Felicia Hwang Yi Xin popularly known as Felicia Hwang (; born 18 April 1992) is an Indonesian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2016, She represented

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at the

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pageant in

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, where she finished as ''"2nd Runner-up"'' and won ''"Miss Best Dresser"'' award. Felicia repeating the same

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achievement precisely 39 years back in

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by finishing as the ''2nd Runner-up'' in the respective

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beauty pageant. She is currently serving as the ambassador of the Indonesian National Narcotics Board.

Personal life

Felicia was born in

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, Indonesia, on 18 April 1992 to a

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family background. She attended SMA Negeri 2 Depok (primary-secondary) and holds a bachelor's degree on Business accounting and finance from

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. On 16 May 2016, Felicia was chosen as the Ambassador of the

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of Indonesia by the head of the agency, Budi Waseso. On 16 February 2019, she is married to

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model and pastor, Garry Jordan. On 9 November 2019, she gave birth to her only son, Timothy Duncan Jordan.

Pageantry

Puteri Indonesia 2016

In 2016, Felicia competed in the national pageant of

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, representing the province of

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. She ended up winning the Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2016 title, at the grand finale held in

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, Indonesia on 19 February 2016. Felicia was crowned by the outgoing titleholder of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2015 and Miss International Indonesia 2015, Chintya Fabyola of

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at the end of the event. She crowned together with

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; Kezia Roslin Cikita Warouw of

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;

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, and Puteri Indonesia Perdamaian; Ariska Pertiwi of

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Miss International 2016

As the winner of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2016, Felicia representing Indonesia at the 56th edition of

pageant. The

finale was held on October 27, 2016 at the

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, where Felicia was won the 2nd Runner-up position. This is the second time

placed in the Top 5 of

after Indri Hapsari Soeharto in

and the second highest placement

has ever achieved since

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won the title in late

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. Felicia also managed to won ''"Miss Best Dresser"'' award, with '' Dewi Shinta'' inspired national costume dress.

Edymar Martínez Edymar Martínez Blanco (born July 10, 1995, in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen. She represented Anzoátegui state at Miss Venezuela 2014 and was crowned Miss Venezuela International by the outgo ...

from

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crowned her successor

Kylie Verzosa Kylie Fausto Verzosa (; born February 7, 1992) is a Filipino actress, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2016 and Miss International 2016. She is the sixth Filipina to win the Miss International crown. ...

from the

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by the end of the event.

Filmography

After returning to Indonesia, in 2019 Felicia received an offer to play in a film directed by

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entitled ''"The Rebels"'', Felicia started acting with a number of famous actors and actresses such as

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, and

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. Since then, Felicia has appeared on several movies. She has acted in several television film and cinema box-office movies.

Movies

References

External links

*
Puteri Indonesia Official Website

Miss International Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hwang Yi Xin, Felicia Living people 1992 births Alumni of the University of Bradford Puteri Indonesia contestants Puteri Indonesia winners Miss International 2016 delegates Indonesian beauty pageant winners Indonesian female models Indonesian activists Indonesian people of Chinese descent People from Bandar Lampung People from Lampung