Unduk Ngadau
The crowning of the next Unduk Ngadau held annually at the Hongkod Koisaan Kadazan Dusun Cultural Organisation (KDCA) Hall in Penampang District during the Kaamatan festival | |
| Type | Kadazan-Dusun-Murut-Rungus (KDMR) beauty pageant |
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| Parent organization | Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) |
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| First edition | 1960 (65 years) |
| Most recent edition | 2025 |
| Current titleholder | Atitih Yati Robert Tamparuli |
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| Website | kdca |
Unduk Ngadau or Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan is a beauty pageant held annually during the Kaamatan cultural event in Sabah, Malaysia. The pageant competition is originally held between different districts in Sabah (district level) and have since been expanded between different states and federal territories (state level) of Malaysia. Currently, the pageant is contested between sumandaks (Kadazan-Dusun), ralaa (Murut) and sumuni/suni (Rungus) from each of participating Sabah's districts and territory as well as Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) branches outside Sabah who registered.
It has been around for 65 years since its first inception in 1960, with Penampang District becoming the leading with the most titles of 24, followed by Papar District with six and Tanjung Aru and Inanam with five along with Tuaran District with four and Kota Kinabalu District and Tamparuli with three titles respectively. The participants is usually either with both parentage of Kadazan-Dusun-Murut-Rungus (KDMR) descent or one of their parents; with the participants fluency on the native language is the major requirements along with the knowledge in recent events.
The reigning Unduk Ngadau is Atitih Yati Robert of Tamparuli who was crowned by 2024 Unduk Ngadau, Hyellene Danius of Inanam, on 31 May 2025 at the Hongkod Koisaan Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Hall in Penampang, Sabah.