Puteri Indonesia 2024

Puteri Indonesia 2024, the 27th edition of the Puteri Indonesia pageant, was held on 8 March 2024 at the Plenary Hall, Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia. Farhana Nariswari of West Java crowned her successor, Harashta Haifa Zahra of West Java, at the end of the event. This marked the first time a province won back-to-back titles in the pageant's history.
Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2023 Yasinta Aurellia of East Java, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2023 Lulu Zaharani of Lampung, and third Runner-Up Dinda Nur Safira of Yogyakarta SR also crowned Sophie Kirana of Yogyakarta SR, Permata Juliastrid of Bali, and Melati Tedja of East Java as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2024, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2024, and Puteri Indonesia Pendidikan and Kebudayaan 2024, respectively.
With Harashta Haifa Zahra and Ketut Permata Juliastrid winning Miss Supranational 2024 and Miss Cosmo 2024 respectively, this has become the most successful Puteri Indonesia batch to date.

Background

Location, date and broadcast

It was announced that the coronation night would again be held at the Plenary Hall, Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta on 8 March–coinciding with International Women's Day. The Foundation has met with Maria F. Febryani as Creative Director for PT. Indonesia Entertainment Production, a subsidiary of the Indonesia Entertainment Group, indicated that SCTV was to be one of the media partners as well as a television network that has full broadcast rights to broadcast the final night live after consecutive four editions of the event.

Selection of participants

The first seven contestants were selected through regional competitions held in each organizing province. They were East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi and South Sulawesi. The other 35 contestants were selected by a committee through central auditions held at Graha Mustika Ratu, the organization's headquarters in Jakarta. The selection was supplemented by one delegate per 15 provinces who had been determined their 'Puteri Indonesia Fevorit Daerah', subsequently chosen by viewers through a public vote on the official website. Four winners will have an additional '2' in their regional titles. The organization also provided a two-ticket opportunity for alumni who never reached the top three in previous years, but were eventually transferred for voting.
This edition marked the planned debut of five new provinces which were included in the Eastern Indonesia group due to expansion on 30 June 2022 based on Law No. 16 of 2022. They were the provinces of South Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, and Southwest Papua province. This plan was later not implemented because the organization admitted that the administration was not yet complete and the regional government was not ready to send their delegation. This increase in the number of contestants had been planned from the previous two editions, but was not implemented for the same reason. In addition, North Kalimantan did not have a representative this edition.

Withdrawals

The representatives of North Maluku and Banten 1, Ratnadila Muhammad Saleh Tuanan Al Faroeq and Giftia Wardani later withdrew due to personal and educational reasons, respectively. For Banten, Latisa Safa Maura was sole representative at this year's edition.
Fitria Helnawati, the representative of West Sumatra, withdrew halfway through the competition due to illness.

Pageant

Format

The Puteri Indonesia Foundation announced several changes to the format of the edition. The number of semifinalists increased by one to sixteen from the previous edition. The results of the preliminary competition held on 2 March 2024, which consisted of talent, traditional costume, evening gown competitions, and closed interviews, determined the first thirteen semi-finalists. Voting was used again in this edition to determine the fourteenth to sixteenth contestants who would advance to the final. Sixteen semifinalists competed in the speech judging, then narrowed down to five and added by one from a second voting. The six finalists then competed in a question and answer and speech competition in which four contestants were selected as finalists. The four finalists competed in the final question round, after which the winners of Puteri Indonesia, Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata and Puteri Indonesia Pendidikan & Kebudayaan were announced.

Selection committee

There were twelve selection committee members.

Kusuma Dewi Sutanto – head of organization of Yayasan Puteri Indonesia, jury president
Mega Angkasa – head of communications of Yayasan Puteri Indonesia, jury vice-president
Kusuma Ida Anjani – director of Mustika Ratu, chairwoman of the Puteri Indonesia 2024 selection
Laksmi De-Neefe Suardana – Puteri Indonesia 2022 from Bali
Retno Marsudi – 17th minister of foreign affairs of Indonesia
Dito Ariotedjo – 14th minister of youth and sports of Indonesia
Ridwan Kamil – former 13th governor of West Java, development curator of Nusantara
Emil Dardak – 5th vice-governor of East Java
Prilly Latuconsina – Indonesian public figure, activist, and actress
Jahja Setiaatmadja – president director of Bank Central Asia
Andrea Aguilera – Miss Supranational 2023 from Ecuador
Luma Russo – Miss Charm 2023 from Brazil

Competitions

Pre-contest activities

The Most Photogenic

In this activity, all contestants had to go through a mandatory official photo shoot, then five delegates from The Most Photogenic were selected by Bubah Alfian and Albert Yanuar to take another special photo shoot by Denny Mirrorcle.

