PHOTO SHOOT SESSION FOR MISS PHOTOGENIC WORLD HARVEST FESTIVAL 2011

KUCHING, Sun – 15 finalists Miss World Harvest Festival 2011 were gathered at the Persada Alam Sarawak Cultural Village for their Miss Photogenic World Harvest Festival 2011 photo shoot session.

The photo shoot session was organized and sponsored by The Collective as one of the subsidiary title to be grabbed by the 15 finalists Miss World Harvest Festival 2011.

The finalists of ethnic beauty pageant Miss World Harvest Festival 2011 are Sharifah Elya Nabila, Asheila Bakri, Princess Alma, Suljirina Lucas, Zaimeera Zada, Erlin Christopher, Faynella Saing, Mellianne Stopher, Hafiza Md. Basir, Grace John, Nor Faizah Abdul Latif, Emilya George, Dorothy Dolly, Azerina Sabri and Liyana Eddie.

The photo shoot session is open to any photographers who are interested to enter the competition. About 100 photographers from around Kuching took part in this competition.

The winner for “Miss Photogenic World Harvest Festival 2011” will received RM700.00 cash, a sash, 16R photo size with frame and a portfolio album. Meanwhile the best photographer will also walked away cash price. The winners will be announced on the Grand Final of Miss World Harvest Festival 2011 which is schedule on May 28th, 2011 at the Sarawak Cultural Village.

This photo shoot session is also organized with the objective of enhancing the publicity and ticket sales for the 2 days 1 night event.

Previously, two subsidiary titles have been organized. First was “Ratu Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia 2011” organized by the Tourism Malaysia and secondly, “Miss Talent World Harvest Festival 2011” organized by Iwan Dasri Talent Management which was both won by Sharifah Elya Nabila.

Other subsidiary titles to be grabbed are Miss Fitness Sarawak Plaza, Miss Beautiful Eyes, Miss Congeniality, Miss Springtime and Best Traditional Costumes.

The 15 finalists will be paraded in Bidayuh traditional costumes as this year will revolve around the Bidayuh community theme. The ethnic beauty pageant adds colours to the whole unique traditional show, where for last year, which saw 18 years old Malay lass, Cik Ummu Khansa emerged as the winner.

This year World Harvest Festival will be the 7th year SCV organize this auspicious event. Strongly support from the Ministry of Tourism & Heritage Sarawak aiming to position itself as an international event on its Tourism Calendar.

This year’s 2 days 1 night festival will focus on the Bidayuh community, where the staging of a live theatre of the Bidayuh legendary entitled “Selanting Kuning & the Dragon King”. The uniqueness that WHF theme play have are the fact that the stage will be the whole Village itself, and this entire play will envelope the guests in audio and visual rapture. Later that night, guests can treat themselves with local gastronomy and drinks, namely “tuak” at three ethnic houses, Bidayuh, Iban and Orang Ulu longhouses for the “ngabang” or house visit session.

We shall also be celebrating the Harvest Festival with invited cultural troupes from Nitto Rong Organization of Bangladesh, Batambul Rungus Matunggong of Sabah, Kampung Semban cultural troupe; which are famous with their brass accessories and Kumpulan Kesenian Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur. A series of joint workshops and international concerts and invited cultural troupes will be held during the 2 days 1 night festival, where visitors can have the opportunity to share and learn about each community and traditions, foods and handicrafts.

To further enhance this year’s festival, we have included another highlight to the festival which is the Ironman WHF 2011 competition, as the 15 finalists will exhibit superhuman strength in tackling traditional based activities such as blowpipes shooting, coconut dehusking, lifting gunny rice weighing 50kg and a lot of other obstacles. Last year, Mr. Fred Mandagi from Sulawesi, Indonesia won the title Ironman WHF 2010.

The Dayak Food Festival will also be held simultaneously on the 28th and 29th May 2011 at the Sarawak Cultural Village, where visitors can come and try out all the indigenous organic food of Sarawak displayed there.   

Tickets are on sell at the Sarawak Cultural Village at RM25.00 per adult and RM15 per children if you buy the ticket before 20th May 2011. Actual ticket price is RM60.00 and RM30.00 respectively. For more info and booking, kindly contact Puan Grace / Puan Arnida at 082-846 108.

The WHF 2011 promises to be a fun-filled event for the young and old. Bring along your loved ones and make this an affair to remember. What awaits you is a cultural extravaganza like no other.

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