Maria Selena Nurcahya (born September 24, 1990), known as Maria Selena, is an Indonesian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Puteri Indonesia 2011 Puteri Indonesia 2011, the 16th Annual Puteri Indonesia beauty pageant, was held in Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia on 7 October 2011. Thirty eight contestants from all 33 provinces of Indonesia competed for the title of Puteri I ...

and was represented her country in

Miss Universe 2012 Miss Universe 2012 was the 61st Miss Universe pageant, held at the PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 19, 2012. At the end of the event, Leila Lopes of Angola crowned Olivia Culpo of ...

pageant. She was represented Central Java in the Pemilihan Puteri Indonesia 2011. She made a Top 10 in the Miss Universe for Best National Costume.

Early career

Maria Selena Nurcahya on Kesempurnaan Cinta Season 3 Netmediatama

After the reign she decided to join

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as she grew up as a

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. Maria Selena made a debut in WNBL Indonesia with Surabaya Fever, then she signed with Merah Putih Predators Jakarta on her second season. She graduated and has a degree majoring

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. Recently, Maria Selena is working with Persatuan Bola Basket Indonesia and INASGOC for

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. She is well known as an actress and TV presenter.

Pageantry

Puteri Indonesia 2011

Selena, who stands , competed as the representative of Central Java. Selena and the other 37 contestants from 33 provinces competed for the title. She is the second woman from Central Java to win the

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 ...

title. The first one was

Agni Pratistha Agni Pratistha Arkadewi Kuswardono (born 8 December 1987) is an Indonesian actress, and beauty pageant title-holder who was the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2006 ''(Miss Universe Indonesia)'', she represented Indonesia in the Miss Universe 2007 ...

in 2006.

Miss Universe 2012

As the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2011, Selena represented

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in Miss Universe 2012.

Filmography

Movies

TV Films

References

External links

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Official Puteri Indonesia Official Website

Official Miss Universe Official Website
Living people 1990 births Indonesian beauty pageant winners Javanese people Indonesian Christians Puteri Indonesia winners Miss Universe 2012 contestants People from Palembang People from Indramayu Indonesian women's basketball players Indonesian television presenters Indonesian women television presenters {{Asia-pageant-bio-stub