Miss Earth Malaysia

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Miss Earth Malaysia is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Malaysia's representative to the Miss Earth pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

The current titleholder is Nadira Isaac of Penang. She will represent Malaysia at Miss Earth 2023 at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the second Malay woman to ever win the title after Nur Haziyah Fatin in 2019.

History[edit]

Miss Earth Malaysia is one of the beauty pageant in Malaysia that has the focus on educating and empowering others about the knowledge of natural beauty, sustainability and eco-tourism. The pageant serves as a platform to educate the contestants about the environmental issues, promote eco-tourism and create a healthy aspect of cordial relationship among its participants. The pageant's title was known as "Miss Earth Malaysia" from 2001 until 2018 and 2021, also Women of Malaysia in 2019.

In 2019, Miss Earth Malaysia organization decided to no longer conduct the bikini segment during the national competition as it could give equal chances and opportunities for Muslim women in Malaysia to participate in the pageant for the first time. Still there will be a swimsuit segment in Miss Earth pageant. In 2020, the previous national director, Mr. Abdul Nazri Abdullah dropped the franchise of Miss Earth Malaysia. Malaysia was also once withdraw in Miss Earth 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Competition[edit]

The winner of the pageant is bestowed the title Miss Earth Malaysia and get to represent Malaysia in the international stage. Runners-up are given the titles named after the other natural elements namely:

• Miss Malaysia Air (first runner-up),
• Miss Malaysia Water (second runner-up),
• Miss Malaysia Fire (equivalent to third runner-up), and
• Miss Eco-Tourism
• Miss Eco-Beauty

Titleholders[edit]

2005–2019[edit]

Malaysia representatives at Miss Earth[edit]

Year	Titleholder	Age[a]	Represented	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Nurul Nadira Kamarul Nizam[1]	23	Penang	Unplaced
2022	Kajel Kaur Gill[2]	27	Perak	Unplaced
	Eissya Thong[3][note 1]	21	Perak	Did not compete
2021	Nisya Thayananthan[4]	28	Negeri Sembilan	Top 20	Long Gown Competition
2019	Nur Haziyah Fatin Ahmad Saibi	22	Sarawak	Unplaced
	Kajel Kaur Gill[5][note 2]	23	Perak	Did not compete
2018	Jasmine Yeo Suk Peng[6]	21	Sarawak	Unplaced
2017	Cherish Ng Syoo Nyee[7]	23	Penang	Unplaced
2016	Venisa Judah[8]	19	Sabah	Unplaced	Top 27 Miss Earth Barcelona
2015	Danielle Wong Kar Wai[9]	22	Melaka	Unplaced	Best National Costume - Asia Best Group Presentation - Asia Snowman Building
2014	Renee Tan Joo May[citation needed]	23	Melaka	Unplaced
2013	Josephine Tan Yee Mei[10]	23	Pahang	Unplaced	The X Factor Award
2012	Deviyah Daranee Radhakrishnan[11]	20	Kuala Lumpur	Unplaced	Miss Talent (Group 3) Best National Costume
2011	Joyce Tay Tze Hui[12]	24	Melaka	Unplaced
2010	Appey Rowenna Januin[13]	19	Sabah	Unplaced
2009	Madelyne Nandu[14]	24	Sabah	Unplaced	Top 15 Best in Swimsuit
2008	Audrey Ng Sook Ling[15]	22	Perak	Unplaced
2007	Dorcas Cheok Huai Yee[16]			Unplaced
2006	Alice Loh Siew Leng[17]		Melaka	Unplaced
2005	Jaime Pang Hui Ting[18]	23	Johor	Unplaced	Miss Lactovital
2004	Eloise Law		Selangor	Unplaced
2003	Lee Ying Ying		Kuala Lumpur	Unplaced
2002	Pamela Ramachandran		Johor	Unplaced
2001	Joey Tan Eng Li		Penang	Unplaced

Winners by state[edit]

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning years
Malacca	4	2006, 2011, 2014, 2015
Perak	3	2008, 2019, 2022
Sarawak		2007, 2018, 2019
Sabah		2009, 2010, 2016
Kuala Lumpur	2	2003, 2012
Penang		2001, 2017
Johor		2002, 2005
Negeri Sembilan	1	2021
Pahang		2013
Selangor		2004

Locations[edit]

The pageant has been staged in numerous locations since 2001, with some location lasted four to six years.

The pageant has been held in the following states as of 2020:

Trivia[edit]

National Directors[edit]

1. Leong Hoong Kit (2010–2017)
2. Star Avenue Production (2018)
3. Abdul Nazri Abdullah (2019)
4. Tiara Management (2020–2021)
5. Joshua Benedict (2022–present)

Franchise Holders[edit]

1. Exclusive Resources Marketing Malaysia Ltd. Ptd. (2010–2015)
2. Blue Planet International (2016–2017)
3. Manoy Handicraft (2018)
4. Double Event Management (2020–present)

Name Changes[edit]

1. Miss Malaysia Earth (2001–2017)
2. Miss Earth Malaysia (2018; 2021)
3. Women of Malaysia (2019)
4. Ratu Bumi Malaysia (2022)
5. Maharani Bumi Malaysia (2023–present)

Notes[edit]

See also[edit]

• Miss Earth

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website