Sonia Fergina Citra

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Sonia Fergina Citra
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Sonia in 2019.
Born
Sonia Fergina Citra

(1993-04-27) 27 April 1993 (age 30) [1] [2] [3]
Tanjung Pandan, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia
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  • Model
  • Beauty pageant titleholder
Beauty pageant titleholder
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Sonia Fergina Citra (born 27 April 1993) is an Indonesian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Puteri Indonesia 2018. [7] [8] She represented her country at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant held in at IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand. [9] [10] Sonia became the sixth Indonesian, third Sumatran and the second representative of Bangka Belitung [11] to place in the semifinals in Miss Universe history. [12] [9]

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Early life and education

Sonia was born in Tanjung Pandan, Bangka Belitung province, to a Chinese Indonesian father Ken Prayoga and British mother, Fransiska Evelin Burtnor. [13] on the province of Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia. She is the youngest of her 6 siblings. She does Muay Thai, taekwondo and capoeira. [14] [15]

Sonia started her career as a model in 2005, through the selection of Bangka Belitung Youth Model Faces. [16] Prior to joining pageantry, she worked as a Digital Marketing Manager for a national distributor company in Jakarta. [17] Sonia decided to make a breakthrough to follow her childhood dream, which is to represent her country on an international level through beauty pageant. [18] [19]

Sonia holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia. [4] [5] She is currently finishing her master's degree in business management from PPM School of Management. [6] On 20 November 2021, Sonia married with her boyfriend that she dated for ten years, Yoanes Naftalianto. [13]

Advocacy and issues

Sonia in Media Indonesia Talking About Her Advocacy on 16 August 2018. Sonia Fergina, Puteri Indonesia yang Cinta Olah Raga Bela Diri.jpg
Sonia in Media Indonesia Talking About Her Advocacy on 16 August 2018.

Sonia is active in various social causes associated with the organization “Diberi Untuk Memberi” (Accepting for Giving). [20] She helps in providing free food to earthquake victims, school renovation and education assistance. Sonia is also involved in environmental conservation activities related to coral reef adoption at Tanjung Kelayang Beach, Belitung. [21] [22]

Since her crowning, Sonia has advocated for HIV awareness, Breast cancer and Cervical cancer, [10] and also creating mental healing for the children and victims of natural calamities and disaster [23] [24] in Palu and Lombok. [25]

On November 21, 2018, Sonia shared her appearance together with NCCC Indonesia (National Cervical Cancer Coalition of Indonesia) at national congress Duta Kanker Serviks - Jakarta for Indonesia Cervical Cancer Day. [26] She also worked together with local NGO called Nara Creative to create #BeDiverseBeTolerant notebook, filled with her biodiversity family background and how she survived bullying at school. [22] [27]

Pageantry

Sonia together with Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2018-Vania Fitryanti Herlambang, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2018-Wilda Octaviana Situngkir, Miss Universe 2017-Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Puan Maharani and Puteri Indonesia Chairman Putri Kuswisnuwardhani. Grand Final Pemilihan Putri Indonesia 2018.jpg
Sonia together with Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2018-Vania Fitryanti Herlambang, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2018-Wilda Octaviana Situngkir, Miss Universe 2017-Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Puan Maharani and Puteri Indonesia Chairman Putri Kuswisnuwardhani.

Puteri Indonesia 2018

On March 9, 2018, Sonia represented Bangka Belitung province [28] [29] at Puteri Indonesia 2018 contest [8] [30] in which she was crowned the winner. [9] The finale was held in Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta. She was crowned by the outgoing predecessor of Puteri Indonesia 2017, Bunga Jelitha Ibrani of Jakarta SCR. [31] [7] [23] [24]

The finale coronation night of Puteri Indonesia 2018 was attended by the reigning Miss Universe 2017 – Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa. [32] The runner-ups (also her close friends) were Vania Fitryanti Herlambang (as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2018) [33] and Wilda Octaviana Situngkir (as Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2018). [34] All three appeared on the magazine cover of Tatler Indonesia together with Mooryati Soedibyo. [35] [36]

Miss Universe 2018

On December 17, 2018, Sonia represented Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2018 contest in Bangkok, Thailand, in which she placed in the Top 20, beating 74 contestants from all around the world. [9] [37] She was one of the wildcards for Top 20, and the 18th semifinalist overall to be called (in random order). [38] [39] Sonia is the sixth Indonesian Miss Universe semifinalist in history since Artika Sari Devi (also from Bangka Belitung) first made it to the semifinals in 2005. [18] [40] During the show, Sonia gave a speech in the opening statements, [41] in which the Top 20 semifinalists shared a statement on how they wanted the world to know them as a person. [42] She said:

"Being raised with a family from 4 different religions, and seeing there are many cultural differences and also religion intolerance and gender inequality have been the cause of the trouble in Indonesia and also persecution. This inspired me to do a campaign called Be Diverse, Be Tolerant to encourage all the people to embrace the differences and respect for others."

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Preceded by Puteri Bangka Belitung
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Puteri Indonesia
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