Farhana Nariswari

Farhana Nariswari Wisandana (; born 28 May 1996) is an Indonesian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Puteri Indonesia 2023. She represented Indonesia at Miss International 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

Early life and education

Farhana Nariswari Wisandana was born on 28 May 1996 in the city of Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. Nariswari is the eldest daughter of two children from her father Wisandana Sanudi, a former West Java provincial government employee of Sundanese descent and a mother of Minangkabau descent from Solok City, West Sumatra. Her sister, Rabita Madina from the Gadjah Mada University, was the winner of the Student Achievement Election (PILMAPRES) in 2020.

Growing up in the city of Bandung, Nariswari completed her high school education from Taruna Bakti High School in 2013. After graduating, she took part in the AFS Italy Exchange Program from Liceo Scientifico D'Alessandro located in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Sicily region, Italy for one year (2013—2014). In 2020, Nariswari completed her undergraduate education by earning a Bachelor of Medicine (S.Ked.) at the Faculty of Medicine from Padjadjaran University in city of Bandung, West Java.

Career

In 2018, Nariswari took part in the Asian Medical Students Association (AMSA) Indonesia National Debate Championship competition, where in this competition she managed to win an award in the Top 5 for Best Speaker. In the same year, she was selected as a Clinical Internship in the Neurology Department of the Sapienza University of Rome in Rome, Italy. One year later, Nariswari was elected as one of the delegates to the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) at the United Nations Commission on Population and Development in New York City, United States. The event was held with the aim of promoting world peace and global prosperity through dialogue, cooperation and understanding between countries around the world as part of the 2023 Vesak Day celebrations in Indonesia.

In June 2023, Nariswari returned to the United States to be a participant in the Global Health Systems Summer Institute of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Pageantry

Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat 2022 In 2022, Nariswari competed at Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat regional pageants and got the title 1st Runner-up.

Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat 1 2023 In 2023, Nariswari joined the national audition to get the title of Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat 2023 at Jakarta, when finally she was selected as Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat 1 2023 and represented her province at Puteri Indonesia 2023. Her fellow contestant Salma Maulina Wijaya won the public vote and got the sash Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat 2 2023.

Nariswari when crowned as the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2023 by her predecessor Laksmi De-Neefe Suardana and Putri Kuswisnu Wardani as Chair of the Puteri Indonesia Foundation, on 19 May 2023. Puteri Indonesia 2023 Nariswari represented Jawa Barat 1 at Puteri Indonesia 2023 held at the Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 19 May 2023.

During the finale, Nariswari was asked by Putri Kuswisnu Wardani the perception between doing something good and doing something right. She answered:

At the end of the coronation night, Nariswari successfully won the title, being the first West Java representative to win Puteri Indonesia. She was crowned as Puteri Indonesia 2023 by the outgoing titleholder, Laksmi Shari De-Neefe Suardana of Bali. Farhana was crowned along with her fellow Puteri Indonesia queens, Yasinta Aurellia and Lulu Zaharani Krisna Widodo.

Miss International 2023 As the main winner of Puteri Indonesia 2023, Nariswari represented Indonesia at Miss International 2023 in Tokyo, Japan, on 26 October 2023. Despite unsuccessfully earning placement spot for Indonesia, she won "Best in Evening Gown" award.

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