Pageant winner isn’t short on confidence and determination


Walking tall: Sonia wearing the Miss United Nations Ambassador 2014-2015 crown.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang-born lass Sonia Sharma kept reminding herself that great things come in small packages and indeed it happened when she was crowned Miss United Nations Ambassador 2014 in Jamaica.

Standing at just 163cm, the 24-year-old Bachelor of Commerce graduate from the University of Manitoba said she only reached the shoulder height of the over 80 contestants from all over the world vying for the title.

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