Sabrina Beneett is a
Malaysian Indian pageant titleholder, who was seated unplaced
Miss Universe Malaysia 2014 at the Miss Universe Malaysia 2014 held at Setia City Convention Centre in
Setia Alam
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. She represent Malaysia at the
Miss Universe 2014
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in
Florida
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and ended up did not make it to the semifinalists round, this is the 44th consecutive year
Malaysia
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did not placed in
Miss Universe
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pageant.
Early life
Sabrina Beneett is a freelance model who hails from the state of
Perak. She is a
Malaysian Indian. She is a modern-day farm girl and holds a double
BSc
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in
Psychology
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and
Communication
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.
Personal life
She wishes to kick start her own non-profit organization and use her psychology background to help provide support for rape victims to cope with life after rape. She is also very passionate about eradicating whats remaining of the
poverty trap
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by certain communities in her country by helping them adopt necessary skills for survival. Most of her charitable work revolves around issues concerning underprivileged women and the poor.
Pageantry
Miss Universe Malaysia 2014
Sabrina started off as a runway model in her teenage years and received her first award as Miss Selangor in 2011. From then on she was crowned the 2nd runner up for ''Miss India Malaysia 2013'' and secured 3 other special accolades. Her most recent victory has been her crowning as ''Miss Universe Malaysia 2014'' after which she represented her country
Malaysia
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in
Doral,
Florida
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on Jan 25th, 2015. During the coronation night, both Sabrina and pageant runner up Lalitha Monisha become huge favorites to win the crown. Luck however belonged to Sabrina when she won the title, which in turn gave her the right to represent her country.
Miss Universe 2014
Sabrina represented
Malaysia
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at
Miss Universe 2014
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where she remained unplaced. Although considered a "Black Horse" contestant by expert pageant website ''Missosology'', she failed to place in the top 15 semifinalists.
Miss Covid 2021
Sabrina represented
Malaysia
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at Miss Covid 2021
See also
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Miss Universe 2014
Miss Universe 2014 was the 63rd Miss Universe pageant, held at the FIU Arena in Florida, United States on January 25, 2015. This was the first time in the history of the competition that the pageant was not during the year the title was awarde ...
References
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Malaysian beauty pageant winners
Malaysian people of Indian descent
Living people
1990 births
Malaysian Christians
Miss Universe 2014 contestants