Result	Contestants
Winner	West Papua – Annisa Banafaj Salsabila Dabeduku Thesia
Top 5	Aceh – Suci Annisa Mawardi Bangka Belitung – Joan Angelina East Java – Melati Tedja West Java – Harashta Haifa Zahra

Catwalk Challenge

In this challenge, all contestants must show their skills on the catwalk through short videos. The theme for this 27th edition is "Fly Against The Wind". The best catwalk wins this challenge.

Result	Contestants
Winners	Riau – Jeni Rahmadial Fitri West Java – Harashta Haifa Zahra East Nusa Tenggara 1 – Veronica Gabriela Margareth Asadoma
Top 5	Jakarta SCR 5 – Putricia Adelianti South Kalimantan – Emanuella Bungasmara Ega Tirta

Make-Up Challenge

In this challenge, all contestants must show their make-up skills using Mustika Ratu cosmetic products through short videos. The best makeup wins this challenge.

Result	Contestants
Winners	Aceh – Suci Annisa Mawardi East Java – Melati Tedja Bali – Ketut Permata Juliastrid Sari

Talent Competition and Traditional Costume Show and Preliminary Competition

Best in Talent

Previously it was selected by a jury of the top ten best talents from the contestants' overall talent videos. The top ten have the opportunity to showcase their talents in the Talent Competition, which will then be further assessed and the top three nominees for Best Talent will be announced. The grand winner will be announced on coronation night.

Result	Contestants
Winner	Jakarta SCR 5 – Putricia Adelianti
Top 3	East Nusa Tenggara 2 – Putri Un Tanjung Malada West Papua – Annisa Banafaj Salsabila Dabeduku Thesia
Top 10	Aceh – Suci Annisa Mawardi Riau – Jeni Rahmadial Fitri West Java – Harashta Haifa Zahra Yogyakarta SR – Sophie Kirana East Kalimantan – Kori Aprilia West Sulawesi – Andi Aisyah Mawar Hardy Maluku – Novita Everdina Permatasari Pattipeilohy

Best in Traditional Costume

All contestants displayed their traditional costumes in front of the jury during the Traditional Costume Show. At the end of the event the top three nominees for Best in Traditional Costume were announced. The grand winner will be announced on coronation night.

Result	Contestants
Winner	East Java – Melati Tedja
Top 3	North Sumatra – Nabiqah Anisa Salsabila Pasaribu West Kalimantan 2 – Shindy Valensia

Best in Evening Gown

All contestants presented their evening gowns in front of the jury during the Preliminary Competition. At the end of the event the top three and Best in Evening Gown winners were announced.

Result	Contestants
Winner	Bali – Permata Juliastrid
1st Runner-Up	West Sulawesi – Andi Aisyah Mawar Hardy
2nd Runner-Up	West Kalimantan 2 – Shindy Valensia

Best Profile Video

All contestants are required to make a profile video as a form of introducing themselves as contestants and the area they represent. The best profile video wins this award.

Result	Contestants
Winners	East Nusa Tenggara 1 – Veronica Gabriela Margareth Asadoma Central Kalimantan – Dessy Paramita Dewi Maluku – Novita Everdina Permatasari Pattipeilohy

Motion Challenge

All contestants are randomly divided into 21 groups in pairs. In this challenge, the host presents motions about different cases and issues for each group. Two delegates in one group state whether they agree or not with the statement and explain it for 1 minute.

Results

Titleholders

Placement	Contestant	International Placement
Puteri Indonesia 2024	West Java – Harashta Haifa Zahra	Winner — Miss Supranational 2024
Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2024	Yogyakarta SR – Sophie Kirana	4th Runner-Up — Miss International 2024
Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2024	Bali – Ketut Permata Juliastrid Sari	Winner — Miss Cosmo 2024
Puteri Indonesia Pendidikan & Kebudayaan 2024	East Java – Melati Tedja	Top 6 — Miss Charm 2024
Top 6	4th Runner-up Jakarta SCR 1 – Ghina Raihanah 5th Runner-up Banten – Latisa Safa Maura § Δ	-
Top 16	Aceh – Suci Annisa Mawardi North Sumatra – Nabiqah Anisa Salsabila Pasaribu § Bangka Belitung – Joan Angelina Jambi – Miracle Sitompul Jakarta SCR 3 – Larissa Amelinda Soeryana East Nusa Tenggara 1 – Veronica Gabriela Margareth Asadoma West Kalimantan 2 – Shindy Valensia South Sulawesi – Chelsea Beatrix Putri Raimel Maluku – Novita Everdina Permatasari Pattipeilohy § West Papua – Annisa Banafaj Salsabila Dabeduku Thesia	-

Δ – Qualified for the Top 6 through voting

§ – Qualified for the Top 16 through voting

Contestants

All 42 official delegates have been selected: