Yalinie Mathan
Twenty-six-year-old Wenanita Angang prevailed against fifteen contestants to win the Miss World Malaysia Pageant 2022 in Kota Kinabalu.
The 2022 Miss World Malaysia finals took place at Sipadan Hall, Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, yesterday.
Reigning Miss World, Dr Lavanya Sivaji crowned her successor Angang in the glitzy Grand Coronation night.
Also present at the Grand Coronation Night were Miss World 2021, Karolina Bielawska and Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien.
Jimmy Pamo and Melisha Lin hosted the Grand Coronation, which saw the attendance of Sabah local government and housing minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, Sabah tourism, culture, and environment assistant minister Datuk Joniston Bangkuai and Kota Kinabalu City Hall director-general Junainah Abbie.
Meanwhile, Evelyn Ting from Sarawak took the first runner-up spot, and Anya Kimberly was the second runner-up.
Furthermore, Ting and Anya also awarded the Miss World Sarawak 2022 and Miss World Sabah 2022 title, respectively.
Angang, who studied at Sunway University in Subang Jaya, is currently an international conference producer.
She is also an advocate of hippotherapy for autistic children. In the Beauty with Purpose challenge round Angang proposed to set up a hippotheraphy centre at the Bukit Padang Hospital in Kota Kinabalu.
“The progress of these children is easy to see in a short period of time if they were given a chance to have a sustainable program.
During the round, Angang told the judges that due to the distance its difficult for the hospital to provide the program.
“My end game for the project is simple but impactful. It is to create and also fund them. It is a simple project and achievable, that could shape the world of these children,” she said confidently.
In the final Q&A round, Angang’s question was, what is the most inconvenient truth about climate change?
Angang said that even though climate change is happening rapidly, we are not doing anything about it.
“When we step out of SICC, especially Sabahan, you can feel the heat wave we did not feel a few years ago.
“So I urge everyone to not only advocate and raise awareness about climate change but actually take action for it,” said the Sabahan.
Angang is not a newcomer in the beauty pageant scene as she represented Malaysia Miss Planet 2016 in Batumi City, Georgia. She was runner-up to Marina Voykova of Bulgaria.
She also won Miss Sabah Model of the Year Season 6 at Shangri La’s Tanjung Aru Resport and Spa in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Angang will go on to represent Malaysia in Miss World, which will take place later this year.
Lastly, here is the list of top 12 contestant that made it to the for Miss World Malaysia finals.
- Angela Quah
- Dr. Ashvinaa Jeyabalan
- Ashwini Ravi
- Febe Rachel
- Janilda Navya
- Manjula Tamara
- Theevya Nathan
- Thivyawathy Kumar
- Vanishree Raman
- Adlyn Jayne
- Nancy Tor
- Venisa Judah
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