Here is your golden opportunity to take part in this charity beauty pageant organized annually since 1991 by the most successful beauty pageant organizer, and contribute to charity works, learn catwalk, beauty grooming, gain self-confidence, and make new friends. And once-in-a-life-time chance to be crowned the Miss Cheongsam Charity 2011.
Who is the Organiser? Alaric’s Productions Company is a well-known and reputable beauty pageant organizer in Sarawak for the pass 21 years for Miss Cheongsam Sarawak, Miss Cheongsam Malaysia, Miss Borneo Beautiful, Miss Tourism Pageant, and Miss Tourism Intercontinental. Alaric’s Productions is the only company in the world has been assessed and certified ISO9001:2000 in Quality Management in Beauty Pageant. When and where is the Grand Final? The Grand Final is to be held on 16 February, 2011 on the 14 days of Chinese New Year at Riverside Majestic Kuching Hotel. However, only those selected as finalists must attend training and beauty grooming from 12 to 16 February, 2011 in Kuching, and all return airtickets, hotel accommodation and meals will be provided by the organizer. When is the closing date for submission of entry? The last day to submit your entry is on 7 January, 2011. What are the qualifications to take part? You must be a Sarawakian, unmarried single lady, age between 17 & 25 year, and must be able to communicate in Mandarin. How can I take part, and where can I get the entry form? No entry form is required All you have to do is email your most recent close-up photo, name, age, phone contact, and home town to misscheongsam@gmail.com or mms to 014-6800000. Once we have received your entry, we will call you for audition and interview.
When is the Audition and Interview? Audition and interview will be conducted in Miri on 8 January, 2011 at 11am at Mega Hotel Miri and in Kuching on 9 January, 2010 at 11am at Riverside Majestic Hotel Kuching. Only 18 finalists will be selected. I have no beauty pageant or modeling experience. Can I take part? Yes, you can, don't worry. Mr. Alaric Soh will personally train, teach and groom you in professional catwalk, stage and runway presentation and etiquette till you are ready to take to the runway.
Do I have to wear swimwear? No, you don’t have to wear swimwear. All contest attire will be provided except cheongsam wear.
Where can I find more information and update on Miss Cheongsam Charity 2011? www.misscheongsam.com or www.alaricsoh.blogspot.com or Alaric Soh at Facebook.
What are the Awards and Cash Prizes? Miss Cheongsam Charity 2011 Winner RM5,000 Angpow 1st Runner Up RM3,000 Angpow 2nd Runner Up RM2,000 Angpow 3rd Runner Up RM1,000 Angpow 4th Runner Up RM800 Angpow Subsidiary Titles Best Cheongsam RM500 Angpow Miss Talent RM500 Angpow Miss Charity RM500 Angpow Miss Friendship RM500 Angpow Miss Photogenic RM500 Angpow
Winner, 1st & 2nd Runner Ups will also have the opportunity to study for the one year part-time or full-time course leading to the Executive Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism at UCSI University Sarawak Campus. The university fees for winner worth RM11,000 will be paid in full, the 1st Runner Up will receive a 50% discount worth RM5,500, and the 2nd Runner Up will receive a 30% discount worth RM3,300. Every Finalist will receive RM300 Angpow Any finalist who does not win any of the awards and cash prizes will nevertheless receive RM300 Angpow for taking part.
Franchisor & Organiser; Alaric’s Productions Company
Main Sponsor: Naim Holdings Berhad Co-Sponsors: Riverside Majestic Hotel Kuching Borneo Post See Hua Daily News Lea Group Inspiration Alan Salon Diamond Press Philip Art Photography Les Paul
Beauty Grooming Talk is open to public (girls only) and admission is free. Audition is open to only participants of Miss Borneo Beautiful 2010. Click to read more information on venue, date, time, programme, and grooming topics. Lunch is not provided.
Miss Borneo Beautiful is back! Encouraged by the overwhelming popularity of the first Miss Borneo Beautiful, we present the even bigger and better Miss Borneo Beautiful 2010 pageant in response to popular demand. It’s more Interesting, it’s more Exciting, and it’s more Challenging!
