Miss Universe contest: Indian sikh girl to represent Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur : A Sikh girl with her roots in India will be representing Malaysia in the upcoming Miss Universe contest to be held on January 30, 2017.

Born Kiranmeet Kaur Baljeet Singh Jassal, the 20-year-old won Miss Universe Malaysia title in 2016 and was awarded Miss My Dentist Winning Smile subsidiary title, reported Malaysian star2 website.

Her family had moved to Malaysia nearly a decade ago and since then she is living there. Her mother, Ranjit Kaur, was the winner of the Classic Mrs Malaysia title in 2015 while her sister Ranmeet, a model, was also a beauty pageant titleholder and a doctor by profession.

"Their stories resonated strongly with me because they did something else with their lives other than just being a beauty queen, especially with Sushmita Sen as she did a lot of charity work outside of Miss Universe," said Kiran.

(with inputs from IANS)