Danella Ilene Kurniawan (born February 20, 1996) is an Indonesian fashion model. She is best known for winning the

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of ''

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''.

Early life and education

Danella Ilene Kurniawan was born on February 20, 1996, in

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to sociology teacher Kurniawan Kristiandi and Rosana Rosadiama, both are of Chinese descent. Ilene is the youngest of three children and has two older sisters. Despite being born in Bali, Ilene spent her childhood and teenage years in

Bandung Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...

. In 2015, she started attending Christian University of Indonesia, formerly pursuing a bachelor's degree in English Literature before transferring to the English Language program the following year. She completed her studies in 2019.

''Indonesia's Next Top Model''

In 2020, Ilene appeared in the

of the NET. reality television show ''

'', in which she competed against fifteen other aspiring models. Throughout the cycle, Ilene received five first call-outs, including : *"Splashes of Color" photoshoot (Top 12, episode 15), where she represented the color green *"Aerial Hoop" photoshoot (Top 5, episode 27), representing the character of a color of Ellips Hair Vitamin products *"Black Angel" photoshoot (Top 4, episode 35), with Ellips Hair Vitamin *"The Matador" TVC (Top 3, episode 37) with Honda HR-V, where it was divided into three scenes; beauty pose, Salsa Dance, and Matador action *"Avant-garde Fashion" photoshoot (Top 2, episode 39) at

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. She would eventually beat fellow competitor Gea Lim in the cycle finale, becoming the first ever winner of ''Indonesia's Next Top Model''. Ilene's name became more widely known after the mental health controversy, where in one episode she shared that she had experienced depression and was diagnosed with an eating disorder, only to receive comments from Deddy Corbuzier and Luna Maya that were considered insensitive to the issue of mental health.

References

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