Miss Borneo Beautiful is an exclusive franchise of Alaric’s Productions Company, the leading and most reputable beauty pageant organiser in Sarawak, and the only pageant organizer in the world to be assessed and certified for ISO9001:2000 (Quality Management in Beauty Pageants). Founder Mr Alaric Soh is also the creator and organiser of the hugely popular Miss Tourism Intercontinental and Miss Cheongsam pageants.
Are you bored with your present lifestyle and looking for a change? If you are, then Miss Borneo Beautiful 2010 is perfect for you. This is your best opportunity and your chance-of-a-lifetime to experience new things, to gain self-confidence, to learn beauty grooming and presentation skills, to develop a winning personality, to learn professional catwalk modeling, to meet new friends, and who knows, you could be crowned the new Miss Borneo Beautiful 2010.
When and where is the Grand Final? The grand final is to be held on 27 November, 2010 at Riverside Majestic Kuching Hotel.
When is the Closing Date for submission of entry? The last day to submit your entry is on 15 October, 2010. However, it is best that you submit your entry earlier so that you can prepare earlier for the audition and interview.
What are the qualifications to take part? You must be a Sarawakian, unmarried single lady, age between 17 & 25 year, and must be able to communicate in English.
How can I take part, and where can I get the entry form? No entry form is required All you have to do is email your most recent close-up photo, name, age, phone contact, and home town or city to missborneobeautiful@gmail.com and alaricsoh@gmail.com, or MMS to 014-6800000. Once we have received your entry, we will call you for audition and interview.
When is the Audition and Interview? Auditions and interviews will be conducted in Miri on 16 October, 2010 at Mega Hotel Miri at 10.30am and in Kuching on 17 October, 2010 at Riverside Majestic Hotel Kuching at 10.30am.
I have no beauty pageant or modeling experience. Can I take part? Yes, you can, don't worry. Mr. Alaric Soh will personally train, teach and groom you in professional catwalk, stage and runway presentation and etiquette till you are ready to take to the runway.
Do I have to wear swimwear? No, you don’t have to wear swimwear. No swimwear is required in any of the beauty pageant organized by Alaric’s Productions.
Do I have to make my Evening Gown for the Grand Final night? No, you don’t have to make any evening gown. All contest attire, including high heeled shoes and evening gowns, will be provided by the organizer.
If I am selected as finalist, how many days do I have to stay in Kuching during the Grand Final? You must stay in Kuching from 22 to 28 November, 2010 during the Grand Final.
As finalist, do I have to pay for my return airtickets to Kuching for the Grand Final? No, you don’t have to pay any of your return airticket. The organizer will provide all return airtickets to Kuching.
Where do all finalists stay in Kuching, and do I have to pay for my hotel accommodation and meals during the Grand Final from 22 to 28 November, 2010? You will be staying at the Riverside Majestic Kuching Hotel. The organizer will pay for all hotel accommodation and meals.
Is there any entry fee required? No entry fee is required. Entry is free.
Is there any contract to sign after I win any of the title? No, you don’t have to sign any contract. There is no contract required.
What are the Awards and Cash Prizes? Miss Borneo Beautiful 2010 Winner RM5,000 1st Runner Up RM3,000 2nd Runner Up RM2,000 3rd Runner Up RM1,000 4th Runner Up RM800
Subsidiary Titles Miss Talent RM500 Miss Friendship RM500 Miss Photogenic RM500 Miss PersonalityRM500 Best Performer RM500
Winner, 1st & 2nd Runner Ups will also have the opportunity to study for the one year part-time or full-time course leading to the Executive Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism at UCSI University Sarawak Campus. The university fees for winner worth RM11,000 will be paid in full, the 1st Runner Up will receive a 50% discount worth RM5,500, and the 2nd Runner Up will receive a 30% discount worth RM3,300.
Every Finalist will receive RM300 cash Any finalist who does not win any of the awards and cash prizes will nevertheless receive RM300 cash as a thank-you gift for taking part.
