Miss Universe Malaysia 2003
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Miss Malaysia Universe 2003, the 37th edition of the Miss Universe Malaysia, was held on 11 April 2003 at the Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Elaine Daly of Kuala Lumpur was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Karen Ang of Sarawak at the end of the event. She then represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant in Panama City, Panama. Daly was also once competed in Miss Malaysia World 1999 where she ended up as runner-up. Results References 2003 in Malaysia 2003 beauty pageants 2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miss Universe Malaysia 2004
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Miss Malaysia Universe 2004, the 38th edition of the Miss Universe Malaysia, was held on 16 April 2004 at Kuala Lumpur. Andrea Fonseka of Penang was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Elaine Daly of Kuala Lumpur at the end of the event. She then represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe 2004 pageant in Quito, Ecuador. Results References 2004 in Malaysia 2004 beauty pageants 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Astro (television)
All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator, doing business as Astro, is a Malaysian satellite television and IPTV provider. It operates in Malaysia and Brunei and operates from the All Asia Broadcast Centre (AABC) in Kuala Lumpur and MEASAT in Cyberjaya. In 2016, the company was recorded as achieving 71% household penetration in Malaysia. It was granted an exclusive license as the sole pay-television provider by the Malaysian federal government until 2017. Astro is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad and is operated by MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems Sdn. Bhd. Astro launched the high-definition platform Astro B.yond in 2009 and the IPTV platform Astro IPTV in 2011, with the latter targeted at consumers who were unable to receive the company's satellite services. Astro formerly operated in Indonesia from 2006 to 2008, under the brand and was operated by PT Direct Vision. List of Astro digital brands * Astro Awani - Astro's Flagship News Networ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kuala Lumpur
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Miss Universe Malaysia
Miss Universe Malaysia is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Malaysia's representative to the annual Miss Universe contest. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age or any other reason), a runner-up is sent. History The competition was first held in 1964 when the pageant's title was known as "Miss Malaysia" until 1969 and "Miss Malaysia Universe" from 1970 until 2009 also "Miss Malaya" in 1962 and 1963. No national competition were held in 1968, 2011 and 2021. The pageant was founded in 1962 by Mr. Jaycee Liu Chang Lan who then became the first national director of the pageant. The first franchisee, who signed the contract with Miss Universe Organization was the Petaling Jaya Rotary Club. The pageant is registered under Beyond Entity Sdn. Bhd. since 2009 and MYEG Services Berhad as the franchise holder. Malaya was first invited to compete in Miss Universe was in Miss Universe 1953. The first Miss Universe Malaysia pageant was held in Stadium Mer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Perak
Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's Yala and Narathiwat provinces both lie to the northeast. Perak's capital city, Ipoh, was known historically for its tin-mining activities until the price of the metal dropped, severely affecting the state's economy. The royal capital remains Kuala Kangsar, where the palace of the Sultan of Perak is located. As of 2018, the state's population was 2,500,000. Perak has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Range, which is part of the larger Tenasserim Range connecting Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia. Perak's Mount Korbu is the highest point of the range. The discovery of an ancient skeleton in Perak supplied missing information on the migration of ''Homo sapiens'' from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miss Universe 2003
Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on June 3, 2003 at the Figali Convention Center in Panama City, Panama. Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic was crowned by Justine Pasek of Panama as her successor at the end of the event. This is the 1st time that Dominican Republic has been crowned Miss Universe. 71 contestants competed in this year. This is the second time that Panama hosted the contest, the last occasion being in 1986. The pageant final was held at Figali Convention Center in Panama City. This was the first Miss Universe edition to be aired on NBC. Results Placements Order of announcements Top 15 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Top 10 # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # # Contestants 71 contestants competed for the title. Notes Returns *Last competed in 1999: ** *Last competed in 2000: ** *Last competed in 2001: ** ** (as ) ** Withdrawals During the contest: * - Miss Iceland 2002, Manuela Ósk Ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Panama City
Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for banking and commerce. The city of Panama was founded on 15 August 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. The city was the starting point for expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru. It was a stopover point on one of the most important trade routes in the American continent, leading to the fairs of Nombre de Dios and Portobelo, through which passed most of the gold and silver that Spain mined from the Americas. On 28 January 1671, the original city was destroyed by a fire when the privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The city was formally ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of En ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 In Malaysia
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2003, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians. Incumbent political figures Federal level *Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin *Raja Permaisuri Agong: Tuanku Fauziah *Prime Minister: **Mahathir Mohamad (until 31 October) **Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (from 31 October) *Deputy Prime Minister: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (until 31 October) * Chief Justice: Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah then Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim State level * Sultan of Johor: Sultan Iskandar * Sultan of Kedah: Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah * Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail Petra * Raja of Perlis: Tuanku Syed Faizuddin (Regent) * Sultan of Perak: Sultan Azlan Shah * Sultan of Pahang: Sultan Ahmad Shah * Sultan of Selangor: Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah * Sultan of Terengganu: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong) * Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan: Tuanku Jaafar * Yang di-Pertua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Beauty Pageants
3 (three) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic numerals, Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |