Natasha Mannuela Halim (born May 9, 1994) is an Indonesian model,

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, architecture contractor and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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, she represented

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at the

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, where she was crowned ''2nd Runner-up'' and Miss World Asia 2016, the highest placement for

so far.

Biography

Natasha born in

Pangkal Pinang Pangkal Pinang is the capital and largest city of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province in Indonesia. It is located on Bangka Island's east coast, the city is divided into seven districts (''kecamatan'') and has 42 wards (''kelurahan''). It cov ...

Bangka Belitung The Bangka Belitung Islands ( id, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung) is a province of Indonesia. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main landmasses— Bangka and Belitung—and numerous smaller islands. Bangka Beli ...

, she has an interest in

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and been modelling since she was fifteen. She worked with a team in managing her fashion-line business ''LOCAPOCA'' in the early of 2014, by empowering women with

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to work as a creative designers. She is also managing her family business as an architecture contractor She graduated three and a half years with an

international business International business refers to the trade of goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational scale. It involves cross-border transactions of goods and services between two or more ...

from Prasetya Mulya University,

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

, where she graduated

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. Together with

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, she's taking part as an

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on ''"PlayTalk: Finding Your Voice"'' platform for the youth. She often involves in social activities that leads her to meet people from different culture backgrounds, Her communication skill with diverse people from all over the world was simply rousing for the audience in ''"PlayTalk: Finding Your Voice"''.

Beauty Pageant

Miss Indonesia 2016

Natasha crowned

as a representative of the province of

Islands, at the finals held at the

RCTI RCTI (''Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia'') is a West Jakarta-based Indonesian free-to-air television network. It is best known for its soap operas, celebrity bulletins, news, and sports programmes. It was first launched in 1989, origina ...

Studio,

Kebon Jeruk Kebon Jeruk (Indonesian for "orange garden") is a subdistrict (kecamatan) of West Jakarta, Indonesia. Kebon Jeruk is roughly bounded by ''Kali Pesanggrahan'' creek to the west, Kebayoran Lama Road to the south, Daan Mogot Road to the north, an ...

, on February 24, 2016 by the outgoing titleholder of

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and

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2nd runner-up,

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and

Mireia Lalaguna Mireia Lalaguna Royo (born 21 November 1992) is a Spanish model, actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2015. She was previously crowned Miss World Spain 2015, becoming the first woman from Spain to win Miss World. Early life and ...

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attended the awarding night.

Miss World 2016

, Natasha represented

in the 66th

Pageant at the

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. In the finale coronation night of the contest, which was held on December 18, 2016, she was the winner of

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2016 and the continental Miss World Asia 2016, it is the third time in a row where the country won the challenge event

since 2014, and the second time after

won the continental Miss World Asia 2015. Natasha eventually became the second runner-up of

, following

who was also the second runner-up of previous year.

References

External links

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Miss Indonesia Official website
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