Bunga Jelitha Ibrani (born 6 September 1991) 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 (JIM Models). 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 (now Supermodel International), and succeeded as the first winner at the time, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2012, Bunga tries her luck at the

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contest which auditioned for

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province, but has not produced results. In 2015, Bunga pursued

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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

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, appointed Bunga to be a East Nusa Tenggara dancer, wearing traditional East Nusa Tenggara dress, for the opening ceremony of

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in Grobogan Regency,

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. On 21 March 2020, Bunga married

Syamsir Alam Syamsir Alam (born 6 July 1992 in Agam, Indonesia) is an Indonesian footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club RANS Nusantara. Club career Born in Agam, Alam played youth football for Peñarol, Heerenveen and Vitesse Arnhem. After p ...

, an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 2 club RANS Cilegon. On 6 January 2021, she gave birth to a daughter.

Beauty Pageant

Bunga Jelitha Ibrani For Asian Games 2018 Torch Relay Ceremony

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

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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.

Miss Universe 2017

Bunga represented Indonesia at Miss Universe 2017, was held on 26 November 2017 at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. She is one of the favorites at Miss Universe 2017, but failed to place in the semifinals. Bunga ended Indonesia's four year streak of consecutive placements at Miss Universe, from 2013 through 2016, but won the miss photogenic award.

Filmography

Bunga has appeared on several cinema film.

Films

References

External links

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Bunga Jelitha Ibrani Official Instagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jelitha, Bunga Living people 1991 births Miss Universe 2017 contestants Miss Universe Indonesia winners Puteri Indonesia contestants Puteri Indonesia winners Javanese people Indonesian beauty pageant winners Indonesian female models Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian women activists Actresses from Jakarta Indonesian child activists Education activists Open access activists Indonesian human rights activists Indonesian film actresses