Miss International Malaysia is the pageant that selects the representative for Malaysia in the Miss International pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner.
The reigning Miss International Malaysia are Cassandra Yap of Johor and Ashylnn Ooi of Penang. They were crowned on 1 October 2023 at Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu.[1] Yap represented Malaysia at Miss International 2023 pageant where she was chosen to be in the top 15.[2] Meanwhile, Ooi represented Malaysia at Miss International 2024 pageant.
History
Miss International Malaysia Organization Board of Directors (2023)
Position
Director
President
Jawed Khan
Chairman
Jenny Ngu
CEO
Dr Aly Alias Stephen Nah
Project Manager
Jason Jonathan
Event Manager
Zaide Zambrie
Event Coordinator
Izam Ismail
State Director Semenanjung
Kimberly Lee
State Director Sabah
Richard Chok
State Director Sarawak
Dato Raymond Jolly
The pageant was conceived by the Shaw Organisation in 1960 as a beauty pageant competition to find the representatives for Malaya and Borneo (North Borneo and Sarawak) for the Miss International pageant. Malaya first competed in Miss International was in 1960. The country was represented by Zanariah Ahmad (later Tunku Puan Zanariah) while Elizabeth Voon of North Borneo represented Borneo at the 1st edition of the pageant. From 1960 until mid 1970s, Shaw Organisation organised the pageant, then taken over by Far East Beauty Congress for a few years and Exclusive Resources Marketing Pte Ltd from 2010 until 2016. The pageant is considered as one of the oldest international beauty pageant in Malaysia.
In 2023, the national competition was supported by the government under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture to improve the quality and excitement of beauty pageant competition in Malaysia. The pageant was also organised by Persatuan Pentas Anak Seni Malaysia (PPASM) and GRISM.
Malaysia has placed two times in the 1960s and had not been placed until 2023, where Cassandra Yap of Johor placed in the top 15. This is additionally Malaysia's most recent, and third placement.