I would prefer to be with someone who love me more than i love him, rather then i love him more than he love me, at least i know he love me and i can learn to love him. If i love him more than he love me, he may not know how to love me.
I believe that no matter how loving a couple is, they're going to hurt each other once awhile and they must forgive each other for that, and sometimes when they get angry at each other, they've the right to be angry, but that doesn't mean that they should not love each other.
10% of the things happened to us we do not have a choice, but the other 90% we all have a choice. We may not make the right choice but at least we made the best choice. Whatever choice we have made, we must be contented and live with it till we have a better choice, and we don't wait for it to happen, we make it happened.
Great news for all single ladies from all over the World and in Malaysia. I am inviting all single ladies aged between 18 and 25 years to participate and represent your country at my coming Miss Tourism Intercontinental 2010 - World Grand Final from 6 to May 2010 to be held held in Miri City. Go to www.misstourismpageant.com for more information and entry form.
SPECIAL INVITATION To all Sarawakian single ladies, if you have the beauty and charm, this is your golden opportunity and your chance-of-a-lifetime to represent your country, and make yourself, your state and your country proud at this most prestigious international tourism pageant. If you do not have the experience, don't worry, I have all the experiences to train and groom you to be a beauty queen of international quality.
Closing date for Sarawakian is on 20 March 2010, and shall be on first-come-first-served basic.
My choice of the word “Stupidity” may sound harsh and offensive but this is the most enlightened word I can think of to describe a person who is in a state of being silly and unwise, and at the same time to express my anger and liking towards women. You know…it is kind of “Hate & Love” thing I have for women, and it has always happened to me whenever I can foresee the things that they are going to do will not be wise and something bad will happen to them, so I warn them by bringing them to their senses, but they usually don’t listen and end up with regrets. It is like you are telling them not to play with fire, you may get burn, but they still go ahead despite the warning, and then get burn, and there is an ugly scar. Obviously, when I see the ugly scar, I will be very mad and helpless because there is nothing I can do to get rid of the scar.
When God created Adam & Eve, he also created the Garden of Eden, a wonderful place for them to live happily with abundant foods and greens. Adam and Eve were naked with no conscious of shyness, worry, fear, anger, sadness, hatred, stress, and they were so perfectly created. But one unfortunate moment changed everything, a sly serpent (snake) appeared on the “Tree of Knowledge” (never mind la how the snake was there) tempting Eve to eat the forbidden fruit (apple). Suddenly, a loud voice came from God, “No! Don’t do it!” Eve asked, “Why?”. God said again, “No! Don’t do it!”. Eve asked again, “Why not!”. God answered, “I said so, I am your father!”. But Eve did not listen to God, and she ate the apple.
So, because of what Eve had done by not listening to God, Eve was cursed to bear her own children whom in turn would not listen to her, and this was passed on from generation to generation till today. What our parent told us, we don’t listen, and what we tell our children, they don’t listen too.
Today, women are no different from Eve, they still do not listen, and by the time they realise that they have made a big mistake, it is often too late. Eve is to be blamed for making the women of today; to be shy, beauty conscious, always worried about how they look, what they should wear, what colours and styles are appropriate, and they are so obsessed with beauty. There are more and more women who will go to the extent of willing to do anything to be beautiful, even if there are risks of side effects, permanent disfigurement, and death. Regardless of numerous reported news of women’s deaths which resulted from consuming beauty enhancement products and supplement foods such as slimming, diet, and health, and constant warnings from health authorities against the usage of branded beauty products. And yet women are still ignoring and defying the news and warnings, and are still willing to spend thousands of dollars and travel to any part of the world in pursue for the ultimate beauty. Why? Perhaps, there are still some of Eve’s genes inside them despite thousands years of human evolution.
These beauty products which can be easily sold and purchased at any counters and from direct sale by anyone are not classified as drugs, and often are either non-controlled items or are not approved for sales by health authorities or are sold illegally. Drugs are controlled items and are approved by the health authority, and can only be prescribed and sold by a qualified doctor and in license pharmacy. (Drug which is a substance used in treatment and prevention of disease, causes side effects). Therefore, these beauty products which can be of no nutritional values are very harmful when consumed, and can cause side effects, permanent disfigurement, and even death.
