Malaysian Dreamgirl

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Malaysian Dreamgirl
Malaysiandreamgirl1logo.jpg
Created byJerad Solomon
Presented by Sazzy Falak (1)
Elaine Daly (2)
Judges
Country of origin Malaysia
Original languagesEnglish
Malay
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes42
Production
Running time30-45 minutes
Original release
ReleaseMarch 6, 2008 (2008-03-06) 
May 15, 2009 (2009-05-15)

Malaysian Dreamgirl (often abbreviated to MDG) was an online reality television show in which a number of young women competed for the title of Malaysian Dreamgirl and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry. The show lasted for only 2 seasons in a period of only 2 years.

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The show was created by the CEO of Capxion Media, Jared Solomon and hosted by Sazzy Falak in Season 1. Elaine Daly took over as host starting Season 2. The first season premiered in March 2008 and was added into the Malaysia Book of Records as Malaysia's First Online Reality Model Search.

Show format

The first season of Malaysian Dreamgirl starts with 12 contestants. The participants will have to outshine each other on the catwalk fashion shows, photo shoots, self-make up and self-styling assignments whilst living together for 10 weeks. Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the season.

Each 2 episode of Malaysian Dreamgirl covers the events of roughly a week of real time, and features a fashion challenge or photo shoot and the elimination of one or more contestants. Usually, on the Saturdays episodes, means that the starting of each new week, except for Episode 2, it was an Audition episode; and on Thursdays episode means that one contestant is going to be eliminated, except for Episode 1 and 3, because Episode 1 is an Audition episode, as for Episode 3, voting are not opened yet, as for Episode 5, 2 girls were eliminated. Elimination of one or more contestants are based on publics' votes.

As of Season 1, the panel includes model, actress, and former beauty queen, Elaine Daly, celebrity blogger, Kenny Sia and fashion stylist Lim Jimmy. For Season 2, the current panel includes Elaine Daly, Lim Jimmy, founder of AndrewsModel, Andrew Tan, and founder of the beauty product 'Beautilicous', Julie Wong. Each episode is usually associated with a theme in the world of modeling, such as dealing with the press in interviews or appearing in a runway show.

An episode usually begins with the contestants receiving training in an area concurrent with the week's theme. For example, contestants may get coached in runway walking, improvisational acting, or applying make-up to suit various occasions. A related challenge soon follows, such as a mock runway show or interview, and a winner is chosen by a judge. She receives some prize, such as clothing, portfolio expanding, a night out, or an advantage at the next photo shoot, and she is usually allowed to share the benefits with a certain number of other contestants of her choice.

The next segment is a photo shoot, and each contestant's performance will reflect heavily on her judging for that week. Each season features photo shoots such as lingerie shots, beauty shots.

The final segment of each odd number episode is judging. Each contestant's photo is then shown and evaluated by the judging panel. The elimination process is ceremonious, as Sazzy/Daly announced last three/five contestants who have called their name as "the bottom three/five", and Sazzy critiques each one before revealing which of the one/three contestants has been eliminated. However, there have been three exceptions, as a non-elimination, and the original eliminee was saved by another contestant's decision to quit.

Seasons

CyclePremiere dateWinnerRunner-upOther contestants in order of eliminationNumber of contestants
16 March 2008Cindy TeyAdeline LeeJean Fong (quit), Alison Victor & Natasha Boudville, Valerie Anus, Eyna Haszalina, Fiqa Chong, Jay Loganathan & Nadia Johary & Ringo Tan, Hanis Rashid12
228 February 2009Juanita AnushyaPinky LiewRajvin Kaur (quit), Acha Hafsah & Maya Hashim, Liana Fariai, Farah Zulkefli, Denezia Beins & Shasya Ahmad, Natasha Johari, Ming Chiang, Dawn Lim12

Season 1

Prizes

The winner will receive:

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

ContestantNicknameAgeHeightHometownFinishPlace
Fong Siew JeanJean211.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Kuala Lumpur Episode 512 (quit)
Alison Joan VictorAlison211.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Selangor 11-10
Natasha Rosa BoudvilleNatasha181.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Kuala Lumpur
Valerie Vanessa Ebal AnusValerie211.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Sabah Episode 79
Wan HaszalinaEyna251.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in) Selangor Episode 98
Nur Afiqah Liyana Binti Hazrin ChongFiqa181.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Selangor Episode 117
Aberami Jaishana LoganathanJay251.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kuala Lumpur Episode 156-4
Nurul Nadiah S. JoharyNadia201.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Kuala Lumpur
Ringo Tan Hui LingRingo231.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Negeri Sembilan
Hanis Zalikha binti Zainal RashidHanis181.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Selangor Episode 173
Adeline Lee Ying YingAdeline211.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Negeri Sembilan 2
Tey CindyCindy211.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Johor 1

Results table

PlaceModelEpisodes
57911131517
1CindyLOWLOWSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINNER
2AdelineSAFESAFESAFELOWLOWSAFEOUT
3HanisSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
6-4RingoSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
JayLOWSAFELOWSAFEOUTOUT
NadiaSAFESAFESAFELOWLOWOUT
7FiqaSAFESAFELOWOUT
8EynaOUTLOWOUT
9ValerieSAFEOUT
11-10NatashaOUT
AlisonOUT
12JeanQUIT
  The contestant withdrew from the competition
  The contestant was originally eliminated from the competition but was saved
  The contestant was in danger of elimination
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant won the competition

Season 2

Prizes

The winner will receive:

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

ContestantNicknameAgeHeightHometownFinishPlace
Rajvinderjeet KaurRajvin251.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Ipoh Episode 712 (quit)
Nor Hafsah Bt Mat NorAcha221.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Selangor 11-10
Mayang Seri Bt HashimMaya281.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Kuala Lumpur
Nurliana Mohd RafiaiLiana271.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in) Kuala Lumpur Episode 99
Ummi Farahnasuha Bt ZulkefliFarah171.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Kuala Lumpur Episode 118
Denezia Maryanne BeinsDenezia171.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Malacca Episode 137-6
Shaheeda Salim AhmadShasya201.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in) Penang
Natasha Bt Mohd JohariNatasha181.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Kuala Lumpur Episode 175
Chiang Nee MingMing211.61 m (5 ft 3+12 in) Malacca Episode 214
Dawn Lim Yeen SzeDawn231.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Kuala Lumpur Episode 233
Liew Mee HanPinky201.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Kuala Lumpur 2
Juanita Anushya Francis JacobJuanita221.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Johor 1

Results table

PlaceModelEpisodes
79111315172123
1JuanitaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWWINNER
2PinkySAFESAFELOWSAFESAFESAFELOWOUT
3DawnSAFESAFESAFELOWLOWLOWSAFEOUT
4MingSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUTLOWOUT
5NatashaSAFESAFESAFELOWLOWOUT
7-6DeneziaSAFESAFELOWOUT
ShasyaSAFELOWSAFEOUT
8FarahOUTLOWOUT
9LianaSAFEOUT
11-10AchaOUT
MayaOUT
12RajvinQUIT
  The contestant withdrew from the competition
  The contestant was originally eliminated from the competition but was saved
  The contestant was in danger of elimination
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant won the competition

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