Achintya Holte Nilsen (born 1 January 1999) is an Indonesian model who was crowned

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. She represented

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at the

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pageant and finished as Top 10 finalists, won ''"

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"'', ''"

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"'' and ''"Best Designer Award"''.

Early life and background

Miss Southeast Asia Tourism Ambasaddress and Miss Indonesia 2017 attended the 16th Jember Fashion Carnaval 2017

Nilsen was born in

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, on 1 January 1999 to a Balinese mother, Ni Nyoman Parvati from

– Bali and

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father, Terje Holte Nilsen from

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County - Norway. She has two younger sisters, named Gayatri Holte Nilsen and Ananda Holte Nilsen. She is the niece of Norwegian

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cross-country skier

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, and cousin of Olympic

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. She work as a singer and her

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speciality is

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. Nilsen is a

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speaker, she is fluently speak in Norsk,

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and Bahasa Indonesia. She attended Bali International Green School (primary-secondary) and graduated in 2017 where she is also taking part as an activist on Greenpeace Indonesia, and holds a

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of Fine Arts (BFA) in Filmmaking and Television from

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. She often representing

in world forums such as Bali Model United Nations 2013-2014 and delegate of Indonesia for Taiwan Model United Nations 2015.

Pageantry

Achintya Holte Nilsen visiting National Museum of Indonesia with Miss World Winners (cropped)

Miss Indonesia 2017

Nilsen starting her foray into the world of pageantry began in 2017 when she competed at the 13th edition of

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national beauty pageant in

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at the age of eighteen. Nilsen represented her mother home province

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on the

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, and she won Miss Indonesia 2017, beating the other 33 contestants from other provinces across

. The grand finale of Miss Indonesia 2017 pageant was held in MNC Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 22 April 2017. Nilsen was crowned by the outgoing titleholder of

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and the

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2nd Runner-up,

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of Bangka Belitung. The president of

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organization

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and Miss World 2016, Stephanie Del Valle of

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attended the awarding night. Her final answer on the pageant itself is praised by the current President

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: Nilsen ended her reign as

on 22 February 2018, she crowned her successor Alya Nurshabrina Samadikun from

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in MNC Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia. She finished her reign at 10 months 1 week 12 days.

Miss World 2017

, Nilsen represented

at the 67th edition of the

pageant held in Sanya City Arena,

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, China, on 18 November 2017. During the pageant, she won a ''Head-to-Head Challenge'', beating other countries in the group with her ''

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'' answer. At the Finale, Nilsen was placed in the Top 10 finalists and was also declared as the winner of ''"

"'',

and ''"Best Designer Award"'' in the pageant. Stephanie Del Valle of

crowned

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as the new titleholder at the end of the event.

Famous Relatives

(aunt):

three-time

silver medallists cross-country skier. *

(cousin):

gold medallist

References

External links

*
Achintya Holte Nilsen Official Website

Achintya Holte Nilsen Official Youtube Channel
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