Vanessa Tevi Kumares ( ta, வெனெசா தேவி குமரேஸ்; ; born 4 December 1991) is a Malaysian Chindian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned

Miss Universe Malaysia 2015 Miss Universe Malaysia 2015, the 49th edition of the Miss Universe Malaysia, was held on 17 April 2015 at Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Vanessa Tevi, Vanessa Tevi Kumares of Sabah, Negeri Sembilan was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Sabrina ...

. She represented her country at

Miss Universe 2015 Miss Universe 2015 was the 64th Miss Universe pageant, held at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 20, 2015. This was the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which ...

pageant.

Personal life

Vanessa Tevi is a Malaysian of Indian and Chinese parentage. Her father is of Tamil Indian descent and her mother is of

Hokkien Chinese The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages ...

descent. She is a former student at SMK Puteri and

Taylor's University Taylor's University (commonly referred to as Taylor's) is a private university in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is often regarded as Malaysia's top private university in Malaysia based on the QS World University Rankings. It was founded ...

Lakeside campus, and graduated in

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at the

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with a degree in

Tourism Management Hospitality Management and Tourism is the study of the hospitality industry. A degree in the subject may be awarded either by a university college dedicated to the studies of hospitality management or a business school with a relevant departme ...

. After graduating from the University of Sunderland, she took an internship at the

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in Chandler, Arizona, United States, for a year before working for a hotel in

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Career

Pageantry

Miss Universe Malaysia 2015

Tevi was crowned

on 18 April 2015, beating 16 other hopefuls. She represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.

Miss Universe 2015

Tevi represented Malaysia at the global 64th

pageant held in

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, US on 20 December 2015. She failed to place in the semi-finals, but garnered media attention and acclaim by being the first candidate to embrace the pageant winner, Miss Universe 2015

Pia Wurtzbach Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach ( ; ; born September 24, 1989), formerly known professionally as Pia Romero, is a Filipino model, actress and beauty queen who is known for being crowned Miss Universe 2015. She joined Binibining Pilipinas pageant three ...

after the incident.

Modelling

In October 2016, Tevi was selected as one of two Malaysian women to represent Puma as the brand's official ambassadors for the Southeast Asia market, in conjunction with the launch of the sportswear company's “Do You” campaign.

References

External links

Official Miss Universe Malaysia Website

Official Vanessa Tevi Instagram

Official Vanessa Tevi Facebook Page
Malaysian beauty pageant winners Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian people of Chinese descent Living people 1991 births People from Negeri Sembilan Miss Universe 2015 contestants Miss Universe Malaysia {{malaysia-bio-stub