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Miss World Malaysia
Miss World Malaysia is a national beauty pageant and an organization based in Malaysia. The winner will represents the country at Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age or any other reason), a runner-up is sent. The reigning Miss World Malaysia is Wenanita Angang of Sabah. It is Sabah's first victory in 7 years, and the fifth victory of the state in the pageant's history. She will represent her country at Miss World 2023. History Eric Morley first invitation for Malaysia in Miss World was in 1959 when the country was known as Malaya back then. In 1963, a national beauty pageant was organized to select Malaysia's first representative at Miss World which was held on 20 April 1963, at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur. 19-year-old Catherine Loh, representing Brunei was being elected as Miss Malaysia 1963. Loh was crowned by the French actress Capucine in an event that was attended by 30 candidates from across the federation. Loh had been “Miss B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants. Pageant titles are subdivided into Miss, Mrs. or Ms., and Teen – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Hundreds and thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. For example, ''The Wall Street Journal'', BBC News, CNN, Xinhua News Agency, and global news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instagram
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers. Users can browse other users' content by tag and location, view trending content, like photos, and follow other users to add their content to a personal feed. Instagram was originally distinguished by allowing content to be framed only in a square (1:1) aspect ratio of 640 pixels to match the display width of the iPhone at the time. In 2015, this restriction was eased with an increase to 1080 pixels. It also added messaging features, the ability to include multiple images or videos in a single post, and a Stories feature—similar to its main competitor Snapchat—which allowed users to post their content to a sequential feed, with each post accessible to others for 24 hours. As of Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Teoh
Lina Teoh Pick Lim (born 7 July 1976) is a Malaysian actress, TV Host, model and a former beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Malaysia World 1998. She represented Malaysia in the Miss World 1998 pageant in Mahe Island, Seychelles where she placed as second runner up. Personal life Born in Melbourne, Australia to a Malaysian Chinese father and a Dutch mother, Teoh spent most of her adult life in Malacca and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In her late teens and 20s she has traveled extensively throughout South East Asia modeling in TV commercials and print/press ads for many high-profile brands, as well as on the runway. Teoh was trained in Show Biz Dance Academy in 1980-1992 where she studied 12 years of jazz ballet. She finished her study in Australian Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1998. Over the years she has hosted many television programs in Malaysia including ''Watch-U-Want'' for Channel V, a Malaysian tourism series, a sports series, a business series, a motivati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1994
Miss World 1994, the 44th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1994 and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa. 87 contestants from around the world competed for the title. Lisa Hanna of Jamaica crowned her successor Aishwarya Rai of India at the end of the event.Miss World', Toledo Blade, 20 November 1994. In December 2014, Aishwarya Rai was felicitated with a Lifetime Beauty with a Purpose Award by the Miss World Organisation at the 64th Miss World contest for her humanitarian works since she won the crown. Results Placements Continental Queens of Beauty Contestants Judges * Eric Morley † – Chairperson, Miss World Organization * Eileen Ford † – founder, Ford Models agency * Ron Moss – Actor, The Bold and the Beautiful * Katherine Kelly Lang – Actress, The Bold and the Beautiful * Patrick Lichfield † – Photographer * Marsha Rae Ratcliff – Entertainer and Variety Clubs Ambassad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslims
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main Islamic prophet. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ('' sunnah'') as recorded in traditional accounts (''hadith''). With an estimated population of almost 1.9 billion followers as of 2020 year estimation, Muslims comprise more than 24.9% of the world's total population. In descending order, the percentage of people who identify as Muslims on each continental landmass stands at: 45% of Africa, 25% of Asia and Oceania (collectively), 6% of Europe, and 1% of the Americas. Additionally, in subdivided geographical regions, the figure stands at: 91% of the Middle East–North Africa, 90% of Central Asia, 65% of the Caucasus, 42% of Southeast Asi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahima Orchient Yayah
Rahima Orchient Yayah (born 1974) is a Malaysian businesswoman, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Malaysia World 1994. She represented Malaysia in Miss World 1994 pageant in Sun City, South Africa where she placed in the top 10 semi-finalists. Personal life Born in 1974, in Tawau, Sabah. She was married to a Malaysian Chinese businessman where she had 2 sons. She received a diploma in business administration from Inti College in 1993 and Pitman Training certificate for secretarial work from Kinabalu Commercial College, Sabah in 1989. Career While representing Malaysia to Miss World 1994, she managed to reach the top 10 semi-finalist. She was then defeated by Aishwarya Rai, a model and an actress hailed from India. She was the third Malaysian representative to qualify into the semi-finalist since the country debut in 1963. The last time Malaysia made into the semi-final was in Miss World 1979 through Shirley Chew. Her participation in the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erra Fazira