I have something to say to all the women including you. In this world, there is no such thing as any beauty product including wonder pill and supplementary food which can make you instantly beautiful, slim, remove fat instantly, stop and reverse aging, live longer, make your skin beautiful or make you stay forever beautiful. Believe me, you are what you eat. If you want to be beautiful, you get it in the natural way, you eat a well-balanced diet of natural food of high nutritional values such as food rich in proteins and more of fresh green vegetable and fruits (which God created abundantly for Adam and Eve in Garden of Eden), have enough sleep and rest and drink plenty of water (reinforce your immune system), do not smoke, do not eat junk food (which has no nutritional value, chemical food, artificial colouring and preservatives damage your good cells and eventually your organs and skin), have moderate exercise and not too much, stay hygienic from head to toe, keep the place you sleep hygienic and clean because you sleep in it for almost one third of your life and you spend almost half of your life in it too. Do not worry too much and unnecessary, learn to love yourself and take very good care of your self, and live your life to the fullest.
Eat more natural food, and never eat any supplementary food to replace natural food because supplementary food (similar to junk food) has no nutritional values. When natural food is processed artificially and chemically into supplementary food, all the natural food nutritional values are destroyed. I always regard these supplementary foods as “Frankenstein Food”. And too much of it will turn you into a zombie!
Example 1; A pill the size of a peanut sold for RM5 each which claims to be processed of equivalent to 10 natural fresh oranges. Do you actually believe that a pill actually have the nutritional value of 10 natural fresh oranges? No! Right? It is impossible, there is no such thing, besides, who, in the right mind would want to use 10 fresh oranges and go through all sorts of tedious and very expensive process and compress them into a pill the size of a peanut and sell it for RM5. Besides, 10 fresh oranges can be sold for RM15 in the market. By the time the oranges are processed and compressed into a pill, all the nutritional values will have been destroyed.
Example 2; Slimming pill is claimed to be able to make you slim instantly by removing all the fat in your body or by detoxification. You mean you swallow the pill and the pill is so good that it will remove only all the fat and toxic from your body. How? Cannot right? There is no such thing as removing only the fat and toxic. Let us say if it can, then all the essential minerals and vitamins in your body will also be destroyed and removed at the same time. The only possible thing that the pill can do is to make you lose appetite and you will tend to eat less, and by eating less, of course naturally you will loose weight, but then you will have malnutrition and soon will be weak and fall sick and there are side effects which may cause death.
Example 3; Supplementary food or meal claims that it will provide you with all the necessary nutritional values minus the fat in replacing your natural meals, and it will make you healthy. How? Actually it is similar to the process as the oranges and slimming pill. It is totally impossible! It is absurd! It is ridiculous! This is the most misleading and dangerous marketing gimmicks by the irresponsible manufacturers. No human beings can survive long without eating natural well-balanced meal.
All these so called wonder beauty and health products are usually very expensive and are packed in attractive packaging, if they are not attractively packed and sold expensively, you will think that it is too cheap and it is not a good product. If they are sold expensively then you will think it is a good product. Besides, these products are marked-up with very high profits in order for everyone to make a profit from direct selling. The most common direct selling marketing tactic is that they employed these so called smart and sweet talking sales persons who are usually well-trained to convince you into believing in their products, and they will show you pictures of big houses, big cars and their high salaries they have earned. They will tell you that they do not advertise the products because they want you to earn the money saved from high advertisement fees, and to make you rich like them quickly. Do you really believe in that?
You people out there who are consuming or are earning a living in direct selling of these beauty and health products should stop doing so. To consumers, you do not know exactly what you are eating, if you want to eat them, it is your own bloody business, but please don’t ask others to eat. To sellers, you do not make the products, you know nothing of the products, and you are not qualified to sell. If you are selling them to your relatives and friends just to make extra bucks and to get rich, please, that kind of money is not worth earning. You may hurt or kill your loved ones without you even knowing it. You can stop it. If the selling and buying stop, the making will stop too.
