Unduk Ngadau 2012 Winner
This year Unduk Ngadau 2012 Winner is from Telupid, Sabah. Melinda Louis is also this year’s Harvest Queen where she beat 40 other contestants at the finals which were held at the KDCA Hall in Penampang, Sabah.
Melinda will carry out her role as ‘huminodun‘ and tourism ambassador for Sabah which is part of the title. She also takes home a total of RM68,600 in prizes and cash. Not only that, the title of Tati Topiodo or Miss Natural Beauty was also won by Melinda Louis from Telupid.
Below are the 2012 Unduk Ngadau Winners;
- Melinda Louis from Telupid (WINNER)
- Fenney Doimis from Kota Kinabalu (KK)
- Meryl Foster Paladius from Tambunan
- Vanessa Samantha Manih from Tanjung Aru
- Samantha Sharon C.E. Laujang from Penampang
- Milviana Madrigal from Kota Belud
- Raemma Justim from Tuaran
Hongkod Koisaan (KDCA) on the 31st May, to vie for the Unduk Ngadau 2012
or Harvest Queen title in their respective traditional costumes.
You can also read last year’s story on the Unduk Ngadau 2011 Winner.
Melinda Louis, Winner for Tati Topiodo and her initial photo on joining the Unduk Ngadau 2012. Photo Credits to David Aramaitee
The Unduk Ngadau beauty contest was started to pay respect to Huminodun who is
the sacrificed daughter of the Kadazandusun spirits Kinorohingan and
Suminodun.
It is believed that she was the one who taught the priestesses, known as locally as Bobohizans their ritual mantras which exist today.
Conclusion
Kaamatan or Harvest Festival is Sabah is an annual cultural observation of the Kadazandusun people to celebrate a bountiful paddy harvest.
Every year, contestants are selected in the state-level pageants and
there will be one winner for their district’s pageant.
However, some
districts hold joint pageants which produce more than one state-level
contestant. After the district level, each of the finalists then moves on
to the state-level pageant which is held on the 31st of May each year at
the Hongkod Koisaan building or KDCA in Penampang, Kota
Kinabalu.
This is the main highlight and ending point for the month-long
Kaamatan celebrations. Once again, congratulations to Melinda Louis from Telupid for being crowned Unduk Ngadau 2012 Winner.
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