Uyaina Arshad

Saidatul Naseha Uyaina Arshad (born 16 November 1992) is a Malaysian presenter, actress and female model.^[1] Starting her early career in the entertainment industry as a theater actress, Uyaina was crowned the winner of the 2015 Pencarian Nona Manis (Miss Sweet) organized by TV3 and is known as the host of Nona (2016–2017) and Wanita Hari Ini (2017–present).^[2][3]

Uyaina was active as a theatre actress while studying at university and became widely known as the winner of the 2015 Pencarian Nona Manis organized by TV3, and was crowned as the Champion.^[4] Later, she was offered to host the show Nona from 2016 to 2017 replacing Fouziah Gous.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} In 2017, Uyaina was also offered to be the host of the show Wanita Hari Ini (WHI) on TV3 with Fiza Sabjahan, Hazrena Kassim and Sugeeta Chandran.^[10]

In May 2018, she participated in the Puteri Muslimah Asia 2018 Competition which was held for the first time on Indosiar. She emerged as the Champion by defeating 17 other participants from 6 countries; Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, Brunei and Timor Leste.^[11]

Uyaina's career began to grow not only in Malaysia but also in Indonesia after being crowned the champion of Puteri Muslimah Asia.^[12] Has over 1 million followers on Instagram hers, and has become an increasingly well-known young woman icon.^[13] Her acting career began with the successful role of Maryam in the drama adaptation of the novel Lelaki Kiriman Tuhan starring Remy Ishak and Mira Filzah.

In 2020, Uyaina starred in two TV drama series, namely Jujurlah Nikahi Aku as Nurin Asyifah, and Perempuan Tanpa Dosa as Usu Sakinah. She was paired with Zul Ariffin in the drama Love Elsa by playing the role of Ammara.^[14][15][16]

Uyaina made her debut on the big screen through the film Siapa Tutup Lampu? (2021) playing the role of Azie.^[17] She and her husband, Raja Syahiran appeared with the single "Hingga Akhir Waktu" which marked her debut as a singer.^[18][19][20]

Uyaina is the youngest of four siblings and has two older brothers and one older sister. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Malaya (UM).^[3]

Her father, Arshad Ibrahim died in New Zealand at the age of 37 in 1997 while serving as a naval officer when she was only 5 years old. Since then, her mother, Siti Noor Farah Jaafar, has never remarried until now.^[21][22]

Uyaina married singer and actor, Raja Syahiran Raja Azhanrianshah with one word on December 20, 2021.^[23][24] She gave birth to her first baby boy on 8 September 2022,^[25] who was named Raja Urhan.

Her eldest brother, Mohd Attaful Uzair Arshad, died of a heart attack on 19 August 2022 at the age of 35.^[26][27]

Around 2023, she suffered a miscarriage of her second child. On 17 May 2024, she safely gave birth to another son at the Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.

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