Sonia Fergina Citra (born 27 April 1993) is an Indonesian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Puteri Indonesia 2018. She represented her country at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant held in at IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi Province, north of

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, Thailand. Citra became the sixth Indonesian, third Sumatran and the second representative of Bangka Belitung to place in the semifinals in Miss Universe history.

Early life and education

Citra was born in Tanjung Pandan, Bangka Belitung province, to a Chinese Indonesian father Ken Prayoga and British mother, Fransiska Evelin Burtnor. on the province of Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia. She is the youngest of six siblings. She does Muay Thai,

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and

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. Citra began her modelling career in 2005, through the selection of Bangka Belitung Youth Model Faces. Prior to joining pageantry, she worked as a Digital Marketing Manager for a national distributor company in

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. Sonia decided to make a breakthrough to follow her childhood dream, which is to represent her country at an international level through beauty pageant. Citra holds a

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from Bina Nusantara University,

, Indonesia. She is currently finishing her master's degree in business management from PPM School of Management. On 20 November 2021, Citra married Yoanes Naftalianto.

Advocacy and issues

Citra is active in various social causes associated with the organization ''“Diberi Untuk Memberi”'' (Accepting for Giving). 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. Since her crowning, Citra has advocated for HIV awareness, Breast cancer and Cervical cancer, and also creating mental healing for the children and victims of natural calamities and disaster in Palu and Lombok. On November 21, 2018, Citra shared her appearance together with NCCC Indonesia (National Cervical Cancer Coalition of Indonesia) at national congress ''Duta Kanker Serviks'' -

for Indonesia Cervical Cancer Day. 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.

Pageantry

Grand Final Pemilihan Putri Indonesia 2018

Puteri Indonesia 2018

On March 9, 2018, Citra represented Bangka Belitung province and won Puteri Indonesia 2018, in which she was crowned the winner. at the Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta. She was crowned by her predecessor, Bunga Jelitha of Jakarta SCR. The runners-up were Vania Fitryanti (as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2018) and Wilda Octaviana (as Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2018).

Miss Universe 2018

On December 17, 2018, Citra represented Indonesia at Miss Universe 2018 in

, Thailand, and reached the top 20, against 74 contestants. Citra is the sixth Indonesian Miss Universe semifinalist in history since Artika Sari Devi (from Bangka Belitung) first made it to the semifinals in 2005. During the contest, Citra gave a speech in the opening statements, in which the top 20 semifinalists shared a statement on how they wanted the world to know them as a person. She said:

Gallery

File:Puteri Indonesia 2018, Sonia Fergina Citra KPI (1).jpg, Citra (in orange gown) presenting an Indonesian Broadcasting Commission event - "Anugerah KPI 2019" on 9 December 2019. File:Puteri Indonesia 2018, Sonia Fergina Citra Homecoming To Bangka Belitung (1).jpg, Citra during her homecoming to Bangka Belitung Islands on 19 March 2018. File:Puteri Indonesia 2018, Sonia Fergina Citra Homecoming To Bangka Belitung (2).jpg, Citra (second from right) Homecoming in Bangka Belitung Islands with on 19 March 2018

References

External links

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Official Puteri Indonesia website

Official Miss Universe Official Website
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