Miss Universe Malaysia 2020, the 54th edition of the

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, was held on 5 September 2020 at

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. Francisca Luhong James of

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was crowned by the outgoing titleholder,

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at the end of the event. She represents Malaysia at Miss Universe 2020 pageant held in Hollywood,

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Background

Gala Night

The Miss Universe Malaysia was originally to be held on April 16, 2020 but on March 16, 2020, every events in Malaysia have to be cancel (or postponed) due to the disease transmission of

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. In early July, it was announced that the gala night will be held on September 5 in the form of "e-Gala" with no audience present physically during the event due to the

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and

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. The e-Gala will be the first-ever virtual Miss Universe Malaysia gala and will be broadcast live on the official website of Miss Universe Malaysia. During the livestream, audiences get to vote for the Miss Body Beautiful, Best in Evening Gown and the winner of Miss Universe Malaysia.

e-Gala Night Judges

* Dato' Hans Isaac - actor, director and producer. *Datin Selwinder Kaur - Glojas by Smart International Aesthetic chief operating officer. *Dr Nicholas Lim - La Jung Aesthetic Clinic medical director and aesthetic medical practitioner. *

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- Miss Universe Malaysia 2011. *Carven Ong - Carven Ong Couture creative designer. *Michelle Lam - Esthetics International Group director. *Shawn Loong - Shawn Cutler Group of Salons founder, creative director and celebrity stylist. *Elizabeth Lee - Bowerhouse co-founder.

Pre-judging Judges

*Marini Ramlan - artist and entrepreneur. *Rubin Khoo - associate publisher at Burda Luxury KL. *Sunita Chhabra - editor of "Life Inspired" at The Star. * Datuk Yasmin Yusoff - Miss Universe Malaysia 1978, actress and singer. *Zahir Kelvin Ong Abdullah - TV host and executive director of Venus Assets Sdn Bhd.

Background

The public could watch the live-streamed competition by purchasing tickets to the show on the Miss Universe Malaysia website, with 20 per cent of the proceeds to be channeled to Lighthouse Children Welfare Home Association in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. The winner will also receive a cash prize and sponsored prizes with a combined value of RM 180,000 and a full education scholarship from

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Final program

The grand finale was originally scheduled for 5 March 2020, then being delayed from April 2020 and once again to 11 July 2020 before being rescheduled to 5 September 2020. It was originally to be held at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur, but it was changed to live-streamed virtually at Miss Universe Malaysia website.

Marketing

The finalists will be featured in an online show, The Next 2020 Miss Universe Malaysia, comprising 18 episodes scheduled to be aired starting January 23, 2020, followed by 10 episodes of their journey leading to the crowning of Miss Universe Malaysia on online lifestyle channel, hurr.tv. The webisodes will also be available on the Miss Universe Malaysia Organization YouTube channel and the hurr.tv mobile app.

Results

§ Fan favorite winner

Order of announcements

;;;Top 11 1. Kuala Lumpur - Celine Foo 2. Sabah - Rindsay Laige 3. Selangor - Charissa Chong 4. Johor - Serene Chai 5. Sarawak - Francisca James 6. Kuala Lumpur - Louisa Ananthan 7. Pahang - Quinn Fung 8. Kuala Lumpur - Pritha Manivannan 9. Kuala Lumpur - Chua Xinger 10. Kuala Lumpur - Neha Verma 11. Sabah - Meme Yaw § ;;;Top 4 1. Selangor - Charissa Chong 2. Kuala Lumpur - Neha Verma 3. Sarawak - Francisca James 4. Johor - Serene Chai

Special awards

Contestants

18 contestants competed for the title of Miss Universe Malaysia 2020:

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed/appeared at other international/national beauty pageants: ;;;International Pageants ;

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- Charissa Chong (Unplaced) ;World Miss University *2014 - Charissa Chong (Top 30) ;Miss Asean *2014 - Charissa Chong (Top 5) ;Miss Global Beauty Queen *2017 - Meme Yaw (Unplaced) ;;; National Pageants ;

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- Meme Yaw (Top 50) ;

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* 2015 - Serene Chai Yong Bin (1st Runner-up) *

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- Francisca Luhong James (4th Runner-up) → (2nd Runner-up) *

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- Francisca Luhong James (Top 5) ;;;Miss International Malaysia *2013 - Charissa Chong (Winner–Miss International Malaysia) *2017 - Meme Yaw (Winner–Miss Global Beauty Queen Malaysia) ;;;Miss Astro Chinese International * 2016 - Serene Chai Yong Bin (Top 8) ;;; Miss Cultural Harvest Festival * 2015 - Francisca Luhong James (2nd Runner-up) ;;;Supermodel International Malaysia *2017 - Charissa Chong (Top 20) ;;;Miss Malaysia Borneo Tourism *2015 - Meme Yaw (Top 5) ;;;Sabah Model Of The Year *2016 - Meme Yaw (Finalist)

Notes

References

External links

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