Frederika Alexis Cull (born 5 October 1999) is an

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actress, model, and

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titleholder who was crowned

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. She represented

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at the

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competition, where she placed in the Top 10. Cull is the only Indonesian to place in the top 10, and the seventh Indonesian to place in

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history.

Early life and education

Cull was born in

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, Australia to an English-born Australian father, Roy Alexis Cull and an

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mother, Yuliar Markonah Peers. Cull moved to Jakarta, Indonesia to pursue her studies and modeling and acting career. Cull finished her

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studies at AIS Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia. She also studied at a university in

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, England, and took an entrepreneurship summer course from the same university.

Puteri Indonesia 2019

Cull competed at the 22nd

Puteri Indonesia Puteri Indonesia ( jv, (Hanacaraka) ꦦꦸꦠꦺꦫꦶꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦺꦴꦤꦺꦱ; 'Princess of Indonesia') is a national beauty pageant in Indonesia that selects the winners to represent the country in two of the Big Four major intern ...

pageant representing Jakarta SCR, and was crowned Puteri Indonesia 2019 at the finals held at the

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, on 8 March 2019 by the outgoing titleholder of

Puteri Indonesia 2018 Putri Indonesia 2018, the 22nd Puteri Indonesia pageant, was held on March 9, 2018 at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia. Bunga Jelitha, Puteri Indonesia 2017 of Jakarta SCR 5, crowned her successor, Sonia Fergina Citra of Bangka Be ...

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Miss Universe 2019

Cull represented

at the 68th edition of the

pageant on 8 December 2019 at the

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, where she placed in the top 10. She is the first and only Indonesian representative to ever place in the top 10. Cull also became the seventh

and the first representative of Jakarta SCR to be placed as a semifinalist in

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Filmography

Television

References

External links

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