SHAH ALAM: The 16th Toyota Dream Car Art contest aims to encourage and inspire creativity amongst children, share their dreams on how cars can make the world better, through their art.
A total of three winners were selected from three categories - (Category One: 7 years old and under; Category Two: 8 to 11 years old; and Category Three: 12 to 15 years old).
The top three winners were chosen from thousands of submissions for the national phase of the global event.
"We are delighted to receive more than 2,300 entries this year. All the submissions were extremely invigorating and stimulating, with so many fresh and novel ideas. Selecting the winners was indeed very challenging. I would like to applaud all the participants for expressing themselves so well," said Datuk Ravindran K, president of UMW Toyota Motor.
The Toyota Dream Car Art contest, first held in 2004, is one of the largest global art contests for children.
Children all over Malaysia have been participating in the global contest since 2013.
Each year, children from all over the world have shared their ideas about the future of mobility, with some 530,000 entries received for the 2022 event.
In total, the global contest received eight million artworks from children all over 140 different countries and regions to date.
The winners for the global contest of each of the above categories will be announced by Toyota Motor Corp in August 2023.
Category 1 Winner (7 years old and under) - Yu Wan Yan
Category 2 Winner (8 - 11 years old) - Lee Ruo Lin
Category 3 Winner (12 - 15 years old) - Jason Chan Kin Lok
