Shweta Sekhon


Shwetajeet Kaur Sekhon, or better known as Shweta Sekhon, is a Malaysian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss World Malaysia 2016 and Miss Universe Malaysia 2019. She represented Malaysia at the global Miss Universe 2019 pageant.

Background

Shweta was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is local Malaysian Indian of ethnic Punjabi descent. She was named after Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachan's eldest daughter, Shweta Nanda. She was raised by a single mum, a former Malaysia Airlines stewardess, together with her older sister Sabrina. She completed her form six studies at SMK Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur. Shweta decided to take a break from pursuing her tertiary education to focus on beauty pageants.
Shweta is fluent in English, Malay, Punjabi and Hindi.

Pageantry

;Miss Malaysia World 2016
Shweta was scouted online for Miss World Malaysia 2016 pageant and chosen as the official top 18 of the pageant. She was initially placed as the second-runner up. In September 2016, Shweta was elevated to first runner-up when Ranmeet Jassal gave up her first runner-up title. Six months after the pageant finals, Shweta assumed the Miss Malaysia World 2016 title replacing the winner Tatiana Kumar, who was stripped of title due to "breach of conduct". Shweta is the first in the history of beauty pageants in Malaysia to receive an unprecedented double promotion. Shweta did not compete in the Miss World pageant.
;Miss Universe Malaysia 2019
Shweta auditioned for the Miss Universe Malaysia 2019 and was chosen as the official top 18. She was crowned as Miss Universe Malaysia 2019 as well as subsidiary title, Miss Glojas Beauty by outgoing Miss Universe Malaysia 2018, Jane Teoh in the pageant final at The Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 7 March 2019.
;Miss Universe 2019
Shweta represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe 2019 pageant that was held on December 8, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia but was unplaced. An unfortunate incorrect announcement was made about a national costume win.

Advocacy

Shweta launched a campaign, #YourBodyYourSay as her Miss Universe Malaysia advocacy campaign in August 2019. She hopes to build a much more positive society who is not fearful of accepting their true and real, authentic self. As part of the campaign, she conducted sharing sessions at universities such as HELP University and MAHSA University. The session at MAHSA University was featured in webisode, "Love, Shweta" that was released in October 2019.

Modelling career

;2019-2020
In July 2019, Shweta graced the cover for "Bela", "KL Lifestyle" and AEON Malaysia's Pearl magazine. She was also featured in the pages of fashion magazines, "Remaja" and "Majalah Nona". She also walked for Kedah Fashion Week held at Aman Central Mall in Alor Setar. In August, she walked for Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week in Alia Bustamam. In February 2020, Shweta graces the cover of FEMALE magazine.

Filmography

Television

Awards and recognition