Lavanya Sivaji was crowned as Miss World Malaysia 2021 on 16th October 2021 as she succeeded Miss World Malaysia 2019 Alexis Sue-Ann.
An advocate of health and nutrition for Malaysian indigenous people, Lavanya is a 25 years-old doctor from Taman Seri Gombak, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia. She is the founder of 4Them, an advocacy and charity project focusing on nutrition and health issues of the Orang Asli community in Malaysia.
Lavanya is a graduate from the Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she pursued her medical degree. Not new to pageantry, she was adjudged as Miss Malaysia Indian Global 2019 third runner-up.