Imelda Fransisca | |
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Born | Bogor, Indonesia | 24 September 1982
Education | Ohio State University, U.S. |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Spouse | Norman Edward Sebastian (m. 2007) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Years active | 2005–2006 (as Miss Indonesia 2005) |
Major competition(s) | Miss Indonesia 2005 |
Imelda Fransisca (born 24 September 1982 in Bogor, West Java) [1] was the first Miss Indonesia in 2005. She went on to compete in the Miss ASEAN 2005 pageant, where she was the first runner up. [2]
She also wrote a motivational book titled You Can Be Anything and Make Changes (2006) where she discussed abuse she suffered as a child in Singapore. Her only "friend" during that ordeal became food, and she became somewhat overweight, but later lost the weight due to anorexia. [1] [3] She attended college at Ohio State University in the United States and graduated in 2004. [1]
After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Fransisca accompanied Miss World 2004, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Eric Tsang, and Jackie Chan to visit hard hit areas of Sumatra. [4]
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