Christina Chelliah
Christina Chelliah is a lawyer, lecturer, beauty queen, model and commercial talent. She boasts an impressive array of titles including Miss Malaysia Universe 2002 (1st Runner Up), Miss Malaysia Tourism World 2002, Miss International Kebaya 2013/2014, Miss Marigold Body Beautiful 2002 and Miss Fujifilm Photogenic 2001 and was recently crowned Miss Enterprise in this year’s Miss Global 2014 Pageant to add to her titles. Christina has enjoyed success in two very diverse and challenging fields. She continued her freelance modelling career in both Malaysia and the UK after her Miss Malaysia 2002 campaign while simultaneously pursuing her law degree with the prestigious University of London from 2002 to 2005. In 2007 Miss Chelliah placed as a Top 20 Finalist in the UK’s Top Model of Colour. Despite her promising career modelling for brands such as Levi’s Jeans, AVON, Wella, and GNC, to name a few, Christina took a 5 year hiatus from the entertainment scene to concentrate on a career in the legal profession after being called to the Malaysian Bar as an advocate and solicitor in 2008.
From 2008 to 2013 Christina excelled as a corporate lawyer in a leading Kuala Lumpur law firm and lectured part time at a renowned Kuala Lumpur law school. Her main legal portfolio comprised various corporate and commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, incorporation of companies and foundations, work permits, company secretarial and general advisory work. In addition to all of this, Miss Chelliah assumes the position of Malaysian Ambassador for the University of London since 2007 up unto the present day. In 2013 Christina migrated to the United States and is currently located in New York City where she has embraced the world of modelling and entertainment once again. She has modelled at numerous fashion and beauty shows - most notably New York Fashion Week 2014, worked as a promotional model for such big names as FaceBook, Pepsi, American Express, Pantene, Jordan and the NFL, and has landed featured extra roles for television and movies including “Person of Interest,” “Law and Order SVU,” “The Following,” “The Blacklist,” “Broad City,” “Power,” “Run All Night,” and “Shelter.” Her passion for teaching and law still remains and she has recently joined the International Centre for Legal Studies, US as a Family Law tutor via their online courses. Christina is always excited to take on a new challenge and pursue new opportunities that allow her to travel and grow professionally !