Erra Fazira (born Fazira Wan Chek, 9 February 1974), is a Malaysian actress, singer, fashion model, TV host, film producer, as well as beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Malaysia World 1992. She rose to fame in the early and mid 1990s following her roles in ''Sembilu'', ''Sembilu 2'', '' Maria Mariana'' and ''Pasrah''. She received critical acclaim and a Best Actress in a Leading Role trophy at Malaysia Film Festival twice for her portrayal of inspiring young sales girl and part time student Nurul Ain in ''Soal Hati'' (2001) and as Nora, an old lady with dark past in the film ''Hingga Hujung Nyawa ''(2005)''. ''She received another three Malaysia Film Festival's Best Actress award nomination for her performance in ''Soalnya Siapa?'' (2003)'', Persona Non Grata'' (2006)'', ''and ''Anak'' (2008). Early life Fazira was born in Sungai Choh, a small town in Rawang, Selangor the first child and the only daughter of Wan Chek and Azizah Zaik. Her parents were ethnic Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung . The film features a cast of actors of Chinese people, Chinese ethnicity, including Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen. It is based on the Chinese Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (novel), novel of the same name serialized between 1941 and 1942 by Wang Dulu, the fourth part of his ''Crane Iron'' pentalogy. A multinational venture, the film was made on a US$17 million budget, and was produced by EDKO, Edko Films and Zoom Hunt Productions in collaboration with China Film Group Corporation, China Film Co-productions Corporation and Asian Union Film & Entertainment for Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia in association with Good Machine, Good Machine International. With dialogue in Standard Chinese, Subtitle (captioning), subtitled for various markets, ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow Never Dies
''Tomorrow Never Dies'' is a 1997 spy film, the eighteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay by Bruce Feirstein, it follows Bond as he attempts to stop Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), a power-mad media mogul, from engineering world events to initiate World War III. The film was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and was the first Bond film made after the death of producer Albert R. Broccoli (to whom it pays tribute in the end credits), and the last released under the United Artists label. Filming locations included France, Thailand, Germany, Mexico and the United Kingdom. ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' performed well at the box office, grossing over $333 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 1997 and earning a Golden Globe nomination despite mixed reviews. While its performance at the U.S. box of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is ''With a Mind to Kill'' by Anthony Horowitz, published in May 2022. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny. The character—also known by the code number 007 (pronounced "double-oh-seven")—has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are one of the longest continually running film series and have grossed over US$7.04 billion in total at the box office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, ( ; born 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early Hong Kong films, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts, such as '' Yes, Madam'' (1985), '' Police Story 3: Supercop'' (1992) and ''Holy Weapon'' (1993). She gained international recognition for her roles in the James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997) and in Ang Lee's martial arts film ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' (2000). The latter role earned her a BAFTA Best Actress nomination. Yeoh's other works include ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), ''Reign of Assassins'' (2010), ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' (2011), '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny'' (2016), and '' The Lady'' (2011), where she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi. She went on to have supporting roles in the romantic comedies ''Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018) and ''Last Christmas'' (2019), and the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1963
Miss World 1963, was the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.https://web.archive.org/web/20150706140410/http://www.missworld.com/History/1963/ Miss World 1963 from Miss World Official Page. Retrieved 12 October 2016 Results Continental Queens of Beauty Contestants * – Diana Sarti * – Sonja Russ * – Irène Godin * – Rosario Lopera * – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia * – Jane Kmita * – Jennifer Ann Fonseka * – María del Pilar Aguirre * – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas * – Maro Zorna * – Aino Korwa * – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg * – Muguette Fabris * – Susie Gruner * – Athanasia Idromenou * – Hanny Ijsbrants * – María Ragnarsdóttir * – Joan Power * – Sara Talmi * – Carole Joan Crawford * – Miyako Harada * – Despo Drakolakis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
