Sonia Fergina Citra

Sonia Fergina Citra (born 27 April 1993) is an Indonesian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Puteri Indonesia 2018. She represented Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand. Sonia became the sixth Indonesian, third Sumatran and the second representative of Bangka Belitung to be placed as a finalist in Miss Universe history.[4]

Sonia Fergina Citra
Sonia Fergina Citra for Media Indonesia interview in 2018.
Born
Sonia Fergina Citra

(1993-04-27) 27 April 1993[1][2][3]
EducationBina Nusantara University, Jakarta
Occupation
  • Beauty pageant titleholder
  • model
Years active2005–present
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
TitlePuteri Bangka Belitung 2018
Puteri Indonesia 2018
Miss Universe Indonesia 2018
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBlack
Major
competition(s)
Putri Pariwisata Indonesia 2010
(Top 10)
Miss Oriental Tourism 2012
(Top 6)
Puteri Bangka Belitung 2018
(Winner)
Puteri Indonesia 2018
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2018
(Top 20)

Personal life

Sonia speaks in support for Indonesian Child Protection Commission.

Sonia Fergina Citra was born in Tanjung Pandan, now sits on the province of Bangka Belitung Islands. Sonia works for a national distributor company in Jakarta as a Digital Marketing Manager.[5]

Sonia started her career as a model in 2005, through the selection of Bangka Belitung Youth Model Faces. She is the youngest of her 6 siblings and loves Muay Thai, taekwondo and capoeira.[6]

She is active in various social causes associated with the organization “Diberi Untuk Memberi.” Sonia helps in providing free food to earthquake victims, school renovation and education assistance, and she is also involved in environmental conservation activities related coral reef adoption at Tanjung Kelayang Beach, Belitung.[7]

Beauty pageants

Puteri Indonesia 2018

On March 9, 2018, she was crowned Puteri Indonesia 2018 at the Jakarta Convention Center by outgoing title-holder Bunga Jelitha.[8]

Prior to Joining the pageantry, Sonia was working as a Digital Marketing Manager before she decided to make the breakthrough and follow her childhood dream, which is to represent her country on an international level. Since she was crowned as Puteri Indonesia 2018, she has advocated for HIV awareness, Breast and Cervical cancer, creating Mental Healing for the children and victims of natural calamities and disaster, where in Palu and Lombok. On November 21 she 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. She's also work together with local NGO called Nara Creative, creating the #BeDiverseBeTolerant notebook filled with her biodiversity family background and how's she survived from bullying at school.[9][10]

Miss Universe 2018

Sonia represented Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, and out of 94 contestants she was placed as a Top 20 semi-finalist. She was one of the wildcard for Top 20 and the 18th finalist to be called in random order. Continuing the placements of her country as 6th Miss Universe finalist from Indonesia, since the first time at 2005, Artika Sari Devi which also from Bangka Belitung, was place in the Top 15 finalist competed in Bangkok - Thailand.

See also

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Cut Nadia Dwi Ramadhani
Puteri Bangka Belitung
2018
Succeeded by
Ritassya Wellgreat
Preceded by
 Jakarta SCR 5
Bunga Jelitha
Puteri Indonesia
2018
Succeeded by
 Jakarta SCR 1
Frederika Alexis Cull

Puteri Indonesia titleholders (2018)
Puteri Indonesia 2018
(Miss Universe Indonesia 2018)
 Bangka BelitungSonia Fergina Citra
Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2018
(Miss International Indonesia 2018)
 BantenVania Fitryanti Herlambang
Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2018
(Miss Supranational Indonesia 2018)
 West KalimantanWilda Octaviana Situngkir

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