Anindya Kusuma

Early life and career Anindya was born and raised in Semarang and graduated in 2016 as Bachelor of Engineering from Urban and Regional Planning at Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia. Previously, she was President of the AIESEC International Youth Organization at her university and did social projects. In 2008, she won the title of Gadis Sampul 2008. In 2011, she placed as the 1st Runner-up of Puteri Indonesia Central Java 2011 where Maria Selena won the title and was later crowned as the Puteri Indonesia 2011. She represented Indonesia at The 41st Ship for South East Asian and Japanese Youth Program in 2014 and was selected as chairwoman for Sub-Committee of Solidarity Group. In 2015 she returned to compete at the same pageant and won. She represented her province at the 19th annual Puteri Indonesia 2015 pageant and became the winner. Eleven months after her win, she represented Indonesia at the 64th Miss Universe competition, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Following the Miss Universe, Anindya worked as the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia in 2017–2018. She resigned from her role in the Ministry after she got accepted in a INTO World Education Centre University in London - Great Britain and finished her second Bachelor Degree of Business of Administration in August 2019.

Pageantry Puteri Indonesia 2015 Anindya is the third woman from Central Java to win Puteri Indonesia after Agni Pratistha in 2006 and Maria Selena in 2011. Anindya was crowned as the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2015 on February 20, 2015, at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta. The runners-up were Chintya Fabyola of West Kalimantan and Gresya Amanda Maaliwuga of North Sulawesi. Altogether, thirty seven ladies from 33 provinces competed at the 19th Puteri Indonesia 2015 pageant. Paulina Vega, Miss Universe 2014 attended the event and accompanied Anindya in her victory walk.

Miss Universe 2015 As Puteri Indonesia 2015, Anindya competed at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant where she placed in the top fifteen. Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines won the title of Miss Universe 2015.

After the competition, she has successfully organized and hosted the Miss Universe 2015 reunion in Indonesia twice (2018 and 2019).

Filmography Anindya has appeared in several movies. She has acted in the cinema box-office film.

Movies Year Title Genre Role Film Production Ref. 2014 Ku Kejar Cinta Ke Negeri Cina Comedy, Drama, Romance as Receptionist 2018 Sultan Agung: Tahta, Perjuangan, Cinta Action, Drama, History as Ratu Batang or Sultan Agung Princess Hanung Bramantyo

Television programmes Year Title Genre Role TV Production Ref. 2015–2018 Jejak Petualang adventure Herself Trans7 2018–present My Trip My Adventure adventure Herself Trans TV