Bunga Jelitha
Bunga Jelitha Ibrani is an Indonesian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Supermodel International 2011 and also Puteri [Indonesia 2017]. She represented Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2017, where she didn't make into the Top 16, but she won "Miss Photogenic" award.
Personal life and career
Bunga Jelitha Ibrani, who stands 180 cm tall, is a model from Indonesia, now managed by Jakarta International Management. Her career began when she became a Finalist of Gadis Sampul 2005, but she has not made it out as a winner. In the same year, Bunga succeeded in winning Gading Model Search, and her career continued as she entered the Supermodel of Asia Pacific 2011, and succeeded as the first winner at the time, in Bangkok, Thailand.In 2012, Bunga tries her luck at the Puteri Indonesia 2013 contest which auditioned for Jakarta province, but has not produced results.
In 2015, Bunga pursued Guess Girl Model Search Indonesia 2015 audition, and was selected as a representative of Indonesia. Together with three other finalists, Bunga competed in Guess Girl Model Search SouthEast Asia 2015, and made it out as winner.
On 18 July 2018, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, appointed Bunga to be an East Nusa Tenggara dancer, wearing traditional East Nusa Tenggara dress, for the opening ceremony of 2018 Asian Games torch relay in Grobogan Regency, Central Java.
On 21 March 2020, Bunga married Syamsir Alam, an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club RANS Cilegon. On 6 January 2021, she gave birth to a daughter.
Beauty Pageant
Puteri Indonesia 2017
In 2017, Bunga tried her luck back at the Puteri Indonesia 2017 contest and was chosen to represent Special Capital Region of Jakarta.On March 31, 2017, she was crowned Puteri Indonesia 2017 at the Jakarta Convention Center by outgoing title-holder Puteri Indonesia 2016 and Top 13 Miss Universe 2016, Kezia Roslin Cikita Warouw of North Sulawesi.
According to Bunga, pursuing Puteri Indonesia was her childhood dream, but she hesitated because she only finished high school, and she has learned outside of formal education since becoming Puteri Indonesia.