Home grown pageant produced Malaysia’s first runner-up winner

In Malaysia home-grown Miss & Mrs World Noble Queen International Pageant, Claryst Kuon of Malaysia  was named first-runner in Mrs World Noble Queen International 2018. The champion’s crown went to Mrs Chanelle Fulton Kriel of South Africa and Chalinee Aesomnuek of Thailand was named second runner-up.

Claryst Kuon and Chanelle Fulton Kriel Ccoincidentally were roommates at their hotel in Poipet, Cambodia enjoying each other’s company and sharing each other’s story everyday before they sleep. Both never knew that their participation at the Miss & Mrs World Noble Queen International 2018 pageant will earn them victory with first and second-place finish.

A jubilant Kuon, 23, a dance choreographer, said, “Bravo to myself and all Malaysians that got me this far. I’m grateful to be around such wonderful Malaysians for supporting me and who flew all the way to Cambodia to support me.

“My thanks and infinite gratitude to all my lovely fans, family and friends who never stop supporting me. This is for you MALAYSIA!”

Kuon is a Chinese-Iban/Bidayuh from Bintulu, Sarawak and married with three kids.

South African beauty Chanelle Fulton Kriel, 30, and a mother of two boys, aged 9 and 18 months, has made her country proud by winning the Mrs World Noble Queen International 2018 title.

“I’m honoured and humbled, and very excited after winning the title of Mrs World Noble Queen International 2018. I look forward to my reign as I’m planning on using this opportunity to promote the pageant and giving more woman and young ladies the opportunities to widen their horizons in the pageant industry, to make their mark at the next Miss & Mrs World Noble Queen International pageant, and to leave long lasting impressions wherever they go.

“I also look forward to using this platform to create awareness about the serious matter of child and human trafficking. I would love to become more active in the rescuing of and working with victims of human trafficking,” she said. 

Chanelle is a successful businesswoman being the owner and founder of Cotton Candy Baby Products and director of Elite Catwalk Models. She’s also a pageant coach and a qualified fashion designer.

She competed in a number of pageants, including impressive wins in Miss Youth SA, Mrs CanSa Relay For Live (a fundraising pageant to create cancer awareness) Mrs Jacaranda City, Mrs Northern Gauteng, Mrs Queen of South Africa and Mrs Queen of Africa.

“My ambition is to make a positive difference in the lives of those around me, especially young people and children. I believe that we all lead by example and that by setting a good, positive and strong example you can make positive changes,” said Chanelle. 

Chanelle who stands 1.74m tall (5’ 8.5”) loves spending time outdoors with her family and her interests include fine arts and interior decorating.

The Miss World Noble Queen International 2018 crown and title went to Mercedes Romero Pair of Hong Kong, with Maia Amashukeli of Georgia came in as first runner-up and Romy Stuik of Netherlands second runner-up.

Mercedes Pair, 25, of mixed German-Spanish-Filipino-Chinese ancestry said: “I feel excited as this is the first international title Hong Kong has ever won. I feel honoured and blessed to be Miss World Noble Queen International 2018.

“I’d like to give a very special thanks to my national director Sasha Waseem from Film Awards TV for discovering me and always supporting me. I would also like to thank the organisation of this pageant for their trust in choosing me as their ambassador.

“I will wear the crown with dignity, promote the organisation’s value and carry on my responsibility as a Miss World Noble Queen International title holder that has not only the look but also high moral qualities.

“I will perform the role and carry the crown with great dignity and pride as it is not only a pageant title but comes with a great responsibility. Winning this pageant has opened new opportunities for me to explore. I’ll make sure that I will fulfil the pageant’s motto, working more in social services and helping as many people I as can.

“I am planning to take acting lessons, improve my talent and skills, and hopefully, I would be a great actress in Hollywood someday,” she said. 

The 25-year-old model/actress/MC who stands 170 cm (5 feet 7 inches) tall is no stranger to competing in beauty pageants and model competitions when she won her title Vidal Sassoon Asia Global Pink Angel 2012 along with two other subsidiary titles of Best Camera Face and Best Pink Look.

She went on to win the champion titles for Hong Kong Arts & Design Festival Model 2011, Miss Tourism World Hong Kong 2017 and Face of Asia Hong Kong 2018 where she also earned two subsidiary awards for Best Photo and Best Model Livestreamer.

Her winning prize package includes a trip to USA, casting audition in Hollywood and an intensive course of acting/filming scholarship.

