The grand coronation night of Puteri Indonesia Se Kalimantan 2018 culminated into the crowning of Episcia Puspita Lautt as Puteri Indonesia Kalimantan Tengah 2018. She will now represent Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan) in Puteri Indonesia 2018.
Episcia Puspita Lautt is 23 years of age and stands tall at 170 cm. Born in Palangkaraya, she is often called Cia by her friends and family with love. She has done her studies from Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri. Episcia has served her nation when she worked for Ministry of Interior. She has been part of pageantry world since 2011 when she participated in Putri Pariwisata Kota Palangkaraya and was the 1st runner-up there. She strongly believes that “Don’t stop to learn because learning never knows how old you are.”
After her win, Episcia couldn’t hold her excitement and expressed her happy feelings on her official Facebook –
“Thank you for your blessing, prayer and support. Thanks to the foundation of Indonesia and the queen's jewels who have entrusted me to be the Puteri of Indonesia Central Borneo 2018. I request for the prayers and blessings of the people of central Kalimantan for the race of Puteri Indonesia 2018 in Jakarta in March, I will give you the best of myself making the name of central Kalimantan shine.”
See her crowning moment here -
Terimakasih kepada Yayasan Puteri Indonesia dan Mustika Ratu yang telah mempercayakan saya sebagai Puteri Indonesia Kalimantan Tengah 2018, saya bersyukur kepada Tuhan atas berkat yang selalu diberikan kepada saya, semua tidak lepas dari dukungan Orang Tua, Keluarga, Rekan-Rekan Purna Praja IPDN angkatan XXIII, kerabat dan semua yang mendukung saya, saya ucapkan terimakasih banyak. Selamat juga kepada Runner Up I @susanyuliana dan Runner Up II @eunikee__ kepada Juara Harapan 1 @fegma.akemi dan Juara Harapan II @thisia.halijam semoga kita tetap kompak, saling mendukung dan bisa membawa nama Kalteng dengan baik kedepannya. Semuanya bukan tentang menang dan kalah, proses yang kita lalui bukan hal yang mudah, tetap berdoa dan berusaha, Tuhan sudah mengatur semuanya bagi kita. Setiap waktu ada orangnya, setiap orang ada waktunya. Saya mohon doa dan dukungannya untuk Pemilihan Puteri Indonesia 2018????
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The other finalists in Top 3 were –
1st runner-up – Eunike Muliana
2nd runner-up – Susan Yuliana