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Miss Grand Malaysia
FormationAugust 29, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-08-29)
FounderAnson Chong
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersKuala Lumpur
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National Director
Sean Wong
Parent organization
Introducing Talent Sdn. Bhd. (2017 – 2021)
HyperLive Entertainment Pte. Ltd. (2022 – Present)
WebsiteOfficial website

Miss Grand Malaysia is an annual female beauty pageant in Malaysia, founded by a Penang-based businessperson Anson Chong in 2013,[1] aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts.[2][3] During 2015 to 2021, the contest was run by Introducing Talent Sdn Bhd, under the leadership of Jude Benjamin Lisa.[4][5] Since 2022, the franchise has belonged to the Singapore-based start-up HyperLive Entertainment.[6]

Malaysia holds a record of 3 placements at Miss Grand International in 2016,[5][7] 2020,[8] 2021,[9] and 2024. The highest achievement was top 10 finalists in 2020, won by Jasebel Robert of Kuala Lumpur.[8]

The current Miss Grand Malaysia is Melisha Lin of Selangor. She will represent her country at the Miss Grand International 2024 pageant to be held at Bangkok, Thailand.

History

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The Miss Grand Malaysia beauty contest was founded in 2013 by Penang-based businessperson Anson Chong who ran the inaugural edition at Queensbay Mall in Bayan Lepas, featuring 12 national finalists representing all Malaysia states.[1][10] Of which, Michelle Madeleine Boey from the host state was announced as the winner and won the prizes worth 10,000 RM[11][12] During 2014 to 2016, no national pageant held to determine the winner, the country representatives for the international competition were designated by different national directors.[13][14]

After three years of hiatus, the pageant was brought back in 2017 by a public relation and digital marketing consultant from Sarawak Jude Benjamin Lisa, who served as the national licensee for Miss Grand International in Malaysia during 2015 to 2021. Together with the business partner Josh Oneill, he also set up the event organizer privately held firm Introducing Talent Sdn Bhd to be responsible for managing the affiliated pageant,[7] beginning with the second edition of Miss Grand Malaysia, in which Sanjeda John from Sabah was named the winner at a contest held at Evolve Concept Mall in Selangor on 5 August outclassing 15 other finalists. In the same event, the country representative for Miss Interncontinental 2017 was also crowned.[15] Since then, the pageant has been held annually to select the Malaysian candidates for various international pageants including Miss Grand International until the organization lost the franchise to the Singapore-based start-up company HyperLive Entertainment Pte Ltd in 2022.[6] The national titleholder for Miss Grand International has been determined through the Miss World Malaysia ever since.[6] The event was organized by Fantastic Golden Sdn. Bhd., who was appointed by the Singaporean franchise holder company as its official partner to produce the event in Malaysia.[6]

Since 2017, the organization has been franchising the state competitions to the individual organizers, who would name the state titleholders to compete in the national pageant.[4] Beginning with three state pageants in 2017 including Sabah, Sarawak, and Kuala Lumpur,[5] Melaka became the fourth member in 2018,[16] while Selangor and Johor firstly joined the contest in 2019 and 2020, respectively.[7] The organizer also planned to held the seventh-state pageant in Penang in 2022,[7][17] but, unfortunately, lost the franchise to HyperLive Entertainment.[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pageant was virtually held for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021.[7] Originally, the organizer planned to conduct the 2020 physical contest at Bangi Avenue Convention Centre in late June,[18] but postponed it twice, first to mid-October,[19] and then to 30 January 2021.[20] However, in early 2021, the situation of the outbreak has not improved, causing the organizer to hold the contest virtually instead, in which Jasebel Robert was chosen to participate at the Miss Grand International 2020 in Thailand, while the remainder of the candidates was qualified to compete at the 2021 national contest automatically.[21]

Selection of contestants

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The Regional Pageants of Miss Grand Malaysia in 2020.

Color keys
   State Pageants (6)
   Local Pageants in Sarawak (8)
   Local Pageants in Sabah (16) 		 •  Casting event
   National pageant
  No Pageant Held

Since 2017, the national finalists' selection of the Miss Grand Malaysia has been operated via three systems, including (1) the multiplex regional pageant system, in which the state franchisee conducts several local pageants and casting events to determine the state finalists, or franchising the local competition to individual organizers, who would name their representative to compete at the state pageants. (2) a simple regional pageant system, the state pageant is held to select the national finalists with no lower pageants or casting events, and (3) a central direct application through the national licensee, the organization then selects the candidates based on their profiles.[18]

The winner, as well as the 1-2 runners-up of each state pageant, will automatically qualify to the national stage while other runners-up and some finalists candidates will be entered to the wild card round, in which the national organizer will then select the supplementary national candidates based on their discretion.[18]

As of 2020, six states was held the state contest for the Miss Grand Malaysia, including:

Simple state pageants

Multiplex state pageants

  • Sabah: held annually since 2017, the highest number of local pageants is 16 in 2020.[5]
  • Sarawak: held annually since 2017, the highest number of local pageants is 18 in 2018.[5]
Miss Grand Malaysia National Finalists Selection Procedure
(2017 – 2021)
Stage/SystemMultiplex Regional
(East Malaysia States)		Simple Regional
(West Malaysia States)		Centrally Direct
(Organizer Selection)
Stage 1Local Pageant (s)Local Casting (s)Profile Screening
Stage 2State level PageantState level Pageant
Others RU & finalists
Winner & RU
(2-4 spot/state)		Winner & RU
(1-3 spot/state)
Wild Card Challenge
Stage 3National Pageant

Editions

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Location and date

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The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Malaysia contest, since its inception in 2013.

