Agni Pratistha Arkadewi Kuswardono (born 8 December 1987) is an Indonesian actress, and beauty pageant title-holder who was the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2006 ''(Miss Universe Indonesia)'', she represented Indonesia in the

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pageant held in

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in May 2007, where she won the ''Best National Costume'' award.

Personal life

Agni Pratistha Arkadewi Kuswardono was born 8 December 1987 in

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, Australia to Javanese parents, her sister is actress,

Sigi Wimala Sigi Wimala Somya Dewi (born June 21, 1983), more popularly known as Sigi Wimala, is an Indonesian model and actress. Career In 1999, she won a cover girl contest, GADIS Sampul, a teen magazine in Indonesia. She later joined Elite Models and ...

. In 2004, she settled at

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, Indonesia. Her full name ''"Agni Pratistha"'' means ''invocation of the God of fire'' was inspired by the Hindu rituals, the name ''"Agni"'' means ''God of Fire'' in

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whereas ''"Pratistha"'' means ''invocation''. She holds a

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from the

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in Jakarta, Indonesia, after graduated she worked at

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Indonesia as an Executive Editor from 2007 to 2012. On 17 June 2013, Kuswardono married Ryan Anthony Monoarfa in

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, United States. The wedding reception was held on 14 December 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. They have three children. Kuswardono and her husband founded ''Chubby Max cookies'' and ''Ark Motion Images''.

Pageantry

Puteri Indonesia 2006

Representing her province

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, Kuswardono won Puteri Indonesia 2006 at the

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, Jakarta, on 25 August 2006. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Nadine Chandrawinata of Jakarta SCR.

Miss Universe 2007

Kuswardono represented Indonesia at Miss Universe 2007. Her Dayak inspired costume won "Best National Costume award" for the first time for Indonesia.

Filmography

Kuswardono began acting in 2004, appearing in

Mengejar Matahari ''Mengejar Matahari'' ( en, Chasing the Sun) is a 2004 Indonesian coming-of-age drama film directed by Rudi Sujarwo. It was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2005. ''Mengejar Matahari'' is a coming of age story of four childhoo ...

''(Chasing the Sun)'', which was shown at the 2005

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. In 2018, she had the lead role in all three omnibus episodes of ''Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: The Journey'' (''The Sea'', ''Hekishu'', and ''Variable No.3''), directed by Japan's Daichi Matsunaga, Indonesia's Edwin and China's Degena Yun. The film was co-produced by

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and Japan Foundation Asian Center, a part of biannual Asian Three-Fold Mirror Project. It premiered at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival on 26 October 2018.

Movies

Awards and nomination

Kuswardono received the Model Star Award for her contribution to Indonesian modelling and acting at the 2012 Asia Model Festival Awards in

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, South Korea.

References

External links

Official site
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Official Puteri Indonesia Official Website

Official Miss Universe Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratistha, Agni Living people 1987 births Actresses from Canberra Indonesian female models Indonesian film actresses Javanese people Indonesian people of Australian descent Miss Universe Indonesia winners Miss Universe 2007 contestants Puteri Indonesia winners