Yasmin Yusuff

Dato’ Yasmin Yusuff, better known by her stage name Yasmin, is a former beauty queen, veteran actress and singer in Malaysia. Yasmin is one of the few well-known Malay pageant contestants who won the Miss Universe Malaysia and represented Malaysia at the Miss Universe 1978 competition in Acapulco, Mexico, where she won 2nd Runner-up for Best National Costume.

Yasmin is a song singer and senior radio presenter. She has released two albums, Yasmin and Harapan, and acted in TV dramas and movies. Among her films are Mekanik, Selubung, Ringgit Kassorga, Gol dan Gincu, Susuk, Hooperz and Pisau Cukur. She has been involved in producing Cuci the Musical 1 and 2, and Lat Kampung Boy the Musical. She has also been the owner of a casting agency since 1986.

Due to her mellifluous voice, she was roped in to do voice-overs for countless radio and TV advertisements. She was a part-time announcer for Radio 4 for 18 years, before joining Rediffusion and Encorp. Yusoff is also an award-winning DJ who was voted Most Popular Radio DJ  in 1997 by a Malay Mail reader poll. That same year, she won the Malaysian Music Academy (AIM) award in recognition of her contributions to radio – the first and only time the award has been given out.

Yasmin’s Representative Works: Pisau Cukur,  Opah and  Tom Tom Bak