The most anticipated event in KDCA Hall on the afternoon of the last day of May every year is surely the Unduk Ngadau finals.

Starting at 1pm, from the original 41 finalists, 26 were jettisoned for round 2, resulting in the top 15. Hence it’s already quite an achievement to make the list:

Miss Kinabatangan: Gloria Lyne Bami
Miss Penampang: Joanne Kimberley J Majalap
Miss Likas: Elinna Masuin
Miss Klang Valley: Jovenea Jim Lajim [Papier Mache's backing vocalist!]
Miss Sipitang: Rozyanah Mutang
Miss Banggi: Jacqueline Monalisa
Miss Papar: Appey Rowenna Januin
Miss Putatan: Maylesthelyn Matius
Miss Tanjung Aru: Elsie R Marius
Miss Tenom: Rounnah Bab Robert Sylvester
Miss Keningau: Jacqueline Joseph
Miss Ranau: Stella Nakaran
Miss Tuaran: Fredericka Camilla Richard Daut
Miss Tamparuli: Flina Rutum
Miss DBKK: Pearl Dianne Petrus

Then in the final round, 7 were selected, with the final results:

Unduk Ngadau 2009: Appey Rowenna Januin (Papar)
1st Runner-up: Pearl Dianne Petrus (DBKK – Kota Kinabalu)
2nd Runner-up: Joanne Kimberley J Majalap (Penampang)
3rd Runner-up: Flina Rutum (Tamparuli)
4th Runner-up: Jacqueline Joseph (Keningau)
5th Runner-up: Fredericka Camilla Richard Daut (Tuaran)
6th Runner-up: Elinna Masuin (Likas)

The top 3 (photo by Roy Ajin):

A video of the Q&A session for the top 3 placers, the most difficult segment of all

So there you have it, some of them are already familiar names, like Appey Rowena and Pearl Dianne Petrus who participated in the Miss Sabah/Malaysia/World 2009 pageant a month earlier. For the record Appey Rowena finished 4th then while Pearl Dianne won a subsidiary title. As for Joanne Kimberly Majalap, she was Miss/Sabah/Malaysia 2008 runnerup, behind Devenna Jaikob, the 2006 Unduk Ngadau.

Someone pointed out an interesting observation: for the district of Tuaran, there’s only one pageant to determine the representative for Tuaran and Tamparuli: the winner will represent the former, and the runner-up, the latter. Anyhow, the winner at the district level finished 6th at the state level pageant while the runnerup finished better, at 4th. This seems to happen almost every year?!

A few days earlier, on 28th May, during the Gala Night, 2 subsidiary titles were handed out, and the winners were:

(i) Miss Natural Beauty (Tati Topiodo): Flina Rutum (Tamparuli)
(ii) Miss Friendly (Tati Tosuau): Affy Jackleyinda Entawin (Beaufort)

P.S. Beauty pageants could also be called “display of people who do not need to consume diet pills.”

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