{
  "id": 5966010,
  "title": "Taanu thanks Malaysians for fuelling her success at Miss World pageant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/taanu-thanks-malaysians-for-fuelling-her-success-at-miss-world-pageant-5966010",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-06T11:20:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/06/taanu-thanks-malaysians-for-fuelling-her-success-at-miss-world-pageant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Taanusiya Chetty, a 26-year-old native of Kuala Lumpur, secured the third position at the Miss World 2026 pageant and was crowned Miss Asia. She expressed immense gratitude to Malaysians for their continuous moral support and prayers, which she believes were the key to her success. Taanusiya highlighted that her victory made history for Malaysia for the second time, following the country's achievement 28 years ago when Lina Teoh finished second in the Miss World competition. She thanked Malaysia for its support and belief in her, emphasizing that the country had waited for this historical moment for three decades.",
  "summary": "She finished third and was also crowned Miss Asia last night at the finals held in Vietnam.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Fadhlina praises Taanusiya’s Miss World showing and her commitment to education advocacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/fadhlina-praises-taanusiyas-miss-world-showing-and-her-commitment-to",
        "published": "2026-09-06T09:16:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Taanu thanks Malaysians for fuelling her success at Miss World pageant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/taanu-thanks-malaysians-for-fuelling-her-success-at-miss-world-pageant",
        "published": "2026-09-06T11:20:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}