Puteri Indonesia

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Puteri Indonesia (literally translates into "Princess of Indonesia"), as also known as Miss Indonesia Universe, is one of the two biggest beauty pageants in Indonesia, as well as the oldest one.

Puteri Indonesia pageant began delegating its winner to Miss Universe in 1995, but by 1996, the winner was forced to withdraw from competing in the Miss Universe pageant by Mrs. Tien Soeharto, who was the wife of the late second president of the Republic of Indonesia, Soeharto.

With Suharto overthrown, in 2005, Puteri Indonesia resumed to send the winner of this pageant to Miss Universe 2005. In 2006, in addition to sending the winner Miss Universe 2006, the first runner up was sent to Miss World 2005. In 2006, however, Puteri Indonesia lost the franchise of Miss World. Nowadays, its winner will still be sent to Miss Universe, its first runner up to Miss Asia Pacific International, and its second runner up to Miss International.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Origin	Miss Universe Results
1992	Indira Paramarini Soediro	Jakarta	Did Not Compete
1993	NO PAGEANT
1994	Venna Melinda	Jakarta	pageant's Observer
1995	Susanty Manuhutu	Maluku
1996	Alya Rohali	Jakarta
1997	NO PAGEANT
1998	NO PAGEANT
1999	NO PAGEANT
2000	Bernika Irnadianis Ifada	Jakarta	Did Not Compete
2001	Angelina Patricia Pingkan Sondakh	North Sulawesi	Did Not Compete
2002	Melanie Putria Dewita Sari	West Sumatra	Did Not Compete
2003	Dian Krishna	Jakarta	Did Not Compete
2004	Artika Sari Devi	Bangka Belitung	Top 15 Semifinalist MU 2005
2005	Nadine Chandrawinata	Jakarta
2006	Agni Pratistha	Central Java
2007	Putri Raemawasti	East Java	TBA