At a private crowning ceremony held by Double event management and tiara management witnessed by press and media held at Magica Ball Room, Quill City Mall, Dr. Nisha Thayananthan was crowned Miss Earth Malaysia 2020. The event was held on 6th September 2020 as Kajel Kaur crowned her successor at the end of the event finale.

Dr. Nisha Thayananthan, a pageant veteran, is 27 years of age and hails from Negeri Sembilan. She is a full-time doctor at Hospital Putrajaya. No stranger to pageants, Nisha represented Malaysia few times at mini pageants and recently she was the Beauty & Purpose Award Winner at Miss World Malaysia 2019. Nisha will reportedly represent Malaysia at Miss Earth 2021 as there will be no representative from Malaysia for this year Miss Earth 2020 Virtual Edition according to all the major reports.

Dr Nisha will be embarking on efforts to maintain the ecosystem by reducing waste such as plastics, embarking on planting more trees, and coming up with her own brand of biodegradable sanitary pads as her advocacy. “As Miss Earth Malaysia 2020/21, I would like to be more of an advocate of environmental issues, the harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment maintaining the ecosystem. Nature is a richness of colours, forms and elements, and must co-exist by maintaining a balance”, she said after she was crowned.

Dr. Nisha will also lead an initiative to donate biodegradable sanitary pads to the underprivileged and the indigenous community so that they practice good self-hygiene through the ‘purchase one, donate one’ campaign.

Dr. Nisha also runs a community health charity programme and will be collaborating with PEKA, an environmental non-governmental organization, to plant more trees. She said Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam Malaysia (PEKA) had planted more than 20,000 forest trees to save the environment.

Congratulations to the newly crowned queen.