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Miss Malaysia
Notable winners of Miss Malaysia * Tengku Zanariah Tengku Ahmad (Miss International Malaya 1960) – Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia from 1984 to 1989. *Yasmin Yusoff (Miss Universe Malaysia 1978) – veteran actress, singer, radio presenter, former model *Michelle Yeoh (Miss World Malaysia 1983) – international actress * Fazira Wan Chek (Miss World Malaysia 1992) – actress, singer, TV host, businesswoman, model * Rahima Orchient Yayah (Miss World Malaysia 1994) – businesswoman, former model *Soo Wincci (Miss World Malaysia 2008) – actress, singer, model *Thanuja Ananthan (Miss World Malaysia 2009) – model, TV host, actress, humanitarian activist *Deborah Henry (Miss Universe Malaysia 2011) – motivational speaker, TV host, humanitarian activist, former model * Rubini Sambanthan (Miss International Malaysia 2014) – model, actress *Dewi Liana Seriestha (Miss World Malaysia 2014) – won Miss World Talent award in Miss World 2014 which then making her the first w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunku Puan Zanariah
Tunku Puan Zanariah binti Almarhum Tengku Ahmad, formerly known as Sultanah Zanariah ( Jawi:تونكو ڤوان زنيرة بنت المرحوم تڠکو احمد) (5 July 1940 – 17 March 2019),Information Malaysia (1985), pg 58 was the second wife of Sultan Iskandar of Johor from their marriage in 1961 until his death in 2010. She served as Raja Permaisuri Agong between 1984 and 1989. Her sister, Tunku Puan Nora née Sultanah Nora Ismail, married Sultan Ismail. Early life Born on 5 July 1940, in Dusun Green Palace, Pasir Mas, Kelantan. Tengku Zanariah was the seventh child of HH Tengku Panglima Raja Kelantan from among nine siblings. She came from the Kelantan royal family. Her father, the late ''Tengku Panglima Raja'' Tengku Ahmad was a son of HH Almarhum ''Tengku Temenggong'' Tengku Abdul Ghaffar Ibni HRH Long Senik Mulut Merah (Sultan Muhammad II). Tengku Zanariah was enrolled into Sultanah Zainab School, Kelantan an elementary school where she studied from 1946 to 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1963
Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Norma Nolan of Argentina. This marks the first time that a Miss Universe titleholder marks the same placement as the 1962 World Cup champion. Fifty countries and territories participated. Results Placements Contestants * - Olga Galuzzi * - Gertrude Bergner * - Sandra Louise Young * - Irene Godin * - Ana María Velasco Gutiérrez * - Iêda Maria Vargas * - Gloria Blackman-Miller * - Jane Kmita * - Manel De Silva * - María Cristina Álvarez González * - Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa * - Alicia Margit Chia * - Philomena Zielinski * - Aino Korva * - Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito * - Patricia Córdova * - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen * - Monique Lemaire * - Helga Carla Ziesemer * - Despina Orgeta * - Else Onstenk * - Theódóra Þór ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. Since 2002, the pageant has been mostly held in the Philippines with live international telecasts in more than 80 countries via Fox Life and The Filipino Channel. Reigning titleholders dedicate their year to promoting specific projects, often addressing issues concerning the environment and other global challenges through school tours, tree planting activities, street campaigns, cleanups, speaking engagements, shopping mall tours, media guesting, environmental fairs, storytelling programs to children, eco-fashion shows, and other environmentally oriented activities. The Miss Earth Foundation works with the environmental departments and ministries of participating countries, various private secto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss International
Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant in the world in terms of the number of national winners participating in the international contest. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Earth, the pageant is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss International Organization and the brand are currently owned (since 1968), along with Miss International Japan, by the International Cultural Association and Miss Paris Group. The pageant crown used by the organization is supplied and patented by the Mikimoto (company), Mikimoto pearl company. In 2020 and again in 2021, the pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The current Miss International is Jasmin Selberg of Germany, who was crowned at the Miss International 2022 pageant on 13 December 2022 in Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by a United States and Thailand based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Street Journal''. It is one of the most watched pageants in the world with an estimated audience of over 500 million viewers in over 190 territories. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, Miss Universe is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization is currently owned by JKN Global Group. Telemundo has the licensing rights to air the pageant through 2023. The pageant's advocacy is "humanitarian issues and is a voice to affect positive change in the world." The current Miss Universe is Harnaaz Sandhu of India who was crowned on December 13, 2021 in Eilat, Israel. History The title "Miss Universe" was first used by the International Pageant of Pulchritude in 1926. This contest was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Karolina Bielawska of Poland, who was crowned by Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica on March 16, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. History 20th century In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini, which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Digital News
