Larissa Ping Liew (born 18 March 1999) is a

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model, fashion blogger and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned

Miss World Malaysia 2018 Miss World Malaysia 2018, the 51st edition of the Miss World Malaysia and the first edition under a new management was held at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching in Sarawak on 8 September 2018. Present were Sarawak Chief Minister, Datuk Pati ...

. She represented

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Miss World 2018 Miss World 2018, the 68th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 December 2018 at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. Manushi Chhillar of India crowned her successor Vanessa Ponce of Mexico at the end of the event. She is the first ...

pageant, where she placed in the Top 30.

Personal life

Larissa was born and raised in

Kuching Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River ...

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. Her father is

Malaysian Chinese Malaysian Chinese (; Malay: ''Orang Cina Malaysia''), alternatively Chinese Malaysians, are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese descent. They form the second largest ethnic group after the Malay majority constituting 22.4% of the Malaysian po ...

while her mother is

Kenyah The Kenyah people are an indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo, living in the remote Baram Lio Matoh, Long Selaan, Long Moh, Long Anap, Long Mekaba, Long Jeeh, Long Belaong, Long San, Long Silat, Long Tungan, Data Kakus, Data Su ...

, an indigenous tribe in the

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. Ping is fluent in English, Bahasa Melayu, as well as the

Sarawakian Malay Sarawak Malay (Standard Malay: ''Bahasa Melayu Sarawak'' or ''Bahasa Sarawak'', Jawi: ''بهاس ملايو سراوق'', Sarawak Malay: ''Kelakar Sarawak'') is a Malayic language native to the State of Sarawak. It is a common language used by ...

dialect. She studied at the St. Joseph's Private School, Kuching during her secondary school years and scored straight A's in her SPM. She finished her foundation in arts at

HELP University HELP University ( ms, Universiti HELP; formerly known as HELP Institute, and subsequently as HELP University College) is a private university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was founded in 1986 by its President and Vice-Chancellor, Datuk Dr Paul C ...

. She was awarded 100% School Achiever Scholarship Award (SASA) totaling RM 20,000 for her foundation programme which she completed in 2018, scoring 8 High Distinctions and 5 Distinctions. In 2023, Larissa graduated from the

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with

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Pageantry

Keligit Orang Ulu Miri 2018

Larissa was crowned the winner of ''Keligit Orang Ulu'' for

Miri Division Miri Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions of Sarawak, Malaysia. It has a total area of 26,777.1 square kilometres, and is the second largest division after Kapit Division. The seat of this division is the city of Miri. The pop ...

in May 2018. The pageant is held annually in conjunction with the

Gawai Dayak Gawai Dayak is an annual festival celebrated by the Dayak people in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia on 1 and 2 June. It is a public holiday in Sarawak and is both a religious and a social occasion recognised since 1957. Gawai ...

festival.

Miss World Malaysia 2018

Larissa was crowned as Miss World Malaysia 2018 pageant as well as winning the Miss Talent and Miss Photogenic awards at the

Borneo Convention Centre Kuching The Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) is a convention centre located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the first dedicated convention and exhibition centre in Borneo and the second-largest convention centre in Borneo after the Sabah Inte ...

on 8 September 2018. She succeeded outgoing Miss World Malaysia 2016,

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Miss World 2018

After a year of absence, Larissa represented

at the

pageant held in

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on 8 December 2018. She was placed in the Top 30. Other than being in the quarter-finalist, she was placed in some of the events that occurred during the pageant week: * Winner Head to Head challenge in Round 1 and 2 * Fourth runner-up in Miss World Talent, * Top 5 in Best Designer Award, * Top 12 in Beauty with a Purpose, * Top 10 in Multimedia Award, * Top 30 in Swimsuit music video, * Top 32 in Miss World Top Model.

Filmography

Music videos

Humanitarian works

Larissa is an avid advocate for children's education, spends her free time teaching Myanmar refugee children at Zomi Education Centre in Malaysia. In 2018, she spearheaded the "Indigenous Digital Outreach Programme", together with Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) and The Champions Kuching at SK Long Seridan,

Marudi, Sarawak Marudi is a town in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, and is a part of the division of Miri. It is the seat of Marudi District, and is located on the banks of Baram River, about upstream from the river mouth. Marudi was the administrative centre ...

. The project facilitated the setup of a computer lab, restocking the school library and replacing some of the ceiling fans and lights.

Awards

* Herald Global's Most Admired Leaders Of Asia - Beauty Pageant (2019) * The 4th World Excellence Entrepreneur Brand Celebrity Awards - Malaysia Excellence Celebrity Award (2023)

References

External links

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