Miss Universe Malaysia 2020, the 54th edition of the Miss Universe Malaysia, was held on 5 September 2020 at Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Francisca Luhong James of Sarawak was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Shweta Sekhon of Kuala Lumpur at the end of the event. She represents Malaysia at Miss Universe 2020 pageant held in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
Background
Gala Night The Miss Universe Malaysia was originally to be held on April 16, 2020 but on March 16, 2020, every events in Malaysia have to be cancel (or postponed) due to the disease transmission of COVID-19.
In early July, it was announced that the gala night will be held on September 5 in the form of "e-Gala" with no audience present physically during the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing. The e-Gala will be the first-ever virtual Miss Universe Malaysia gala and will be broadcast live on the official website of Miss Universe Malaysia. During the livestream, audiences get to vote for the Miss Body Beautiful, Best in Evening Gown and the winner of Miss Universe Malaysia.
e-Gala Night Judges
Dato' Hans Isaac - actor, director and producer. Datin Selwinder Kaur - Glojas by Smart International Aesthetic chief operating officer. Dr Nicholas Lim - La Jung Aesthetic Clinic medical director and aesthetic medical practitioner. Deborah Priya Henry - Miss Universe Malaysia 2011. Carven Ong - Carven Ong Couture creative designer. Michelle Lam - Esthetics International Group director. Shawn Loong - Shawn Cutler Group of Salons founder, creative director and celebrity stylist. Elizabeth Lee - Bowerhouse co-founder.
Pre-judging Judges Source: Marini Ramlan - artist and entrepreneur. Rubin Khoo - associate publisher at Burda Luxury KL. Sunita Chhabra - editor of "Life Inspired" at The Star. Datuk Yasmin Yusoff - Miss Universe Malaysia 1978, actress and singer. Zahir Kelvin Ong Abdullah - TV host and executive director of Venus Assets Sdn Bhd.
Background The public could watch the live-streamed competition by purchasing tickets to the show on the Miss Universe Malaysia website, with 20 per cent of the proceeds to be channeled to Lighthouse Children Welfare Home Association in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. The winner will also receive a cash prize and sponsored prizes with a combined value of RM 180,000 and a full education scholarship from HELP University.
Final program The grand finale was originally scheduled for 5 March 2020, then being delayed from April 2020 and once again to 11 July 2020 before being rescheduled to 5 September 2020. It was originally to be held at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur, but it was changed to live-streamed virtually at Miss Universe Malaysia website.
Marketing The finalists will be featured in an online show, The Next 2020 Miss Universe Malaysia, comprising 18 episodes scheduled to be aired starting January 23, 2020, followed by 10 episodes of their journey leading to the crowning of Miss Universe Malaysia on online lifestyle channel, hurr.tv. The webisodes will also be available on the Miss Universe Malaysia Organization YouTube channel and the hurr.tv mobile app. Results Final ResultsContestants Miss Universe Malaysia 2020 Sarawak – Francisca James 1st Runner–Up Selangor – Charissa Chong 2nd Runner–Up Johor – Serene Chai 3rd Runner–Up Kuala Lumpur – Neha Verma Top 11 Kuala Lumpur – Celine Foo Kuala Lumpur – Chua Xing Er Kuala Lumpur – Louisa Ananthan Kuala Lumpur – Pritha Manivannan Pahang – Quinn Fung Sabah – Rindsay Rachelle Laige Sabah – Meme Yaw §
§ – Fan favorite winner
Order of announcements
Top 11
1. Kuala Lumpur - Celine Foo
2. Sabah - Rindsay Laige
3. Selangor - Charissa Chong
4. Johor - Serene Chai
5. Sarawak - Francisca James
6. Kuala Lumpur - Louisa Ananthan
7. Pahang - Quinn Fung
8. Kuala Lumpur - Pritha Manivannan
9. Kuala Lumpur - Chua Xinger
10. Kuala Lumpur - Neha Verma
11. Sabah - Meme Yaw §
Top 4
1. Selangor - Charissa Chong
2. Kuala Lumpur - Neha Verma
3. Sarawak - Francisca James
4. Johor - Serene Chai
Special awards AwardsContestants Miss Congeniality #2 Kuala Lumpur – Celine FooMiss Habib#11 Kuala Lumpur – Neha Verma Miss Body Beautiful #9 Kuala Lumpur – Louisa Ananthan Best in Evening Gown #7 Sarawak – Francisca Luhong JamesFan Favorite Winner#10 Sabah – Meme Yaw Miss Online Personality #11 Kuala Lumpur – Neha Verma Miss La Jung Youthful Forever #17 Kuala Lumpur – Serene Chai Yong Bin Miss Auto Bavaria Elegance #7 Sarawak – Francisca Luhong James Miss Dermalogica Healthy Skin #14 Kuala Lumpur – Pritha Manivannan Miss Skinz Sanctuary Flawless Skin #17 Kuala Lumpur – Serene Chai Yong Bin Miss Strip Body Confidence #3 Selangor – Charissa Chong Su Huey Miss Glojas Beautiful #14 Kuala Lumpur – Pritha Manivannan Shawn Cutler Hair Award #16 Sabah – Rindsay Rachelle Laige
Contestants 18 contestants competed for the title of Miss Universe Malaysia 2020:
No.ContestantsAgeHeightRepresentedNotes1.Adelina Chan Yin Ling26Penang2.Celine Foo25Kuala LumpurTop 113.Charissa Chong Su Huey26Selangor1st runner-up4.Ching Poh Yee (Chloe)24Kuala Lumpur5.Chua Xing Er (Xinger)23Kuala LumpurTop 116. Francisca Luhong James24SarawakWinner7.Gladys Liew Chi Mun23Perak8.Haylynn Tan Siau Thong20Selangor9.Louisa Ananthan22Kuala LumpurTop 1110.Yaw Mee Mee (Meme)25SabahTop 1111.Neha Verma21Kuala Lumpur3rd runner-up12.Ooi Erjun22Selangor13.Prissha Gerald21Johor14.Pritha Manivannan26Kuala LumpurTop 1115.Fung Wei Qing (Quinn)23PahangTop 1116.Rindsay Rachelle Laige21SabahTop 1117.Serene Chai Yong Bin25Johor2nd runner-up18.Yong Meei Yeng26Selangor
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed/appeared at other international/national beauty pageants:
International Pageants
Miss International 2013 - Charissa Chong (Unplaced)
World Miss University 2014 - Charissa Chong (Top 30)
Miss Asean 2014 - Charissa Chong (Top 5)
Miss Global Beauty Queen 2017 - Meme Yaw (Unplaced)
National Pageants Miss Universe Malaysia 2017 - Meme Yaw (Top 50)
Miss World Malaysia 2015 - Serene Chai Yong Bin (1st Runner-up) 2016 - Francisca Luhong James (4th Runner-up) → (2nd Runner-up) 2018 - Francisca Luhong James (Top 5)
Miss International Malaysia 2013 - Charissa Chong (Winner–Miss International Malaysia) 2017 - Meme Yaw (Winner–Miss Global Beauty Queen Malaysia)
Miss Astro Chinese International 2016 - Serene Chai Yong Bin (Top 8)
Miss Cultural Harvest Festival 2015 - Francisca Luhong James (2nd Runner-up)
Supermodel International Malaysia 2017 - Charissa Chong (Top 20)
Miss Malaysia Borneo Tourism 2015 - Meme Yaw (Top 5)
Sabah Model Of The Year 2016 - Meme Yaw (Finalist)
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