Miss Earth Malaysia

Miss Malaysia Earth
Motto Preservation and Protection of Our Planet
Formation 2001
Founded at Ipoh, Perak
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur
Location
Membership
Miss Earth
Official language
English
National Director
 Leong Hoong Kit
Parent organization
 Blue Planet International

Miss Malaysia Earth is an annual national beauty pageant held in Malaysia to select representatives for the Miss Earth pageant. It is the only beauty pageant in Malaysia that has the focus on educating and empowering women and others about the knowledge of natural beauty, sustainability and eco-tourism. The pageant has been successfully conducted for 15 years now in Ipoh.

The pageant has been served as a platform to educate the contestants about the environmental issues, promote eco-tourism and create a healthy aspect of cordial relationship among the participants. The beauty pageant is organised by Blue Planet International and supported by various sponsors. Leong Hoong Kit is the National Director of the pageant.

Finalists from different parts of Malaysia commit themselves to all the events and tasks that take place during the pageant week. Several activities are held throughout this pageant week, including tree-planting events, eco-tourism visitation and promotion, visitation to environmentally sustainable company, charities and workshops that promote environmental awareness. The finalists are also exposed to public relation exercises such as involving in preview shows and sponsoring visitations. They also get to perform their talent and parading on the stage with eco-friendly outfits created by them during a preview show held in Ipoh.

The winner of the pageant is bestowed the title Miss Malaysia Earth and get to represent Malaysia in the International Finals. Her runner ups are given the titles named after the other natural elements: Miss Eco-Tourism, Miss Malaysia Fire (equivalent to third runner-up), Miss Malaysia Water (second runner-up), and Miss Malaysia Air (first runner-up).

The reigning Miss Earth Malaysia is Venisa Judah from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She was crowned on August 7, 2016.

Recent Titleholders

Color Key

  •      Declared as Winner
  •      Ended as Runner-Up
  •      Ended as one of the Finalists or Semifinalists

For full list and details, see Miss Malaysia.

Year Miss Malaysia Origin Placement Other Awards
Vietnam 2010 Appey Rowenna Januin  Sabah
Philippines 2011 Joyce Tay Tze Hui  Melaka
Philippines 2012 Deviyah Daranee Radhakrishnan  Kuala Lumpur 1st, gold medalist(s) Miss Talent (Group 3)

3rd, bronze medalist(s) Best National Costume

Philippines 2013 Josephine Tan Yee Mei  Pahang 1st, gold medalist(s) The F Factor
Philippines 2014 Renee Tan Joo May  Melaka 1st, gold medalist(s) Miss Talent (Group 3)

3rd, bronze medalist(s) Best National Costume

Austria 2015 Danielle Wong Kar Wai[1]  Melaka 1st, gold medalist(s) Best National Costume - Asia Continents

1st, gold medalist(s) Best Group Presentation - Team Asia

2nd, silver medalist(s) Snowman Building

Philippines 2016 Venisa Judah[2]  Sabah Top 27 Miss Earth-Barcelona
2017 TBA TBA TBA TBA

References

  1. ↑ TGPC (1 December 2015). Miss Earth 2015 National Costume Winners. http://thegreatpageantcommunity.com/2015/12/01/miss-earth-2015-national-costume-winners/
  2. ↑ "Venisa Judah has been crowned as Miss Malaysia Earth 2016". THE GREAT PAGEANT COMMUNITY. 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
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