Puteri Indonesia
| Motto | Brain, Beauty and Behavior |
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| Formation | 1992 |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
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Membership
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Miss Universe Miss International Miss Supranational Miss Grand International |
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Official language
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Indonesian |
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President
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Mooryati Soedibyo |
| Website | www |
Puteri Indonesia (literally translates into "Princess of Indonesia"), or also known as Miss Universe Indonesia, is one of the biggest beauty pageant in Indonesia that sends the winner to the Miss Universe pageant. The pageant was established in 1992 and is considered the oldest pageant in Indonesia, although the first Puteri Indonesia, Indira Soediro who was crowned as Puteri Indonesia 1992 and participated in Miss ASEAN 1992.
The pageant was traditionally broadcast on Indosiar and rerun broadcast on Kompas TV. In 2007, SCTV Network became the official broadcaster.
Puteri Indonesia was starting to choose the winner for Miss Universe in 1995, but by 1996, the winner was forced to withdraw from competing at the Miss Universe pageant by Mrs. Tien Suharto, who was the wife of the late second president of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto. Starting in 2004 Puteri Indonesia winner was sent to the Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand after Suharto was overthrown.
The reign winner of Puteri Indonesia expected to represent Puteri Indonesia foundation motto. That is Brain, Beauty and Behavior. As of 2006 the titleholders of Puteri Indonesia divide to the three titles. The main Puteri Indonesia automatically crowns as the winner or "Miss Universe Indonesia" and the runners-up award as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan or "Miss International Indonesia" for Environment Ambassador and Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata or "Miss Supranational Indonesia" for Tourism Ambassador.
The awards most frequently presented at Puteri Indonesia were Miss Congeniality (1992–present), Miss Talent (1992–present), Miss Intelligence (1995–present), People's Choice Award (1992–2011) and the Favorite Islands' Princesses (2007–present). Other awards that have been presented include Best Traditional Costume (2002, 2015–present), Miss Photogenic (1992-2001), Miss Environment (1993-1996, 2004-2005) Miss Tourism (1994-1996, 2004-2005).
The following is a list of all Puteri Indonesia titleholders since its inauguration in 1992.
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