Miss Kerala 2019 was the 20th edition of the Miss Kerala beauty pageant. It was held at Le Méridien, Kochi on 12 December 2019. At the end of the event, Miss Kerala 2018, Pratibha Sai along with actor Shane Nigam crowned Ansi Kabeer as the winner.
On Monday, November 1, 2021, Ansi Kabeer, the winner of the Miss Kerala 2019 pageant, and the first runner-up, Anjana Shajan, tragically died in a car accident near Vyttila, Kochi, Kerala. Their car had flipped over while swerving to avoid hitting a two-wheeler.
Format This year's Miss Kerala had three phases of digital auditioning, which included social media platforms. The use of social media platforms allowed more people from all around the state to participate in the pageant. The "digital audition" was the first stage of the audition, in which contestants were given a task to complete and then submit it to their social media profiles with the pageant's logo. A judging panel assessed these tasks based on presentation, language competency, confidence, inventiveness, intelligence, and exterior grooming such as hair, makeup, and styling. At the end of each step, contestants were eliminated, and at the end of the first phase, a total of 100 contestants were shortlisted for the third phase. After the last round of auditions, 22 contestants from the Miss Kerala Top 100 were chosen as finalists.
Results Final ResultsCandidate Miss Kerala 2019 Ansi Kabeer 1st Runner-up Anjana Shajan 2nd Runner-up Anjana Venu Top 5 Aleesa Davis Navya Davy Top 10 Aiswarya Sreeniwasan Drishya Damodaran Nair Malavika Hareendranathen Nyma Gijo Puthenpurackal
Sub Title Awards AwardContestantMiss Beautiful EyesAgrata SujithMiss Beautiful HairNavya DavyMiss Beautiful SkinChithra ShajiMiss Beautiful SmileAnjana ShajanMiss CongenialityAnsi KabeerMiss FitnessGreeshma C SMiss Social MediaChithra ShajiMiss TalentMalavika HareendranathanMiss VoiceAnjali B
Judges Haripriya Namboodiri — Kathakali (a major form of classical Indian dance) artist Nikhil Prasad — Founder of Karikku (Malayalam web-series) Paris Laxmi — Dancer and actress Prasanth Nair IAS — Kozhikode district collector Rajeev Nair — Writer, lyricist and producer in the Malayalam film industry Rohini Dinakar — Costume designer Sajna Najam — Choreographer Sapana Chawla
Contestants The following are the 22 shortlisted delegates of Miss Kerala 2019: Color key
No: Delegate Age Hometown Placement 1 Agrata Sujith 21 Kannur 2 Aiswarya Sreeniwasan 20 Kannur Top 10 3 Aleesa Davis 20 Ernakulam Top 5 4 Amrutha K B Nair 25 Thrissur 5 Anjali B 22 Ernakulam 6 Anjana Shajan 24 Thrissur 1st runner-up 7 Anjana Venu 22 Kannur 2nd runner-up 8 Ansi Kabeer 23 Trivandrum Miss Kerala 2019 9 Aparana Sathianathan 24 Ernakulam 10 Archana Tommy 23 Kottayam 11 Chithra Shaji 22 Calicut 12 Drishya Damodaran Nair 22 Thane Top 10 13 Gayathri S Bhat 20 Trivandrum 14 Greeshma C S 24 Thrissur 15 Kalyani Nair 21 Trivandrum 16 Liya Elsa Abraham 20 Ernakulam 17 Malavika Hareendranathan 23 Kannur Top 10 18 Meenakshy Kishore 22 Palakkad 19 Mridula T M 22 Thrissur 20 Navya Davy 24 Thrissur Top 5 21 Nyma Gijo Puthenpurackal 22 Kottayam Top 10 22 Shreelakshmi C 20 Palakkad
Tragic Deaths of Miss Kerala 2019 and Runner-Up in Car Crash On the early morning of Monday, November 1, 2021, a tragic car accident claimed the lives of Ansi Kabeer, Miss Kerala 2019, and Anjana Shajan, the first runner-up. The fatal crash occurred on the Vyttila-Palarivattom Bypass in Kochi. The vehicle they were traveling in lost control while attempting to evade a two-wheeler and subsequently collided with a tree, resulting in instant death for both occupants.
The incident took place near the Holiday Inn hotel in Chakkaraparambu. Two other passengers in the car sustained critical injuries and were rushed to the Ernakulam Medical Center (EMC) in Palarivattom for immediate medical attention. The occupants of the two-wheeler involved in the accident suffered only minor injuries.
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