Miss World Malaysia 2018, the 51st edition of the

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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 Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and his wife Datin Patinggi Juma'ani Tuanku Bujang as well as Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib, the wife of the

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and Datuk Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports. The winner received a crown worth RM4 million, RM30,000 cash and RM30,000 worth of prizes. The event itself was supported by the Ministry of Tourism Sarawak. 12 contestants competed in the grand finale. Sarawakian lass Larissa Ping was crowned Miss World Malaysia 2018. She was crowned by Malaysian actresses, Nabila Huda and Carmen Soo. She then represented Malaysia at

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where she placed in the Top 30.

Results

Special awards

Contestants

12 contestants competed for the crown and title.

Judges

The following served as judges on the coronation night of Miss World Malaysia 2018: *

Amber Chia Amber Chia (, pinyin: ''Xiè Lìpíng''; born 14 December 1981) is a Malaysian model, actress, TV host and brand ambassador. She was born in Teluk Intan, Malaysia but grew up in the town of Tawau in Sabah, East Malaysia. Chia started her own c ...

– Actress, Model, TV Host *

Carmen Soo Soo Wai Ming (; born 14 October 1977), better known by her stage name Carmen Soo, is a Malaysian model and actress. Life and career Soo was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to a Chinese father and to a half-Chinese, half-British ...

– Actress, Model *

Dewi Liana Seriestha Dewi Liana Seriestha (born 7 September 1989) is a Malaysian singer, model as well as beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Malaysia World 2014. She represents her country at Miss World 2014 at London, United Kingdom where she placed ...

– Miss World Malaysia 2014 * Nabila Huda – Actress, TV Host, Emcee * Sapphire Wong – Miss Cheongsam Sarawak 2016 *

Tong Bing Yu Tong Bing Yu (formerly known as Chris Tong; born ; born on 14 June 1983) is a Malaysian actress, host, singer, and producer. She was the champion of Miss Malaysia Chinese Cosmos International 2006, later representing Malaysia in Switzerland a ...

– Artist

Crossovers & Returnees

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* 2017: Loh Shi Min * 2014: Naomi Sim En Yi ;;; National Pageants ;

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

: Shannen Jade Totten ''(Top 10)'' ;

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Francisca James Francisca Luhong James (born 14 October 1995) is a Malaysian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2020. She represents her country at Miss Universe 2020, where she ended up did not make it into the Top 21 s ...

''(4th Runner-up)'' *

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: Esther Chew En Qi ;Miss Global International Malaysia * 2017: Loh Shi Min * 2014: Naomi Sim En Yi ''(4th Runner-up)'' ;Miss Malaysia Tourism * 2016: Esther Chew En Qi ;World Miss University Malaysia * 2017: Loh Shi Min ''(Winner)'' * 2014: Naomi Sim En Yi ''(Winner)'' ;Supermodel International Malaysia * 2017: Naomi Sim En Yi ''(1st Runner-up)'' ;Miss India Worldwide * 2018: Dhurghesswary Uthawaraj ''(Top 12)''

References

External links

* {{Facebook, Miss-World-Malaysia-476379482389025 Events in Sarawak

September 2018 events in Malaysia