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Hey guys
the new Puteri Indonesia was crowned March 6, 2020 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta and the lucky girl is
Ayu Maulida representing Jawa Timur or East Java
the 22-year-old model was actually the winner of the Face of Asia
2019 competition that took place in Korea last June. She will now represent
Indonesia in the next edition of Miss Universe whose date and venue have yet to be confirmed.
The first runner-up was Putu Ayu Saraswati of Bali who will represent her country in Miss International
2020 to be held in Yokohama, Japan on October 29th.
And the second runner-up was Jihane Elmira Chedid of Central Java or Jawa Tengah who will compete in Miss Supranational
2020 in Poland in early December.
So what do we know about the new Putri indonesia?
in her bio on the official Putri indonesia website
It says that she's the second of three children born and raised in the city of Surabaya.
She has been modeling since she was 14 years old and she has always dreamt of being an Indonesian princess.
She has a law degree and her advocacy is to improve education in rural areas
Her favorite singer is Adele and her favorite movie is "Lord of the Rings."
The show started with the presentation of the three outgoing title holders:
Frederika Alexis Cull, Putri Indonesia 2019 or Miss Universe Indonesia 2019; Jolene Marie Rotinsulu,
Miss International Indonesia 2019; and Jesica Fitriani Martasari,
Miss Supranational Indonesia 2019 dancing on stage along with dancers from the Batavia Dance Studio
Followed by Indonesian singer and entertainer is Isyana Sarasvati leading the 39 contestants to the center of the stage.
The contestants wore ruby-colored cocktail dresses and
identical silver platform shoes. Even though I don't understand the lyrics,
I love the beat and the melody of the song and the fun and playful
choreography. After Isyana's performance, each contestant had to walk to the front of the stage to introduce themselves
while their images wearing diverse ethnic costumes flashed in the background on a giant screen.
The show was co-hosted by actor and TV presenter Choki Sitohang and
Patricia Gouw who is an actress and model and who had competed in Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4.
I can't comment much on the script because I don't speak Indonesian
but just observing Patricia's body language, facial expressions, and inflection,
I feel that she is one cool, funny and amusing individual. The co-hosts introduced
this year's judges or selection committee that included Puteri Indonesia, 2018 Sonia Fergina and
Pia Wurtzbach
Miss Universe 2015 from the Philippines.
Except for Pia, the rest of the nine judges wore an intricately woven
ceremonial sash. Then they showed a video clip of the current Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi who is visiting Indonesia
followed by a brief dance segment by the Batavia Dance Studio members,
followed by Zozibini’s grand entrance on stage looking amazing in her Indonesian designed gown
accessorized with her 5 million dollar Miss Universe crown. She was then interviewed briefly by the co-hosts.
A few minutes later the co-hosts introduced the outgoing Miss International Indonesia
Jolene Marie Rotinsulu along with the current Miss international from Thailand Sireethorn Leearamwat, and the outgoing Miss Supranational
Indonesia Jesica Fitriani along with the current Miss Supranational from Thailand
Anntonia Porsild. All four queens looked
beautiful.
Afterwards the 39 contestants competed in evening gown while singer Bunga Citra Lestari
serenaded them. This segment was then followed by the announcement of the top 11
finalists who then had to come out in a different gown while singers Isyana Sarasvati and Afgahsya
Reza or simply called Afgan performed a duet of "A Whole New World."
This segment was followed by each contestant giving an opening statement where she has to elaborate her platform
Eight of them spoken English and
three spoke in Indonesian.
I just hope that an interpreter was translating the Indonesian statements to Pia Wurtzbach or at least she had been given an English
translation of the statements beforehand.
And guess what? Five of the eight girls who spoke in English all made the top six.
After another performance by Bunga Citra Lestari, it was time to make another cut to top six.
The six lucky girls were:
Nusa Tenggara Timur,
Maluku, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Bali, and Sumatera Barat,
During the Q & A portion, each finalist had to select a judge to ask her a question.
Bali happened to have picked Pia Wurtzbach who asked her the question,
"For you
what is confidence?" Bali was given the choice to respond either in English or?
An Indonesian and she told co-host Choky Sitohang, "We're good." She gave an amazing answer in English.
After another performance by Afgan, it was time to make the final cut to top three.
The three lucky finalists were
Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, and Bali. The finalists then had to answer the same final question
which was asked in indonesian. Bali was the first to respond and she responded in English.
"I believe that happiness is when all the things that we've put into our lives
the people we love put into our lives our parents our surroundings we
collect them and
We spread them around
when I
Feel like in my life
I have a lot of blessings that I cannot take account for myself a lot of blessings
I feel like I don't deserve them and I feel like maybe it's because those blessings are not for me
but those blessings are given to me because it's supposed to be spread around through me and I am I'm able to
utilize
That blessing for other people that gives me a meaning of life and I believe that's the true meaning of happiness."
Wow Wow
Bali received thunderous applause for her response. The two other finalists answered in Indonesian.
The final Q&A segment was then followed by the final walk-Frederika Alexis Cull, Puteri Indonesia
2019, who gave a heartfelt and emotional farewell speech in English and Indonesian.
Then finally the co-hosts announced results in this order: the
second runner-up and Miss Supranational Indonesia 2020 title went to Jawa Tengah, Jihane Almira Chedid.
The first runner-up and Miss International Indonesia 2020 title goes to Bali, Putu Ayu Saraswati; and
the new Puteri Indonesia or Miss Universe Indonesia 2020 goes to
Jawa Timur, Ayu Maulida.
Frederika crowns her successor while Zozibini Tunzi, Miss Universe 2019, places the sash on the new queen.
The two other invited queens, Miss International Sireethorn Leearamwat, and Miss Supranational
Anntonia Porsild also assisted in sashing the two other winners.
I found all three new winners deserving of their respective titles and they're all beautiful in their own way,
but I think Bali, Putu
Ayu Saraswati, should have won Putri
Indonesia because she is the best speaker and the most fluent in English and her answers sounded profound and sincere.
Jawah Timur, Ayu Maulida, would have been better for Miss International because of her doll-like
porcelain features that would definitely charm the Japanese judges. And
Jawa Tengah, Jihane Elmira Chedid, will do very well in Miss Supranational because of her exceptional modeling skills.
Overall, I found the show average in terms of production.
Since this is the first time I have ever done a review of Puteru Indonesia, I can't make any comparison with past shows.
Though compared to last year's Miss Universe Thailand or Binibining Pilipinas finals which were upbeat and more exciting,
this year's Puteri Indonesia seemed
dragging and flat.
They eliminated the swimsuit competition a few years ago due mainly to pressure from conservative Muslim majority government,
even though Indonesia is constitutionally a secular state.
I do like the stage and the special lighting effects and
the gowns worn by the contestants were simply exquisite.
The co-hosts did a great job
interacting with the contestants and the audience and the musical performances were somewhat entertaining,
although I would have wanted to see more dancing. From a scale of 1 to 10,
I give the show a decent 6.
And there you have it! My recap and review of Puteri
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