What wearing heels mean to me - The High Heel Dash Malaysia

Many women wear high heels to “oomph” up their outfits, or for some, to make them look taller and to boost confidence because a pair of heels can actually switch an outfit from day to night.

Now, imagine my dismay when my surgeon told me 2 weeks after surgery, you probably can’t wear high heels for one month and it’s best to NOT go to your event(a fashion event I really wanted to go too) if you are going to wear heels. I was clearly really upset because it was just this one event that I really wanted to go too, and I had the perfect dress in mind but not wearing heels will make it just look “bleh”, if you get what I mean.

Even when I was in Seoul for a work trip, I wore flats too!

So, I know how important a pair of heels is and was very glad when I could wear them again. I was on flats for 2 whole months at least.

When I found out that the first high heel dash marathon will be coming to Malaysia on May 23rd this year, I was stoked to even be a part of it!

What is it you ask?

A chic all-day event that brings together hundreds of dashers for 50m of fun competition.On that day itself, there will be live entertainment, great food, fabulous women-centric businesses, inspiring talks and activities, plus fabulous prizes are in store to make this a dashing affair.

It’s all for a good cause where proceeds will be given to WAO(Women’s Aid Organization) for their new shelter, AND the high heel dash worldwide is in support of women empowerment as 1/3 of businesses worldwide are actually owned by women! Girl Power yall!

How do you be a part of something so exciting?

For a registration fee of RM150 (Singles category) and RM250 (Doubles category), dashers will receive goodie bags worth RM550; and be eligible to dash 50m in high heels to win attractive prizes.

There is also the option to dash for a good cause and for free by being a fundraiser.

I would actually suggest fundraising which is more cost effective and gets more for the shelter which you can do by simply following the steps below:

Go to The High Heel Dash’s SimplyGiving event page here (link to: https://www.simplygiving.com/event/thehighheeldash)
Click on the ‘Start Fundraising’ button
Follow the steps to sign-up/log in (if you have an existing account on SimplyGiving) and setup your fundraising page
Start promoting your page to your family and friends for them to pledge their donations

For “Singles” dashers, the target is min. RM300 per person in order to dash for free (the RM150 registration fee will be waived)

For “Doubles” dashers, the target is min. RM500 per team in order to dash for free (the RM250 registration fee will be waived)

So, start fundraising now HERE or if you want to pay, you can register at www.thehighheeldash.com before April 30th!!!

What are the prizes?

Winners of the Dash will walk away with these fabulous prizes:

Grand prize (x1)
- Tickets for Two (2) to London
1^st prize (for both “Singles” & “Doubles” categories)
- Tickets for Two (2) To Phuket & L’Oreal Professionnel Hampers worth RM350
2^nd prize (for both “Singles” & “Doubles” categories)
- 26,000 Enrich Miles
3^rd prize (for both “Singles” & “Doubles” categories)
- 18,000 Enrich Miles