Year Edition Date Final venue Host State Entrants Ref.
2013 1st 29 September Ground floor, Central Atrium, Queensbay Mall Penang 12 [12][10]
2017 2nd 5 August Grand Pacific Ballroom, Evolve Concept Mall, Petaling Jaya Selangor 16 [5][15]
2018 3rd 12 May
24
[22][23]
2019 4th 28 April Meritz Hotel, Miri Sarawak 24 [24]
2020 5th 28 January 2021 The pageant was held virtually, due to the spreading of the COVID-19
17
[7]
2021 6th 2 August
23
[25]
2022 7th 27 August Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu Sabah 15 [26][27]
2023 8th 14 August The Zodiac Theatre, 7th floor Genting Dream Cruise — 11 [28]
2024 9th 22 August 2024 Galaxy Banque, HGH Convention Centre Kuala Lumpur 12 [29]

Competition results

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Year Miss Grand Malaysia Runners-up Ref.
1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up 3rd Runner-up 4th Runner-up 5th Runner-up
2013 Michelle Boey
(Penang)		 Malena Yvelisse
(Kedah)		 Natelynn Tiow
(Kuala Lumpur)		 — — — [11]
2017 Sanjeda John
(Sabah)		 Cass Chen
(Putrajaya)		 Fiolla Redup
(Sarawak)		 — — — [15]
2018 Debra Jeanne Poh
(Sabah)		 Kate Cantwell
(Sabah)		 Scarlett Megan Liew
(Sabah)		 Taanusiya Veerapandian
(Kuala Lumpur)		 Rachel Chin
(Sarawak)		 [23]
2019 Mel Dequanne Abar
(Sabah)		 Saroopdeep Kaur Bath
(Perak)		 Haaraneei Muthu Kumar
(Selangor)		 Julie Minele Senele
(Sarawak)		 Lishallinny Kanaran
(Selangor)		 [30]
2020 Jasebel Robert
(Kuala Lumpur)		 No runners-up, the remaining delegates automatically qualified for the 2021 national contest. [31]
2021 Lishallinny Kanaran
(Selangor)		 Malveen Kaur
(Johor)		 Poorani Rajoo
(Kuala Lumpur)		 Not Assigned [25]
2022 Charissa Chong
(Selangor)		 Vivienna Alfred
(Sarawak)		 Angela Quah
(Johor)		 Not Assigned [26]
2023 Kash Bhullar
(Selangor)		 Natalie Ang Ai Dee
(Putrajaya)		 Poorani Rajoo
(Kuala Lumpur)		 Chai Shu Wen
(Sabah)		 Sisnitha Thirumaran
(Negeri Sembilan)		 Angela Quah
(Johor)		 [32]
2024 Melisha Lin
(Selangor)		 Geetha William
(Kuala Lumpur)		 Lilyannie Christie
(Sabah)		 Linasni Kusraju
(Selangor)		 Esther Marius Tito
(Sabah)		 Kiki Khor
(Kuala Lumpur)		 [33]
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  • Melisha Lin (2024)
    Melisha Lin (2024)
  • Kash Bhullar (2023)
    Kash Bhullar (2023)
  • Charissa Chong (2022)
    Charissa Chong (2022)
  • Lishalliny Kanaran (2021)
    Lishalliny Kanaran (2021)

International competition

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The following is a list of Malaysian representatives competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.

Year Representative Original national title Competition performance National director Ref.
Placement Special award
2013 Michelle Boey Miss Grand Malaysia 2013 Unplaced — Anson Chong [11]
2014 Jane Koo Wai Kuan Appointed Unplaced — [34]
2015 Santhawan Boonratana Miss World Malaysia 2015 finalist Unplaced — Invited [13]
2016 Ranmeet Jassal 1st runner-up of Miss World Malaysia 2016 Top 20 — Jude Benjamin Lisa [14][7]
2017 Sanjeda John Miss Grand Malaysia 2017 Unplaced — [15]
2018 Debra Jeanne Poh Miss Grand Malaysia 2018 Unplaced — [23]
2019 Mel Dequanne Abar Miss Grand Malaysia 2019 Unplaced — [30]
2020 Jasebel Robert Miss Grand Malaysia 2020 Top 10 Miss Popular Vote [7][8]
2021 Lishallinny Kanaran Miss Grand Malaysia 2021 Top 20 Best National Costume [9]
2022 Charissa Chong Miss Grand Malaysia 2022 Unplaced — Sean Wong [26]
2023 Kash Bhullar Miss Grand Malaysia 2023 Unplaced — [32]
2024 Melisha Lin Miss Grand Malaysia 2024 Top 20 — [35]

See also

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References

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