Kerenina Sunny Halim

Kerenina Sunny Halim (also spelled Karenina; born in Jakarta, 13 June 1986) is an Indonesian-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Indonesia (DKI Jakarta) 2009. She represented Indonesia at the Miss World 2009 in South Africa in November–December the same year.

Early life and education Halim is of mixed descent, her mother is from Montana, United States and her father from Bandung, Indonesia. She is the fourth of six children. Both her parents were members of the controversial religious group The Family International.

Halim attended a Christian boarding school from grade school until her senior high school graduation, and in her teen years actively participated in several humanitarian projects throughout the Indonesian archipelago. By the age of 22, Halim had received long-distance certificates in Marketing, Childhood Psychology and Teaching, Home Economics, and Contemporary Arts, all of which were issued by the Christian Vocational Academy, a long-distance learning institution.

In her last year of high school, Halim completed a performing arts course while she lived in Denpasar, Bali. She performed with a modern contemporary arts dance troupe which participated in several competitions, and attained first place in the Jakarta Arts festival 2001. In addition, she also took a music course in drums, and attended vocals lessons. During her first year of college, she spent a year in India, where she helped to set up a school for deaf children. She also played an active role in consolidating women's rights in the women's correctional institute in New Delhi.

Early career and modelling At the age of 21, she moved out on her own and began to work independently, teaching for the next two years on subjects such a character building and child psychology at a grade school in Jakarta, Sekolah Mentari.

Halim is co-founder and partner of OYA Clinics Indonesia, a Medical and Healthcare Clinic located in Taman Sari Semanggi, South Jakarta and operating under the medical license of Yayasan Rumah Sakit MH Thamrin.

Halim is also co-founder of Yayasan Let's Share Indonesia, a charitable organisation founded in 2014. Yayasan Let's Share is based in Jakarta, Indonesia focused on providing education and healthcare throughout Indonesia. an initiative using Art for Charity, to fund education fees and scholarships for orphaned and street children throughout Jakarta. This project was established by Halim and her partner in 2017, which then went on to fund the building of a kindergarten school in west Sumba called Sekolah PAUD Melati I, in conjunction with Happy Hearts Foundation and Yayasan Putra Peduli. The school was launched and remains in operation since its official opening in January 2019.

Halim became a member of Bengkel Crossfit in January 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and competed in her first International competition, Crossfit Open, in April 2018, although she didn't finish due to a back injury she placed 14th overall for Woman's Scaled Category for the country of Indonesia. Later in the year, Halim participated in the yearly Regionals competition called the Crossfit Wod-off in September 2018. Halim competed in the Teams category and got 16th place. Halim also competed in the Annual JIS Crossfit Competition for Charity, this time she placed 6th in the Teams Category.

Achievements in Miss World 2009 Beauty with a purpose, she was placed in the top 5 Miss Talent, she placed in top 10. Beach beauty, she became first Indonesian delegates in Miss World called as semifinalist and placed in top 12.