Miss Tourism and Culture Universe 2019 held its grand coronation night on 31st August 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar where Olivia Gunawan of Indonesia was crowned the new queen. She bested nineteen other ladies to win the international crown. Olivia will now enjoy a year of her reign, fulfilling her responsibilities associated with the title.
She took to her social media to reveal her emotions in a post captioned, “I can't believe it! This is the first time for me to join an international competition and represent my beautiful country Indonesia. I felt insecure because there was no experience in international pageant as others. Here again I would like to say a thousand thanks to my parents and family, the government of Banyuwangi Regency, Banyuwangi Disbubpqr, MM Indonesia org. I want to say one more time Thank you very much. And thank you for the MMTCU Organization to trust me Olivia Gunawan as Miss Tourism and Culture Universe 2019.” The newly crowned queen’s court included –
1st Runner up - Roxanne Baeyens, Philippines
2nd Runner up - Wenanita Augang, Malaysia
3rd Runner up - Audrey Wafack, Cameroon
4th Runner up -Milissa Grande, Canada
5th Runner up - Sonia Ait Mansour, France
(Photo Credits: Olivia Gunawan Instagram)
From the ladies who participated in the contest for all over the world, the twelve who moved forward at the coronation were Olivia Gunawan from Indonesia, Mari Angeli Magbanua from Saudi Arabia-Filipino community, Rakana Kitajima from Japan, Zheng Yanting from China, Evelyn from Myanmar, Wenanita Wences Augang from Malaysia, Ngo Thi Ngou Hue from Vietnam, Sonia Ait Mansour from France, Audrey Cinthya Nguefack Wafack from Cameroon, Ma. Anna Milissa Grande from Canada, Kanokporn Payungvong from Thailand and Roxanne Allison from Philippines.
Congratulations to the newly crowned queen!