''The Standard'' is one of the largest newspapers in Kenya with a 48% market share. It is the oldest newspaper in the country and is owned by The Standard Group, which also runs the Kenya Television Network (KTN), Radio Maisha, ''The Nairobian'' (a weekly tabloid), KTN News and Standard Digital which is its online platform. The Standard Group is headquartered on Mombasa Road, Nairobi, having moved from its previous premises at the I&M Bank Tower. History The newspaper was established as the ''African Standard'' in 1902 as a weekly by Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, an immigrant businessman from British India. In 1905 Jeevanjee sold the paper to Maia Anderson and Rudolf Franz Mayer, who changed the name to the ''East African Standard''. It became a daily paper and moved its headquarters from Mombasa to Nairobi in 1910. At the time the newspaper declared strongly colonialist viewpoints. The British-based Lonrho Group bought the newspaper in 1963, only a few months before Kenya's indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online. The ''Journal'' has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The ''Journal'' is regarded as a newspaper of record, particularly in terms of business and financial news. The newspaper has won 38 Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2019. ''The Wall Street Journal'' is one of the largest newspapers in the United States by circulation, with a circulation of about 2.834million copies (including nearly 1,829,000 digital sales) compared with ''USA Today''s 1.7million. The ''Journal'' publishes the luxury news and lifestyle magazine ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Four International Beauty Pageants
The Big Four or the Big League Pageants refers to the four major international beauty pageants for women – Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. The group was first described by the ''China Daily'' newspaper in 2004 as "the world's four major beauty contests". In April 2008, the ''South China Morning Post'' described them as "four of the world's top beauty pageants"; the same description was also used by South Korea's leading newspaper, ''Chosun Ilbo'' in 2010. In 2017, the ''Latin Times'' considered the group as the "most important pageants in the world". In 2018, NBC News referred to them as the "four biggest international pageants", while ''Agencia EFE'' delineated them in 2019 as the "four most influential beauty pageants in the world". The Big Four beauty pageants Hundreds of thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. The Wall Street Journal, BBC News, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss International 1963
Miss International 1963, the 4th Miss International pageant, was held on 16 August 1963 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States. 46 contestants competed for the pageant. Gudrun Bjarnadóttir from Iceland was crowned as Miss International 1963 by outgoing titleholder, Tania Verstak from Australia. Results Placements Special Awards Contestants * - Joyce Bryan * - Susana Cukar Cuhan * - Tricia Reschke * - Xenia Doppler * - Monique Bourgeois * - Maria Lozada * - Tânia Franco da Souza * - Marlene Leeson * - Christina Selvanayagam * - Martha Restrepo González * - Birgitte Heiberg * - Norma Guzmán Simó * - Tania Valle Moreno * - Diane Westbury * - Anneli Rautala * - Marie-Josée LeCocq * - Marion Sybille Zota * - Emi Zanou * - Hanny IJsebrands * - Guðrún Bjarnadóttir * - Olive Ursula White * - Ester Kfir * - Anna Rispoli * - Shizuko Shimizu * - Doris Haj * - Choi Yoo-mi * - Catherine Paulus * - Andrée Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penang
Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. They are connected by Malaysia's two longest road bridges, the Penang Bridge and the Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge; the latter is also the second longest oversea bridge in Southeast Asia. The second smallest Malaysian state by land mass, Penang is bordered by Kedah to the north and the east, and Perak to the south. Penang is the 8th most populated state in Malaysia. Its population stood at nearly 1.767 million , while its population density was as high as . It has among the nation's highest population densities and is one of the country's most urbanised states. Seberang Perai is Malaysia's second-largest city by population. Its heterogeneous population is highly diverse in ethnicity, culture, language and religion. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss International 1962
Miss International 1962, the 3rd Miss International pageant, was held on August 18, 1962 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Tania Verstak from Australia was crowned as Miss International 1962 by outgoing titleholder, Stam van Baer from Holland. Results Placements Special Awards Preliminary Competition Winners Contestants * - Maria Bueno * - Tania Verstak * - Inge Jaklin * - Danièle Defrère * - Olga Pantoja Antelo * - Julieta Strauss * - Ave Henriques * - Susan Peters * - Jennifer Labrooy * - Sonia Heidman Gómez * - Milagros García Duval * - Margarita Arosemena Gómez * - Sue Burgess * - Eeva Malinen * - Erni Jung * - Ioanna Delakou * - Catharina Johanna Lodders * - Maria Gudmundsdóttir * - Sheila Chonkar * - Mona Burrows * - Nurit Newman * - Maria Vianello * - Kaoru Maki * - Vivian Nazzal * - Sohn Yang-ja * - Mona Slim * - Agnes Anderson * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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