When Eve was banished from the Garden of Eden, she only realized she had made a very big mistake and it was already too late, and she had to live to regret in her remaining life. And I assume her remaining life was like almost 1000 years, because Adam lived for 930 years, and women by nature live longer than man.
I always say to my friends, “I don’t understand women but I love them” In my 21 years in organizing beauty pageant, I must confess that no matter how I try, I still do not understand women. Perhaps women are created but are not meant to be understood, even God did not understand why Eve did it (eating the apple) despite God telling her No! Don’t Do It! Did God actually make a big mistake? Ok, leave God out of this.
Women in this world are perceived differently, and each country has its own way of describing its women. Unfortunately I don’t know about all of them but only a few. In Taiwan, women's behaviour is like the weather in their country, so unpredictable and changes so quick. In Hong Kong, if women can be trusted, the female pig will know how to climb a tree. In China, women's heart are like the ocean, and you will never know how deep they are. In Singapore, the women are so “Kia Su” they want everything (including children) except pregnancy. In America, the women give their men everything on the first date and later take everything away from them. In the Philippines, the women take love very seriously, and once they are in it, they will claim it and are so possessive with it, and will fight to keep it. In Thailand, the women trust and love foreign men more than their own men. In Brazil, the women are known as “Plastic Women”, a Brazilian woman is not a complete woman without plastic surgery. The first thing they want is to have a bigger boos, and once they have them, they can’t wait to parade them on the beaches and streets. In South Korea, the women are still struggling to be on top of their men, and they probably will be still under their men for another century. In Japan, the women at the age of 21 years are considered as very old by their men, at the age 18 years are considered as old, and at any age below 16 years they are considered as young.
However, in Malaysia, we are a multi-racial society, unlike in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Japan. My perception on Malaysian women differs for each races, and it would be rather unjust to come up with a common sweeping statement on all women in Malaysia. If I would have to make a statement on women in Malaysia, well, this would be the closest I can get and I would like to be more elaborate. In Malaysia, the women are like “Yau Char Kway” stick to their men, they are so obsessed by love and they will give up everything just for love. Eat love, drink love, study love, play love, sleep love, and always think and worried about love. They have a phobia that no one will marry them.
(“Yau Char Kway” is a Cantonese name literally means “Oil-Fried Ghost”, is a deep fried strip of two one foot-long rolls of dough joined together, usually eaten for breakfast as an accompaniment for congee or soy milk, and goes well with kaya or is dunk in hot Chinese black coffee. In English, it is known as Chinese Cruller).
It would be more interesting if I go a little further, and not to spare the Chinese, Indian, and Malay women in Malaysia. The Chinese women will empty the men’s pocket before they could even lay a finger on them, and it is always never enough. The Indian women’s parents will want the men to marry their daughters before they can even date her, and most Indian women agree with their parents. The Malay women are known to be the easy-to-fall-in-love type, as long as the man can take care of her, give her what she wants, and also takes care of her whole family, and usually the things they want are not very expensive.
What about the women in Sarawak? Well…..I presume that the women in Sarawak are keen and anxiously wanting to know about what I have to say about them. Interestingly, the women in Sarawak are quite similar to the women in Malaysia, but they are less aggressive, demanding, and more faithful to their men. The Dayak women…… I hope it won’t be too sensitive otherwise I may get my head chopped…. hehehe. No la…. I think the Dayak women of today are more open- minded and know what they want. However, I am quite persistent to have something to say about them. The Dayak women are like a frog living under the coconut shell, they are simple and contented, and are willing to marry the first man who comes to their rescue. Basically the women in Sarawak have one similar priority, their primary concern is always love and marriage, and they think that marriage is everything, and when they are in it, they want to be out of it. Funny, right?
