Sumi Hakim

Sumiaty "Sumi" Hakim (born 26 March 1944) is an Indonesian fashion designer and former model. She was a co-founder of The Professional Group, a modeling agency known for introducing cutting-edge fashion designs in the 1970s.

Career In 1962, Hakim was crowned the Queen of Vespa in Indonesia. She was represented by Indonesia Model Agency (IMA), one of Indonesia's first modeling agencies.

Hakim went on to form a new modeling agency, The Professional Group, with actresses Rima Melati and Gaby Mambo,

In 1973, she traveled with Melati and Emilia Contessa to the Netherlands for a month-long show sponsored by Pertamina.

Later career In August 2008, Sumi Hakim's fashion designs were featured in a charity fashion show, in which senior models including Rima Melati, Enny Soekamto, and Sherly Parengkuan returned to the catwalk.

In 2016, Hakim was invited to the Indonesia Vespa World Days, which coincided with the 70th anniversary of Vespa. During the festival, Hakim revealed that she had ridden a Vespa scooter for the first time only three days before winning the 1962 competition which helped to launch her career.