Zivanna Letisha Siregar (born February 16, 1989) is an Indonesian talk show host, book writer, philanthropist, model and

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titleholder who won Puteri Indonesia 2008, She has a chance to represent

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

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Pageant in

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, where she didn't make into the Top 15, but she won ''"Miss Popularity"'' award.

Early life and career

Zivanna Letisha Siregar For Asian Games 2018 Torch Relay Ceremony

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, with the Batak and

Sundanese Sundanese may refer to: * Sundanese people * Sundanese language * Sundanese script Standard Sundanese script (''Aksara Sunda Baku'', ) is a writing system which is used by the Sundanese people. It is built based on Old Sundanese script (' ...

background from her parents, She is the former winner of Elite Model Look Indonesia, and competed in Elite Model Look Asia Pacific 2006 in China. On 2007, She is finishing her

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at Al-Izhar Pondok Labu - Jakarta. She hold the

Bachelor of Economics The Bachelor of Economics (BEc or BEcon), or the "Bachelor of Applied Economics", is a bachelor's degree awarded by many universities and colleges for completion of an undergraduate program in economics, econometrics, or applied economics; th ...

from

University of Indonesia The University of Indonesia ( id, Universitas Indonesia, abbreviated as UI) is a public university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the oldest tertiary-level educational institutions in Indonesia (known as the D ...

. She is currently working as a

news presenter A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

on Indonesian TV station NET.TV and she eager to become a movie star. There have been some offers, but she has rejected them because she doesn't like the roles. Beside work as a presenter, on 2 September 2012 Zivanna was chosen as the "Ambassador for

Orangutan Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genu ...

s", visiting the

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’s - Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine in

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as well as Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park to publicize the plight of wild

orangutan Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genu ...

populations and their habitat, tropical rain forest, in Sumatra and

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. During her visit she interviewed Dr. Birute Galdikas, President of OFI, for television. Zivanna is fluent in both

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and English. Zivanna is also work as a content and book writer published by

Elex Media Komputindo Elex Media Komputindo is a publishing company in Indonesia which publishes books, comics, magazines, novels and other print media. Established on January 15, 1985, Elex Media Komputindo is a subsidiary of Kompas Gramedia Group. Elex is headquart ...

, known to have just completed her second book titled ''"Trik Juara Mengatur Waktu (Champion Trick to Set a Time)"'' which was released on April 22, 2016. Previously, she also released her first best selling book in 2013 ''"Buku Pintar Cewek Juara (Guide Book of a Woman Champion)"''. On 21 February 2016, She is married to

n businessman Haries Argareza Harahap in Dharmawangsa Hotel - Jakarta. and giving birth her only son, Ryoji Ibrahim Harahap in November 16, 2017. On 18 July 2018,

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- Joko Widodo, appointed Zivanna to be a

Pendet dance ''Pendet'' dance ( ban, ᬧᭂᬦ᭄ᬤᭂᬢ᭄) a traditional dance from Bali, Indonesia, in which floral offerings are made to purify the temple or theater as a prelude to ceremonies or other dances. ''Pendet'' is typically performed by young ...

r, wearing traditional Balinese dress, for the opening ceremony of

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, Central Java -

Pageantry

Zivanna Letisha With Comedian Bedu On Waktu Indonesia Bercanda Netmediatama

Zivanna Letisha On Waktu Indonesia Bercanda Netmediatama

Puteri Indonesia 2008

At the age of 19, Zivanna started her world of pageantry by joining the 13th edition of

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 ...

beauty pageant. She represented Jakarta SCR 6 in the Puteri Indonesia 2008 pageant, and was crowned on 15 August 2008 succeeding her predecessor, Putri Raemawasti of

East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...

, in the

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Miss Universe 2009

Zivanna represented Indonesia in

at the

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. Zivanna was failed to place in the semifinals, but she ended won ''"Miss Popularity (Fan-vote)"'' award.

Filmography

Zivanna has presenting on several variety

talk show A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Sh ...

Talk show

Famous relatives

*Alexander Siregar, physicist working on Cabal theory *

Merari Siregar Merari Siregar (13 July 1896 Sipirok, North Sumatra - 23 April 1941, Kalianget, Madura, East Java) was an Indonesian writer and also the author of the first novel written in Indonesian. He completed his studies at a ''Kweekschool'' and in 1923 ...

, Indonesian writer and novelist

References

External links

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Official Miss Universe Official Website

Puteri Indonesia
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