It seemed that regardless of which country women come from, they all have one thing in common. Women today are basically demanding perhaps I should say greedy, they all want everything from one man. Hehehe…. Ladies, don’t be mad at me, K? It is only my perception. I know some of you are not…..and I also know that there are women who will give everything to one man…….and later take everything away from him. Hehehe… What about the man? Errrr…..Well….. I suppose the men only want one thing from every woman.
Perhaps, I should be telling to my friends, don’t even try to understand women, just love them……and probably women are created to be loved.
If Eve is a Chinese, I think she would have eaten the snake, and we would be still running around naked.
Note: What I have said above is solely my perception for fun-reading, and I don’t mean to offend anyone or any particular race. Cheers!
The women in Sarawak are not so fortunate, unlike their counter parts inWest Malaysia. The geographic location is mainly to be blamed. Sarawak is separated fromWest Malaysia and the only means of transportation between Sarawak and West Malaysia is by air. Unfortunately because of the distance and high cost or transportation, the airfare is barely affordable for the majority ofwomen in Sarawak to frequently fly overseas. Partly also by nature of being women, they are unlike the men who have more and better opportunities to study andfind jobs abroad. Besides, the parents in Sarawak are still tied to the conservative way of up bringing their children and are more reluctant to send their daughters to study and work abroad. They rather prefer their daughters to live closer to them and eventually marry local men. Therefore, the women in Sarawak are left with fewer man leaving them not many choices. By the time the men finish their studies abroad or decide to come back to Sarawak for good, usually most of them will bring back either their girl friends, fiancées or wives (or kids for some) from outside Sarawak.
As for those men who do not travel abroad, these are usually young men who stay back to take care of their family business, are less adventurous type, and are poorer ones who can’t afford to travel abroad. Somehow, the good and rich ones are usually grabbed by the younger women at their earlier age, and the poorer men are left behind. So these leave the women in Sarawak very little choice in finding their Mr. Right, and on-the-other-hand, this provide the men in Sarawak plenty of choices to pick their partners, and to a certain extent, some are taking full advantage of having more than one partner/girl friend. It is very common to see men and women caught in triangle love affairs and torn between two lovers, and all these usually end in quarrels, fights, broken hearts even to the extend of some taking their lives.
As for the prettier women, obviously there will be more men coming after them, but this doesn’t mean that the men are sincere in wanting them, and most of these men usually have more than one partner, and they constantly require more, perhaps they have stronger appetite for prettier women and always never have enough, and usually these men are rich and come from well-to-do families.
Besides, in Sarawak, there are not many interesting social activities and decent entertainment venues for women to hang out, to socialize, and practically the social life for women is very limited and confined. The only possible places women can hang out are at the pubs and drinking lounges, and usually these places operate at very late hours till dawn. Places like these are mostly frequented by not so decent people, and there is almost a zero chance for a decent woman to find a good decent partner at such night places.
These women who are left with limited choices, and most of them are slowly turning to social blogs such as the Friendster, Facebook, Twitter, Wayn, Flixter, Tubely, Linkedln, Mobilefrend, etc. But the most popular social blogs amongst the women in Sarawak are Facebook and Friendster. Almost every woman who owns a computer or a laptop will certainly have gone into Facebook. Even I myself, is almost obsessed going into Facebook.
To all the not so fortunate women in Sarawak, my deepest sympathy to all of you, no matter what happen, never give up, and I fervently believe that no matter where you are, who you are, and how old you are, there is always someone out there some where in the corner of this worldwaiting for you and is meant for you. It can either be a man or a woman. Hehehe….
I would like to delicate this song by Mob Marley “Don’t Worry Be Happy” to all the not so fortunate women in Sarawak.
Founder, francise owner and organiser of Miss Tourism Pageant, Miss Tourism Intercontinental, Miss Cheongsam, and Miss Borneo Beautiful. Owner of Alaric's Productions Company since 1983, Image, Personality & Beauty Grooming Academy and Top Model Academy since 2000. Has been in the forefront of more than 100 international and local beauty pageants since 1988. Conducted numerous beauty grooming talks & workshops. Trained and nurture many young girls into beauty queens and professional models.
