Sonia Fergina Citra
Early life and education
Citra was born in Tanjung Pandan, Bangka Belitung province, to a Chinese Indonesian father Ken Prayoga and British mother, Fransiska Evelin Burtnor. on the province of Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia. She is the youngest of six siblings. She does Muay Thai, taekwondo and capoeira.
Citra began her modelling career in 2005, through the selection of Bangka Belitung Youth Model Faces. Prior to joining pageantry, she worked as a Digital Marketing Manager for a national distributor company in Jakarta. Sonia decided to make a breakthrough to follow her childhood dream, which is to represent her country on an international level through beauty pageant.
Citra holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia. She is currently finishing her master's degree in business management from PPM School of Management. On 20 November 2021, Citra married Yoanes Naftalianto.
Advocacy and issues
Citra is active in various social causes associated with the organization “Diberi Untuk Memberi” (Accepting for Giving). She helps in providing free food to earthquake victims, school renovation and education assistance. Sonia is also involved in environmental conservation activities related to coral reef adoption at Tanjung Kelayang Beach, Belitung.
Since her crowning, Citra has advocated for HIV awareness, Breast cancer and Cervical cancer, and also creating mental healing for the children and victims of natural calamities and disaster in Palu and Lombok.
On November 21, 2018, Citra shared her appearance together with NCCC Indonesia (National Cervical Cancer Coalition of Indonesia) at national congress Duta Kanker Serviks - Jakarta for Indonesia Cervical Cancer Day. She also worked together with local NGO called Nara Creative to create #BeDiverseBeTolerant notebook, filled with her biodiversity family background and how she survived bullying at school.
Pageantry
Puteri Indonesia 2018
On March 9, 2018, Citra represented Bangka Belitung province and won Puteri Indonesia 2018, in which she was crowned the winner. at the Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta. She was crowned by her predecessor, Bunga Jelitha of Jakarta SCR.
The runner-ups were Vania Fitryanti (as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2018) and Wilda Octaviana (as Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2018).
Miss Universe 2018
On December 17, 2018, Citra represented Indonesia at Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand, and reached the top 20, against 74 contestants. Citra is the sixth Indonesian Miss Universe semifinalist in history since Artika Sari Devi (from Bangka Belitung) first made it to the semifinals in 2005. During the contest, Citra gave a speech in the opening statements, in which the top 20 semifinalists shared a statement on how they wanted the world to know them as a person. She said:
Being raised with a family from four different religions, and seeing there are many cultural differences and also religion intolerance and gender inequality have been the cause of the trouble in Indonesia and also persecution. This inspired me to do a campaign called Be Diverse, Be Tolerant to encourage all the people to embrace the differences and respect for others.
Gallery
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Citra (in orange gown) presenting an Indonesian Broadcasting Commission event - "Anugerah KPI 2019" on 9 December 2019.
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Citra during her homecoming to Bangka Belitung Islands on 19 March 2018.
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Citra (second from right) Homecoming in Bangka Belitung Islands with Indonesian Child Protection Commission on 19 March 2018
See also
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