KUCHING: Azra Tilai and Deborah Lennet were crowned Jejaka Idola Berkarisma and Dewi Idola Berkarisma respectively at the fifth edition of “Jejaka Idola Berkarisma (JIB) & Dewi Idola Berkarisma (DIB) 2019” yesterday.
The event, which took place at the Imperial Hotel here, saw each winner bagged cash prize worth RM3,000, trophy, certificate, bouquet of flowers and a voucher worth RM2,000 from Borneo Medispa.
Respectively in second place were Nicholos Laing Erang and Nurhafeeza Abdul Elias, with each of them taking home cash prize worth RM2,000, trophy, certificate, a bouquet of flowers and voucher worth RM2,000 from Borneo Medispa.
Meanwhile, third place winners Emmanuel Paang and Sharifah Nurhafifa Wan Aziz, also took home cash prize worth RM1,000 each, trophy, certificate, bouquet of flowers and a voucher worth RM2,000 from Borneo Medispa.
The other 24 contestants in both categories also received consolation prizes of RM300 cash and certificate of participation each.
The prizes were handed over by Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. Karim’s wife Datin Zuraini Abdul Jabbar, Simunjan assemblyman Awla Dris, and Petra Enterprise management director Awang Arabie Awang Bujang were also present at the event.
Five judges tasked to give marks to the contestants were Rosie Khan Couture, Hafiz Dressmaker, Marissa Ramsey, Ricky Raca Kimwah and Miss World Malaysia 2018 Larissa Ping Liew.
The same night also saw the presentation of the Designer Award that was won by My Studio by Yatilim & Aneem that came with RM1,600 cash prize, followed by first runner-up Mohd Redzuan Ahmad (Je Te Montre) who won cash prize of RM1,300 while The Venchris finished as second runner-up and won RM1,000.
Each of the three winners brought home a trophy, certificate and bouquet of flowers while each of the other 12 designers brought home consolation prize of RM200, trophy and certificate of participation.
Apart from that, subsidiary titles were also featured in the event where each winner walked away with RM300, trophy and certificate.
Winners of the subsidiary titles were Muhammad Aqil Azman and Nur Fazuree Mohd Hafiz who were crowned Mr and Miss Photogenic, respectively, while Mohd Nabil Fikri Jemale and Nurul Ain Yusop, won Mr and Miss Favourite/Popular titles.
Bagging the Mr and Miss Talent titles were Azra Tilai and Sharifah Nurhafifa Wan Aziz while Mr and Miss Friendly went to Masnan Mol and Norlin Atahar. Abdul Khalik Omar and Valenice Tiong Sie Tiin were respectively awarded the Best Catwalk for JIB and DIB categories.
With the theme “Glamorous Night”, it was the fifth time that Petra Enterprise organised the “Jejaka Idola Berkarisma (JIB) and Dewi Idola Berkarisma (DIB)”.
