Monday, 21 Dec 2020 09:30 PM MYT
BY KEERTAN AYAMANY
PAS information chief Kamaruzaman Mohamad (in the grey shirt) called the event unbeneficial . Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 Echoing the opposition voiced by its wings, PAS today insisted that the Miss/Mrs Plus World Malaysia 2020 is hedonistic and should be barred from taking place next January 2 here where the majority are Malays and Muslims.
PAS information chief Kamaruzaman Mohamad said the Islamist party is joining Muslim evangelical foundation Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim), and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs), in sending a memorandum to the authorities to protest the pageant.
No plan to replace Anwar and other news you may have missed
Modified21 Dec 2020, 4:50 am
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KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.
1. DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said he met with PKR president Anwar Ibrahim to assure him that DAP was not trying to replace him as the opposition leader.
2. PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution said Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar needs to decide for herself whether to return to an active leadership role after she took a step back in 2018 despite being elected as the party s vice-president.
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Sunday, 20 Dec 2020 12:11 PM MYT
BY EMMANUEL SANTA MARIA CHIN
The organiser of the Miss/Mrs Plus World Malaysia 2020 says its pageants focus on celebrating, promoting and elevating plus-size women s beauty, intelligence and confidence. Picture via Facebook
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 The organiser of the Miss/Mrs Plus World Malaysia 2020 has hit back at accusations claiming its pageants of being hedonistic and exploitative to women, stressing how their objectives of creating awareness and women empowerment could not have been more misconstrued.
The organiser, in its defence, said its pageants intentionally disregarded “trivial” pageant activities like requiring participants to don swimwear, and instead focused on celebrating, promoting and elevating plus-size women s beauty, intelligence and confidence.
Organiser to Yadim: Plus-size pageant fights body-shaming, empowers women
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The organiser of Miss Plus World Malaysia/Ms Plus Intercontinental Malaysia has pushed back against an attempt by the government-linked Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim) to get the pageant for plus-sized people cancelled.
It noted that Yadim alleged the event set for Jan 2 in Kuala Lumpur next year did not contribute to moral values but added that contrary to Yadim s perception, the event was doing a lot of good. Our pageant does not showcase or promote bikinis or.
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PKR still upbeat on Anwar s numbers and other news you may have missed
Modified19 Dec 2020, 11:57 pm
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KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
PKR is still confident that its president Anwar Ibrahim can produce the numbers needed to form a government either via statutory declarations or in the Dewan Rakyat.
Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin will defend her current seat if her new party Bersatu agrees to it.
Zuraida is also in the spotlight for wearing a face shield without a face mask, which is a punishable offence.
PAS-led Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim) is pushing for a plus-size pageant scheduled to be held in January next year to be scrapped.