Despite competing against several experienced divers, the 14-year-old showed nerves of steel to win the men's 10m platform gold medal by posting a six-dive total of 345.05 points.
Singapore's Jonathan Chan finished second with a 320.65 total with Indonesia's Adityo Restu taking bronze on 229.50.
Adeline Chin added a silver to Malaysia's tally in the women's 3m springboard individual with a 222.80 series to finish behind Singapore's Fong Kay Yian (238.10).
It was Nazreen's second gold medal in the meet. On Saturday, the Malaysia Games medallist partnered Mohd Danial Sabri to win the men's 10m platform synchro title. Nazreen's performance offers hope following the retirements of Bryan Nickson Lomas, Yeoh Ken Nee and Huang Qiang.
The diver finished fifth at the Asian Youth Games in Nanjing and ninth at the World Junior Championships in Adelaide, both last month.
National coach Yang Zhuliang was delighted with his second stringers' achievements in Singapore as they won five of eight titles to become overall champions at the biennial meet.
Other gold medals came from the women's platform (Nur Dhabitah Sabri), platform synchro (Nur Dhabital-Trasie Vivien Tukiet) and 3m springboard synchro (Jasmine Lai-Kam Ling Kar).
The Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) used the competition to give the junior divers vital exposure.
"They may need two or three years of exposure before we can see their progress. They are being groomed for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro," said ASUM secretary Edwin Chong.
The divers will return to Kuala Lumpur and resume preparation for December's Sea Games in Myanmar. By Ajitpal Singh
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