Nuraliza Osman (born 1977) is a Singaporean lawyer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Singapore Universe 2002 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2002 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Known affectionately as "Nura", she is of Dutch, Chinese, Indian and Indonesian descent.[1]
Nuraliza Osman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nuraliza Osman |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Singapore Universe 2002 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Singapore Universe 2002 (Winner) Miss Universe 2002 (Unplaced) |
Biography
editNuraliza Osman grew up in Singapore and was a top student and scholar at the Methodist Girls School[2] where she won many accolades and excelled academically. She then attended Victoria Junior College[2] where she studied pre-medicine classes and French. [citation needed]
Osman studied law at the National University of Singapore and in the United States.
Osman joined the Miss Singapore Universe 2002 pageant and won the title and the right to represent Singapore at the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Puerto Rico. She is the only Malay delegate who represented Singapore in recent times.
Osman was active in television from 2003. She was awarded the Best Newcomer actress in 2004 and hosted the first Malay women's talk show in 2017.
After her reign as Miss Singapore Universe, she continued her law studies in New York and returned to Singapore thereafter to pursue her career in law as a civil litigator for the leading law firm of Rajah and Tann.[3] She was nominated Young Lawyer of the Year by the Law Society of Singapore and has remained a successful lawyer to date.[4]
In 2012, she represented Singapore as an athlete in freediving where she set a record for her country in a depth discipline.[5][6]
She speaks English, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German, Dutch, and Spanish.[3][7]
References
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- ^ a b Meah, Natasha (19 July 2016). "Grooming Miss Universe Singapore". The New Paper. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b "A Beautiful Mind". Law Gazette. Archived from the original on 1 January 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2007.
- ^ "More than just a pretty face". AsiaOne. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ "S'pore hits new depths in free diving | My Paper | 我报". Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Maddy, Jason and Arnold Swim with the Sharks!". YouTube.
- ^ Ong, Tanya (5 February 2018). "16 years on, super brainy ex-beauty queen Nuraliza Osman strives to harness her enduring star power for good". mothership.sg. Retrieved 21 August 2020.