Puteri Indonesia 2020 will host its 24th edition of Puteri Indonesia pageant on March 6th 2020 in Jakarta. 39 delegates from across Indonesia will compete for the title where Frederika Alexis Cull, Puteri Indonesia 2019 will crown her successor at the end of the pageant. Winner of this pageant will represent Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2020 pageant later this year whereas the first and second runner-up will represent Indonesia at the Miss International 2020 and Miss Supranational 2020 pageant respectively.
Yoan Clara Teken from Banda Neira has been appointed as the official representative of the province Maluku at Puetri Indonesia 2020. Yoan is 25-years-old and stands 177cm tall with a degree in General Medicine from First Moscow State Medical University. Yoan was the first Indonesian general practitioner graduate from the city of Moscow. She currently works as professional doctor and a model.
Yoan is not new to the pageantry world as she had previously participated and won the title of Jujaro Ambon in 2019 (ambassador for Ambon City Tourism). She has also worked and walked on stage for some of the renowned designers and photographers. The diva has also judged modelling competition “201 Model Top Elections and Sons of Men and Women Weaving”.
Yoan returned to Indonesia to work towards raising awareness among the children of Indonesia to pursue medical as a career. Yoan also explains that being a doctor and a model at the same time, she often gets a question that what she wants to be; doctor or model? To which the doctor-model says that being a doctor is her profession and modelling is her passion and she is blessed that both her profession and passion brings happiness to her and she can create a balance between two.
Yoan is a very keen advocate of self-acceptance and self-love as she feels that beauty shouldn’t be stereotyped in any way because it can influence the self-confidence of an individual. She is strictly against body-shaming and wants to raise awareness among the youth about the same. She wants the people especially the ones in Indonesia to accept themselves as they are and not what others want them to be. She believes that everyone is beautiful and have their own journey which what makes everyone unique. She has successfully collaborated with several agencies, communities and even collaborated with the Governor as the Maluku PARENTING AMBASSADOR.
Yoan is extremely honoured that she has an opportunity to represent her province at Puetri Indonesia 2020 and if she wins, she will earn an opportunity to represent Indonesia at Miss Universe 2020. She is very close to her culture, values and traditions and is all set to showcase it onstage. She is one of the strong contenders for the title as she is very focused towards winning. Yoan is extremely compassionate towards others and has great persuasive communication skills that can come in handy during the competition.