapandian Flag of Sarawak Sarawak – Rachel Chin [23]
2019 Flag of Sabah Sabah – Mel Dequanne Abar Flag of Perak Perak – Saroopdeep Kaur Bath Flag of Selangor Selangor – Haaraneei Muthu Kumar Flag of Sarawak Sarawak – Julie Minele Senele Flag of Selangor Selangor – Lishallinny Kanaran [30]
2020 Flag of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur – Jasebel Robert[α] No runners-up, the remainder delegates were qualified to compete at the 2021 contest automatically. [31]
2021 Flag of Selangor Selangor – Lishallinny Kanaran[β] Flag of Johor Johor – Malveen Kaur[γ] Flag of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur – Poorani Rajoo[δ] Not Assigned [25]
2022  Selangor – Charissa Chong  Sarawak – Vivienna Alfred Flag of Johor Johor – Angela Quah Not Assigned [26]
2023  Selangor –  Kash Bhullar  Penang –  Natalie Ang Ai Dee  Kuala Lumpur –  Poorani Rajoo  Sabah –  Chai Shu Wen  Penang –  Sisnitha Thirumaran Flag of Johor Johor – Angela Quah [32]
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10): 2020[7][8]
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21): 2016[7][5]
Note
1. ^α Also won Miss Popular Vote.[8]
2. ^β Also won the Best National Costume award.[9]
3. ^γ The Miss Globe Malaysia 2021
4. ^δ Miss Intercontinental Malaysia 2021

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys
 W  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up
  Ended as a semifinalist
  Ended as a quarterfinalist
 –  Did not participate

2013, 2017, 2022: State titles assigned

Miss Grand Malaysia National Finalists
Year
State, etc.
 2013 2017 2022 2023
Flag of Johor Johor Bahru Elene Ong Parveen Sidhu Angela Quah Angela Quah (Top 6)
Rebecca Shalom
Flag of Kedah Kedah Malena Yvelisse Shireen Kaur — —
Flag of Kelantan Kelantan Reese Shi-Qi Maria Devonne Escobia — —
Flag of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Natelynn Tiow Sanjna Suri — Cindy Ng
Jadlyn Michelle
Poorani Rajoo (2nd)
Sisnitha Thirumaran (Top 6)
Flag of Labuan Labuan — Felcy Fransie — —
Flag of Malacca Malacca Albee Teh Mithrra Kuladeva — —
Flag of Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan Janice Lim Rachell Ho — —
Flag of Pahang Pahang Miera Sheikh Raveena Vinayagan — —
Flag of Penang Penang Michelle Madeleine (W) Olga Hutagoal — Natalie Ang (1st)
Flag of Perak Perak Alice Patrica Priscillia Peter — —
Flag of Perlis Perlis Jacquelinn Yap Samira Siadatan — —
Flag of Putrajaya Putrajaya Vincy Yu Qing Cass Chen — —
Flag of Sabah Sabah — Sanjeda John (W) Meme Yaw Chai Shu Wen (Top 6)
Febe Rachel
Verollia Ho Li Len
Flag of Sarawak Sarawak — Fiollaa Redup Vivienna Alfred Clera Pungi
Nancy Tor —
Flag of Selangor Selangor Suki Teoh Haaraneei Muthu Kumar Charissa Chong (W) Kash Bhullar (W)
Priya Dee Kay
Flag of Terengganu Terengganu — Bibiana Green — —
Total 12 16 7 11

2018-2021: State pageants

Miss Grand Malaysia National Finalists
3rd - 6th Editions (2018 - 2021)
State
Year
Category
 2018 2019 2020 2021[33]
Section I:State-level pageants: 6 state pageants (Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, and Johor Bahru)
Flag of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Winner Taanusiya Veerapandian Kishweni Jaganathan Melissa Aurellia No pageant held
1st RU Audrey Wong Chermaine Kang Yi Ting Poorani Rajoo
2nd RU Erma Masilla Kotiu — Vinthiya Vasu
Wild Card Nanthini Nadarajah — Gurpreet Reeta Kaur Gurpreet Reeta Kaur
Sivasakti Alexander — Lindsey Yap Li See Lindsey Yap Li See
Kai Chin — — Poorani Rajoo
— — — Vinthiya Vasu
Flag of Malacca Malacca Winner Valentina Monteiro Devhia Barathi The pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No pageant held
1st RU Cherlyn Ong Lydia Yeo Sze Ern
Wild Card Arthi Ganesen — Pretty Tey Pei Ling Pretty Tey Pei Ling
Claire Easter Rigis — — —
Flag of Sabah Sabah Winner Scarlett Megan Liew Mel Dequanne Abar (W) The pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chellyana Tensu
1st RU Kate Cantwell Valerie Sim Dewi Natasha
2nd RU Debra Jeanne Poh (W) — Anya Kimberly
Wild Card Cynthia Avat Aing Malle Christian Anderson Marvena Jitol
— Michelle Voo —
— Velma Victorianus —
Flag of Sarawak Sarawak Winner Theresa Lieyshar Seri Julie Minele Senele The pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Elvieka Chrissy
1st RU Rachel Chin Jia Ning Lysandra Gabriel Storie Hannah Musa
Wild Card Caithlin Supang Adriana Liun David Angela Kon Angela Kon
Ellna Jiway Gloria Kelbin Kelly Raywyn Cahill Kelly Raywyn Cahill
Maydinia Mino — — —
Flag of Selangor Selangor Winner No pageant held. Haaraneei Muthu Kumar Lishallinny Kanaran Sarah Cynthia
1st RU Simona Boonratana Mellanie Yew Hoe Yan —
Wild Card — Meagala Kanesh Meagala Kanesh
— — Lishallinny Kanaran (W)
— — Mellanie Yew Hoe Yan
Flag of Johor Johor Bahru Winner — — The pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Malveen Kaur
1st RU — — —
Wild Card — — Venus Xabelle Iyn Venus Xabelle Iyn
Section II:Central direct application
Flag of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Wild Card Jaspreet Kaur — Jasebel Robert (W) Teo Hui Xing
Lekha Nadarajan Sarah Cynthia —
Rheanna Deandra —
Flag of Penang Penang Wild Card Shanggaree Baskaran — — —
Flag of Selangor Selangor Wild Card Nisha Suwandy Lishalliny Kanaran Giselle Tay Giselle Tay
— — Kimberly Soh Jing Hui Kimberly Soh Jing Hui
Flag of Pahang Pahang Wild Card — Anna Jhia-Jhia Tan — —
Flag of Johor Johor Bahru Wild Card — Gloria Jane Fernandez Esther Tan Yu Xing Esther Tan Yu Xing
— — Malveen Kaur —
Flag of Perak Perak Wild Card — Saroopdeep Kaur Bath — —
Flag of Sarawak Sarawak Wild Card — Emily Elizabeth Beard — —
— Emily Chieng Dee Ling —
Section III: Selection Committee
Flag of Sarawak Sarawak Wild Card No selection committee section Marilyn Lenggie No selection committee section No selection committee section
Zoey Marie Anderson
Flag of Selangor Selangor Wild Card Rubini Kandhsamy
Total 24 24 18 23

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