Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur

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Miss Grand ฺKuala Lumpur
FormationJuly 15, 2017;6 years ago (2017-07-15)
FounderMeris Waldorf
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur
Location
Membership
Miss Grand Malaysia
Official language
State director
  • Meris Waldorf (2017)
  • Jacqueline Liwanag Malabuyoc (2018–2019)
  • Rosalinda Talip (2020–2021)

Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur is a Malaysian state-level beauty pageant which selects representatives from Kuala Lumpur for the Miss Grand Malaysia national competition, [1] [2] [3] [4] founded in 2017 by a Kuala Lumpur-based entrepreneur, Meris Waldorf of Me Rich Sdn Bhd. [1]

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Since the first competition in the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant, Kuala Lumpur's representatives have never won the competition three times but were named runners-up in 2017 and 2018, [5] [6] as well as won the supplemental title of Miss Intercontinental Malaysia in 2021. [7]

History

After acquiring the license of Miss Grand Malaysia in 2017, Jude Benjamin Lisa began franchising the state competitions to individual organizers, who would name the state representatives to compete in the national pageant, the license for Kuala Lumpur was granted to a Kuala Lumpur-based entrepreneur, Meris Waldorf of Me Rich Sdn Bhd, who then organized the first contest of Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur on July 15, 2017, at the Panggung Anniversari, Kuala Lumpur, in which a 19-year-old dentistry student, Parveen Sidhu, was named the first Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur. [1]

The competition license was transferred to Jacqueline Liwanag Malabuyoc and Rosalinda Talip in 2018 and 2020, respectively. [2] [3] It was halted in 2022 after the national license of Miss Grand Malaysia was transferred to Sean Wong of HyperLive Entertainment Pte. Ltd., and the state franchise has not been distributed since then. [8]

Editions

The following table details Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur's annual editions since 2017.

EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
1stJuly 15, 2017Panggung Anniversari, Kuala Lumpur 16Parveen Sidhu [1]
2ndApril 6, 2018Palace Of The Golden Horses Hotel, Seri Kembangan 16Taanusiya Veerapandian [2] [9]
3rdMarch 9, 2019Evolve Concept Mall, Petaling Jaya 16Kishweni Jaganathan [3] [10]
4thMarch 15, 2020Swiss-Garden Hotel Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 14Melissa Aurellia [4] [11]

National competition

The following is a list of candidates who competed at the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant under the state organization of Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur.

Color keys
For qualification procedure:For national placement:
W State winner
  Winner
R State runner-up
  Runner-up
S State wildcard
  Semi-finalists
C Central wildcard
  Quarter-finalists
YearRepresentativeOriginal state titlePlacement at Miss Grand MalaysiaState director(s)Ref.
2017
W Parveen Sidhu
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2017Top 7Meris Waldorf [5]
W Cass Chen
Miss Intercontinental Kuala Lumpur 20171st runner-up
[5]
R Maria Devonne Escobia
1st runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2017
Top 7
[5]
R Shireen Kaur Oklih
2nd runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2017
Unplaced
R Samira Siadatan
3rd runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2017
Unplaced
G Rachell Ho
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2017 Finalist
Unplaced
2018
W Taanusiya Veerapandian
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2018
3rd runner-upJacqueline L. Malabuyoc [6] [9]
R Audrey Wong
1st runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2018Unplaced
R Erma Masilla Kotiu
2nd runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2018
Unplaced
S Nanthini Nadarajah
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2018 Finalist
Top 12
S Sivasakti Alexander
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2018 Finalist
Unplaced
[9]
S Kai Chin
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2018 Finalist
Top 12
2019
W Kishweni Jaganathan
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2019
Top 12Jacqueline L. Malabuyoc [13]
R Chermaine Kang Yi Ting
1st runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2019
Unplaced
2020
W Melissa Aurellia
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020
UnplacedRosalinda Talip [15] [16]
R Poorani Rajoo
1st runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020
Unplaced
R Vinthiya Vasu
2nd runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020
Unplaced
G Gurpreet Reeta Kaur
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020 Finalist
Unplaced
G Lindsey Yap Li See
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020 Finalist
Unplaced
2021
W Melissa Aurellia
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020
WithdrewRosalinda Talip [17]
R Poorani Rajoo
1st runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020
Miss Intercontinental Malaysia 2021
R Vinthiya Vasu
2nd runner-up Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020
Top 10
G Gurpreet Reeta Kaur
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020 Finalist
Unplaced
G Lindsey Yap Li See
Miss Grand Kuala Lumpur 2020 Finalist
Top 10

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