Vanessa Tevi

Malaysian model and beauty pageant titleholder

Vanessa Tevi


Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	溫妮莎
Simplified Chinese	温妮莎

Hanyu Pinyin	Wēn Níshā
Jyutping	Wan1 Nei4 Saa1
Hokkien POJ	Un Nî-sa
Tâi-lô	Un Nî-sa

Vanessa Tevi Kumares (Tamil: வெனெசா தேவி குமரேஸ்; simplified Chinese: 温妮莎; traditional Chinese: 溫妮莎; pinyin: Wēn Níshā; Jyutping: Wan1 Nei4 Saa1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Un Nî-sa; born 4 December 1991) is a Malaysian Chindian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2015. She represented her country at Miss Universe 2015 pageant.

Personal life

Vanessa Tevi is a Malaysian of Indian and Chinese parentage.^[1] Her father is of Tamil Indian descent and her mother is of Hokkien Chinese descent.^[2] She is a former student at SMK Puteri and Taylor's University Lakeside campus, and graduated in Britain at the University of Sunderland with a degree in Tourism Management.^[3]^[4] After graduating from the University of Sunderland, she took an internship at the Marriott in Chandler, Arizona, United States, for a year before working for a hotel in Singapore.^[4]

Career

Pageantry

Miss Universe Malaysia 2015

Tevi was crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2015 on 18 April 2015, beating 16 other hopefuls.^[5] She represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.

Miss Universe 2015

Tevi represented Malaysia at the global 64th Miss Universe 2015 pageant held in Las Vegas, US on 20 December 2015. She failed to place in the semi-finals, but garnered media attention and acclaim by being the first candidate to embrace the pageant winner, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach after the incident.^[6]^[7]

Modelling

In October 2016, Tevi was selected as one of two Malaysian women to represent Puma as the brand's official ambassadors for the Southeast Asia market, in conjunction with the launch of the sportswear company's “Do You” campaign.^[8]

References

^ "Seremban lass takes the crown | The Star".
^ "'Ethnicity Tag' web series celebrates Malaysia's diverse family tree". The Star (Malaysia). 22 February 2016.
^ Patsy Kam (24 April 2015). "Up close and personal with Miss Universe Malaysia 2015". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Tourism graduate crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2015". University of Sunderland Alumni Association. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ "Vanessa crowned new Miss Universe Malaysia".
^ ""Thank You Miss Malaysia" - Viewers Applaud Vanessa Tevi's Kind Gesture To Newly-Crowned Miss Universe". The Malaysian Digest. 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Miss Malaysia full of grace". The Star (Malaysia). 23 December 2015.
^ "Malaysians selected as Puma regional brand ambassadors". The Star (Malaysia). 20 October 2016.