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‘Miss Asean 2005’
Indonesia will become
the organizer and time host “Miss Asean
Pageant 2005”. The summit of the selection
took place on the 19 March in Jakarta. The
Asean womens beauty contest presents 8 of
10 finalists of Miss Asean have been examined
and selected to become winners in their
own countries. They are Jhezarie Javier
(23) from the Philippines, Panisa Chaikanarakkul
(23, Thailand), Ei Yupa Win (21, Myanmar),
Joselyn Lee Pek Wan (24, Malaysia), Nguyen
Tao Huong (20, Vietnam), Mindy Ng Geok Boey
(26, Singapore), Dayangku Farhana Pengiran
Haji Bujang (26, Brunei) and Imelda Fransisca
(22, Indonesia).
 Ida
Sudoyo, of the Organizing Committee of Miss
Asean 2005, said that except for business
and investment promotion, the pageant was
also intended to be a medium to promote
the allurement and superiority of ASEAN
culture to the world. “They will assist
to promote trade, investment and tourism
of ASEAN countries,” she said while
adding that the selecting process for the
title-holders refers to three principal
criteria, namely intelligence, behavior
and beauty. “So, it does not only put
forward beauty.”
During their stay in Indonesia, the finalists
of ‘Miss Asean 2005’ will visit
several provinces that have cultural and
customary similarity with their countries
of origin. For instance, Miss Brunei Darussalam
and Miss Malaysia made a visit to Padang
(North Sumatera), Miss Vietnam and Myanmar
to Palembang, Miss Thailand and Philippines
to Makassar, Miss Singapore and Miss Indonesia
to Surabaya.
Planting
Maja Tree
For two days between the (13-14 March),
these Asean beautiful women visited some
tourist attractions in Bali like Tanah Lot,
Goa Gajah and take joint bathing at Alila
Ubud. Previously, they have had the opportunity
to plant Maja (pomelo-like) trees at Hotel
Santika Beach, Kuta.
According to Luh Suciari, MICE & Marketing
Communication Manager of Santika Beach,
the Maja tree signifies unity of the archipelago
famous since the period of the Majapahit
Kingdom. Its administration territory, according
to Suciari, covers the entire Asean region.
“It means that ASEAN is a unity of
nations that highly appreciates the spirit
of fraternity from time immemorial.”
(BTN/013)
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