Elfin Pertiwi Rappa

Elfin Pertiwi Rappa (born September 23, 1995 in Palembang, South Sumatera) is an Indonesian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2014 or 1st Runner-up at the Puteri Indonesia 2014^[2] and represented her country at the Miss International 2014 pageant and achieve a Top 10 position.

Early life

Elfin was born in Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia, to Indo father and Indonesian mother. She is currently a freshman at Sriwijaya University studying management. Working as well as a model, she reached number of achievements in that field. Elfin was the winner of Cover Guest Aneka Yess Magazine 2009, was the Brand Ambassador at Cardinal Awards 2010, was placed in Top 3 of Star Teen High End Teen Magazine 2011, was placed in Top 3 of Model of Indonesia 2012, the winner of Skin White Girl of Indonesia 2012, Gadis Palembang 2012 or Miss Teen Palembang 2012 and Gadis South Sumatera 2013.^[3]

Pageantry

Puteri Sumatera Selatan 2013

Elfin was crowned Puteri Sumatera Selatan 2013 and would represent Sumatera Selatan at Puteri Indonesia 2014.

Puteri Indonesia 2014

Elfin represented Sumatera Selatan and eventually finished as first runner-up to Elvira Devinamira and crowned as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2014. She then represented Indonesia at upcoming Miss International 2014.

Miss International 2014

Elfin represented Indonesia at the Miss International 2014 in Tokyo, Japan where she placed in the Top 10 in addition to winning a special award of Best National Costume ^[4] where the titleholder, Bea Rose Santiago of Philippines crowned her successor Valerie Hernandez of Puerto Rico. Elfin's costume themed "Sigar Lampung" from Lampung collaborating with Batik as the important component.

References

External links

• Official Puteri Indonesia website (in Indonesian)