Mercedes Pair, who speaks, reads and writes Mandarin fluently besides English and Cantonese, wants to be a positive role model.

“I want to be a role model who can positively influences people. I would like to encourage others who have a dream. If I can do it, they can as well. I believe that with hard work and dedication, we can go as far as we want to. I have been teased and laughed at my ambitions. There were times that people looked down on me telling me I’m not good looking or I would never make it but I chose to believe in myself and take the challenge. I hope I can encourage others to be confident and brave enough to stand up for what they want in life,” she said.

Mercedes Pair has a heart to help and bring happiness to the needy.

“I would like to help the less privileged specially children. One said that “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”.  I believe that knowledge changes people’s life. I hope I can do something about it, put smiles on the children’s face and be able to watch them having a bright future,” she said.

Mercedes Pair enjoys singing and playing the piano. Basketball is the sport she enjoys playing the game with her friends.

A total of 25 ladies from across the world participated in this 4^th edition of Miss & Mrs World Noble Queen International 2018 grand final which was held at DNA Star Vegas Resort & Casino, Poipet, Cambodia on Dec 13, 2018.

Contestants were judged on beauty (40%), attitude (20%), intelligence (20%) and personality (20%). There were also national costume, swimwear, Victoria Angel wear and evening-gown presentation, and Q&A during the pageant.

Three special awards were also presented. Miss Asia Noble Queen International 2018 was awarded to Linh Nguyen of Vietnam and the Mrs Asia Noble Queen International 2018 to Catherine Noval Delostrinos of Philippines. The Miss Supermodel World Noble Queen 2018 was awarded to Irina Kvitko of Russia.

There were also several subsidiary titles, including Best National Costume, Best Victoria Angel Wear Creativity, Charity Queen, Best Talent and Most Popular won by the contestants.

A Mermaid Pool Party was held on the eve of the pageant coronation where all the finalists were unveiled wearing swimsuits and mermaid tails.

The final was streamed live on pageant website Missosology.

Miss & Mrs World Noble Queen International Pageant founder and president Jan Sit said the beauty pageant was successfully hosted in Cambodia.

“I’m very happy to say that the pageant final in Cambodia has been successful and in fact the people are very supportive of it. We hosted both the inaugural Asia Noble Queen Pageant 2015 and 2016 edition in Malaysia, then in 2017 we expanded to World Noble Queen and held the pageant final abroad in Myanmar, and this year in Cambodia. Every year it has been organised, the pageant gets better and bigger than previous years, and I am very fortunate to have been this successful this far. My next target is either China or Vietnam as the venue for 2019 pageant finals,” she said.

Jan Sit thanked the sponsors for their generous support in making the event a success. Among the sponsors were DNA Star Vegas Resort & Casino (venue and main sponsor), The Emollient Coin (gold sponsor), Eushido Hair Care Series (silver sponsor from Cambodia), Olivia (gown sponsor from Thailand), Makeup Paris & Carol Makeover (makeup sponsors from Malaysia) and Cho Gyi (Team Production from Myanmar).

Miss World Noble Queen International 2018
Winner – Miss Hong Kong Mercedes Romero Pair
1st Runner-Up – Miss Georgia Maia Amashukeli
2nd Runner-Up – Miss Netherlands Romy Stuik

Mrs World Noble Queen International 2018
Winner – Mrs South Africa Chanelle Fulton
1st Runner-Up – Mrs Malaysia Claryst Kuon
2nd Runner-Up – Mrs Thailand Chalinee Aesomnuek

Special Awards and Titles

Miss Asia Noble Queen International 2018 –
Miss Vietnam Linh Nguyen

Mrs Asia Noble Queen International 2018 –
Mrs Philippines Catherine Noval Delostrinos

Miss Supermodel World Noble Queen 2018 –
Miss Russia Irina Kvitko

Charity World Noble Queen 2018 –
Mrs China Lin Juan Juan

Best National Costume (2 awards) –
Mrs Japan Hiroka Okuno
Mrs Myanmar Cherry Nan

Best Victoria Angel Wear Creativity (2 awards) –
Miss Ukraine Elena Goldenice
Miss Tatarstan Tatiana Lebedinets

Best Talent winner (2 awards) –
Miss Ukraine Elena Goldenice
Miss Singapore Winnie Choy

Miss Popularity (decided by fan votes in Fb, 2 awards) –
Miss India Aarohi Shrivastava
Mrs Myanmar Cherry Nan