Miss International Sarawak 2023 was the 1st Miss International Sarawak pageant, which was held at The Waterfront Hotel, Kuching on 28 July 2023.
13 contestants from all over Sarawak participated in this year's pageant. 18-year-old Aaliyah Wunsch from Kuching was crowned as the winner on 28 July 2023. She represented Sarawak at the national level of Miss International Malaysia 2023 where she placed third runner-up to the eventual winners Cassandra Yap and Ashlynn Ooi.
Background Selection of participants The contestant must be a single Sarawakian female aged between 18 and 28 years old, and participation of women who are married or have had children is prohibited. The Sarawak Center of Technology Excellence in Kuching was chosen to be the venue of the first audition held on 15 June 2023. The second audition was held at The Waterfront Hotel, Kuching on 1 July 2023.
Result Placements PlacementContestantPlacement at National LevelMiss International Sarawak 2023 06 – Aaliyah Wunsch 3rd runner-up Miss Photogenic1st runner-up 12 – Hannah Musa Top 82nd runner-up 11 – Joanna Eve Presley Unplaced Miss Congeniality3rd runner-up 03 – Lee Min Qi Unplaced4th runner-up 09 – Jasie Yong Unplaced5th runner-up 07 – Glynnis Grace UnplacedTop 8 04 – Maria Misha 10 – Gracelyn Tigang
Special awards
Pageant
Selection committee
Datin Jacqueline Ngu – Miss Malaysia World 1993 Datin Janice Wan – Philanthropist Dato Aaron Von Jolly – Co-founder of Von Jolly Couture Shahren Yusri – General Manager of CENTEXS Commercial Sarina Ali – Head of Rozsalle Beauty Academy Penelope Ling – Miss Tourism Malaysia 2007 Melissa Francis – Sarawakian singer Sapphire Wong – Miss Cheongsam Sarawak 2016
Contestants 14 contestants competed for the title. No.ContestantAgeHometownPlacement01Clera Pungi26Kuching02Sasha Bella26Kuching03Lee Min Qi23Kuching3rd runner-up04Amber Pillar18Kuching04Maria Misha26BintuluTop 805Maybelline Liew26Kuching06Aaliyah Wunsch18KuchingMiss International Sarawak 202307Glynnis Grace20KuchingTop 808Fiona Teo18Kuching09Jasie Yong Zi Qin22Miri4th runner-up10Gracelyn Tigang20BintuluTop 811Joanna Eve Presley21Padawan2nd runner-up12Hannah Musa23Limbang1st runner-up13Alya Ameera Suhaidi25Kuching
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