Malaysian crowned Mrs Universe

August 19, 2013

It was a night to remember when our Ms Carol Lee, Mrs Malaysia Universe 2013 and our KL SOGO’s Ambassador, made history when she was crowned the new Mrs Universe 2013, being selected over 29 other contestants worldwide.

The beauty pageant was held on 11 August 2013, on the Caribbean resort island of Aruba, just north of Venezuela!She is the first Malaysian and also first Asian lady ever to win this international beauty queen “Mrs Universe”, thereby placing our beloved Malaysia on the world map once again.

Without a doubt she will certainly join the ranks of Malaysia’s most beautiful and talented women.During the event, Ms Carol scored the most number of online public votes, which successfully launched her directly into the semifinals of the pageant. It was a close run between our Ms Carol and Mrs USA but at the end Ms Carol finished with the highest number of online votes at more than 88,300 votes.

Ms Carol also won the Mrs Popularity subsidiary title. Undoubtedly, Ms Carol was the most popular beauty queen in the contest as she received more than 1000 “like” hits, a huge margin compared to the rest and she also received countless positive comments on the pageant’s official website.

All of Ms Carol’s gowns for the pageant were specially designed by our very own Malaysia’s “Asian Top Designer of the Year 2009”, Carven Ong. His creation for Ms Carol’s national costume had her adorning a large beautiful Bunga Raya above her shoulder.

Ms Carol has many winning qualities. In addition to being beautiful, Ms Carol had made many charitable contributions to Malaysian societies. She dedicates her time to nurturing and developing children, supporting various charities by raising awareness and funds for them.

She is a “Curtin Merit Award” graduate in Management and Marketing from Curtin University, Australia. She is presently also on a long term mission championing nationwide campaigns to assist NGOs organize, support and fight against domestic violence on women. She initiated this campaign this year, 2013, setting up centres throughout Malaysia to educate women on domestic violence, provide assistance by way of legal aid and render emotional and financial support to such victims of domestic violence.

Ms Carol never believes that her plate is already full. She also manages her own Child Enrichment Centre, called “Starz Studio”, anchors TV3 Nightline and news broadcasts and she is a much sought after emcee for major functions and events.

She is also very active in sports and she organizes and trains a paintball team called “Sogo Ball-Busters”!She possesses a spontaneous personality and has great communication skills. Ms Carol is a firm believer of empowering women to stand up for their rights and to acknowledge themselves as special human beings.

Ms Carol is much loved and respected by the people that she associates with. She is a lady who is both beautiful inside and outside, a real woman of substance.In addition to announcing Ms Carol’s success, we take this opportunity to also announce that the next “Mrs Universe 2014” pageant will be hosted in KL.

KL SOGO wishes Ms Carol Lee heartiest congratulations and all the very best to her as the new reigning Mrs Universe 2013 and we will see you all in KL Malaysia for next year’s pageant Mrs Universe 2014!