Thanuja Ananthan (born 31 August 1985) is a Malaysian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as
Miss World Malaysia 2009 and represented her country at the
Miss World 2009.
Career
Miss World Malaysia 2009
Ananthan was crowned as Miss World Malaysia 2009 by the outgoing Miss World Malaysia 2008,
Soo Wincci
Soo Wincci () is a Malaysian Chinese singer, recording artist, actress, composer, celebrity chef, host, model, beauty queen, PhD holder and entrepreneur from Malaysia. Soo was crowned Miss World Malaysia 2008 and represented Malaysia in t ...
. Eighteen contestants vied for the crown.
Miss World 2009
Anathan represented Malaysia at the
Miss World 2009 which was held at Johannasburg, South Africa. She competes with 120 delegates from around the world.
Achievements in the Miss World 2009
* Miss world Top Model (Top 12): The first Miss Malaysia to be a finalist in this category.
* Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 40)
* Miss World Beauty With A purpose (Top 20): The first Miss Malaysia to make it into the top 20 for this category with her video of her passion & involvement in START Foundation.
Acting career
Thanuja is also active in acting. She started her professional acting career through the crime thriller ''
Temuan Takdir'' which was released on 11 August 2016. She later acted with
Remy Ishak
Mohammad Zalimei bin Ishak or better known as Remy Ishak (born on 11 April 1982), is a Malaysian actor who was born in Melaka. He was first introduced to the film industry by independent director Osman Ali in 2006. He gained fame for his perfor ...
and Elvis Chin in the six-episode patriotic drama, ''
Anak Merdeka'', which aired on all Astro channels from 26 to 31 August 2017; Thanuja plays the role of Devi. She became the main star alongside
Kilafairy,
Erwin Dawson,
Cristina Suzanne and
Hefny Sahad in the mystery drama series, ''
Nafas'' on
ntv7 where she played the role of Trisya.
Filmography
* ''
MasterChef Selebriti Malaysia
MasterChef Selebriti Malaysia (English: Celebrity MasterChef Malaysia) is a Malaysian competitive cooking game show. It is spin-off of ''MasterChef Malaysia'', itself an adaptation of the British show ''MasterChef'', and features celebrity conte ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Temuan Takdir'' (2016)
* ''
Anak Merdeka'' (2017)
* Best in Town (2017)
* ''
Festival Filem Malaysia ke-29'' (2017)
* ''
Nafas'' (2018)
* ''
DM Hati Awak'' (2018)
* ''
All Together Now Malaysia'' (2021–2023)
* ''
Murder By Moonlight'' (2022)
* PADU (coming Sept 2023)
References
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1985 births
Living people
People from Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian people of Indian descent
Malaysian beauty pageant winners
Miss World 2009 delegates