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Nisha Thayananthan is a doctor, philanthropist and beauty queen from Malaysia. Here are 13 more things about her:

  1. She hails from Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
  2. She is the founder of Health of Community.
  3. She is the inventor of the Ecopad, a 100 percent biodegradable organic sanitary pad.
  4. From 2010 to 2011, she attended Perak Matriculation College in Gopeng, Malaysia.
  5. From 2012 to 2017, she went to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak in Kota Samarahan, Malaysia where she earned her medical degree.
  6. She won the 1Singai Beauty Pageant 2015.
  7. She was a Miss Malaysia Tourism 2015 finalist.
  8. On October 6, 2019, she competed at Miss World Malaysia 2019 at the Mega Star Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She finished in the Top 6.
  9. On September 6, 2020, she won Miss Earth Malaysia 2020 at the Magica Ball Room of Quill City Mall in Kuala Lumpur.
  10. She was 27 years old when she was crowned Miss Earth Malaysia 2020.
  11. While reigning as Miss Earth Malaysia 2020, she was working as a full-time doctor at Hospital Putrajaya in Putrajaya, Malaysia while working along with Pertubuhan Pelindung Khazanah Alam Malaysia (PEKA) to endorse Ecopad for a good cause.
  12. On April 13, 2021, she went to Putrajaya, Malaysia and met Mahathir bin Mohamad, a doctor who served as the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia.
  13. She did not represent Malaysia at Miss Earth 2020. Instead, she will compete at Miss Earth 2021 in December 2021. If she wins, she will be the Philippines-based international beauty pageant's first titleholder from Malaysia.

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