Kiranmeet Kaur Baljeet Jassal, an Indian migrant who settled in Malaysia with her family is all set to represent her country at the upcoming Miss Universe contest.
20-year-old Kiranmeet comes from a family of beauty queens.
Her mother Ranjit Kaur won the Classic Mrs Malaysia title in 2015. Her sister Ranmeet Kaur too is a beauty pageant title holder who won Miss Grand International Malaysia 2016 and was first runner-up at Miss Malaysia World 2016, reported.
Source: Miss Universe Malaysia Facebook Page
Kiran’s family moved from India to Malaysia two decades ago and the family is now based in Subang Jaya town of Selangor state.
Kiranmeet won the Miss Universe Malaysia title in 2016 and was awarded 'Miss My Dentist Winning Smile' subsidiary title at the contest. She will now represent Malaysia at the Miss Universe 2016 finals at Manila.
Source: Miss Universe Malaysia Facebook Page
Kiranmeet looks forward to the pageant and was quoted saying that she and her sister grew up admiring and idolising beauty queens, Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai and Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen.
"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," Kiran said.
Source: Miss Universe Malaysia Facebook Page
Kiran is student of dentistry at the International Medical University (IMU) in Malaysia. Her sister Ranmeet is a medical graduate from India’s Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
Kiran said beauty pageants were good platforms for younger women to voice their opinions. "Beauty pageants could be used to gain fame and publicity. But I think if it is used right, you can get the public recognition to raise awareness and bring light to certain causes as you have a huge target audience," she said.
The 65th Miss Universe 2016 finals will take place in Manila, Phillipines on January 30.
Source: Miss Universe Malaysia Facebook Page
