Please welcome our next contestant from the 'Republic of Malaysia'?

Malaysia had two participants in the Miss Crystal Angel International 2019 pageant, as seen here in a photo posted on its Facebook page.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians on social media are seemingly outraged by a beauty pageant that referred to the country as the "Republic of Malaysia".

Miss Crystal Angel International 2019 pageant, which took place on Monday (Nov 4) in Yangon, Myanmar, apparently had two contestants from Malaysia – one dubbed Miss Malaysia, and the other as Miss Republic of Malaysia.