TEMPO.CO , Jakarta - Putri Indonesia 2018, S onia Fergina Citra , sedang berjuang di ajang Miss Universe 2018 di Bangkok, Thailand. Beberapa rangkaian penilaian dan acara mulai dijalani gadis berusia 25 tahun ini. Tentunya ada busana-busana yang digunakan di panggung yang menarik perhatian, seperti sesi kostum nasional dan gaun malam. Namun, busana kasual Sonia Fergina Citra juga selalu terlihat modis selama ajang Miss Universe 2018. Berikut adalah beberapa busana kasual Sonia Fergina Citra yang selalu terlihat modis dan elegan. Artikel lain: Okenya Kostum Nasional Sonia Fergina Citra di Miss Universe 2018 Cara Putri Indonesia Sonia Fergina Citra Jaga Kesehatan Kulitnya # Formal kasual Sonia tidak hanya menggunakan gaun formal untuk tampil di panggung. Saat menghadiri acara peluncuran buku Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova, ‘I Am Winning’, Sonia terlihat elegan menggunakan gaun berwarna krem. Gaun dari Natalia Kiantoro ini membuat penampilannya terlihat formal, namun masih cocok digunakan untuk acara yang kasual.
Miss Indonesia Sonia Fergina Citra berpose dalam rangkaian kegiatan Miss Universe 2018 di Bangkok, Thailand, Kamis, 4 Desember 2018.Instagram.com/@Soniafergina # Tenun Sebagai perwakilan dari Indonesia di ajang Miss Universe 2018, Sonia tentunya tidak lupa untuk menggunakan busana dengan kain tradisional Indonesia. Sonia terlihat elegan menggunakan busana tenun dari Defrico Audy. Penampilannya dengan busana tenun ini menonjol dari busananya yang lain. Miss Indonesia Sonia Fergina Citra saat babak awal Miss Universe 2018 di Bangkok, Thailand, Kamis, 13 Desember 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha # Gaun bunga Motif bunga juga membuat penampilan Sonia terlihat lebih feminin namun tetap kasual. Sonia beberapa kali terlihat menggunakan gaun dengan motif bunga, salah satunya saat menggunakan gaun dari Tommy Pancamurti. Motif ini membuat busana kasual terlihat lebih mewah dan elegan. Baca juga: Momen Seru di Miss Universe 2018, Plank Sambil Sebut Nama Negara # Blazer “Berpakaian dengan baik adalah bentuk rasa hormat pada diri sendiri dan untuk alasan itu, saya menaikkan level tampilan biasa saya dengan blazer super chic ini dari Prine,” tulis Sonia di Instagram. Walaupun jarang terlihat menggunakan blazer, Sonia berhasil membuat penampilan kasualnya menjadi lebih elegan dengan blazer berwarna putih dengan garis hitam yang unik.
Carrying a bold message of inclusion, transgender rights and a sharp rebuke to US President Donald Trump, Miss Spain's Angela Ponce is blazing a trail as the first transgender contestant in Miss Universe's 66-year history.The willowy beauty is making history since the pageant reversed a longstanding policy in 2012 that participants must be "naturally born" women.Explaining her broad appeal the plain-speaking 27-year-old says "who hasn't suffered from prejudice? Who hasn't had to deal with bullying?"Outside the walls of Miss Universe the transgender community continues to be marginalised and misunderstood, with high rates of suicide.A leaked White House report said President Trump's administration is considering pushing changes to the law to define gender by biological traits at birth, while trying to block transgender people from military service.Ponce is defiant about how to respond to Trump, a former owner of Miss Universe, and others who would try to box her in by physical traits."I always say: having a vagina didn't transform me into a woman. I am a woman, already before birth, because my identity is here," she told AFP, gesturing to her head.She also took issue with the classification of trans people by large sections of society based on prejudice and narrow assessments of gender."Outsiders say what I can and cannot do, what I am and what I am not,'" Ponce said, noting, "No, I'm sorry. To be a woman is your identity. It doesn't matter if you are white, black, if you have a vagina... if you have a penis."Ponce, who works with a foundation in Spain helping children struggling with stigma linked to being trans, is aware of the visibility she brings to the Miss Universe platform.Her performance has drawn praise, from her portrayal of a flamenco dancer during the national costume portion of the competition to her strut down the runway in a shimmery mermaid-like gown in the evening dress category."You can empower yourself like I have and turn something negative into your biggest strength," she said, adding, "Children are born without prejudices and I think that if we talk to them about diversity from a young age... we can create a new generation of human beings who are raised a lot better, more tolerant and respectful."This year's event, which critics say was a throwback to stereotypes of the the pre #MeToo era, largely preached a message of inclusivity. It boasted an all-women panel of judges made up of business leaders and former Miss Universe titleholders.But gaffes still abounded -- Miss USA Sarah Rose Summers got in hot water for appearing to mock the contestants from Vietnam and Cambodia on social media for not being able to speak English. She has since posted an apology on instagram, saying she did not "intend to hurt" her fellow competitors.Monday's event saw last year's winner Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa crown her successor, Ms Philippines, among 94 countries in a live televised event hosted by American comic turned TV host Steve Harvey and supermodel Ashley Graham.(With AFP Relaxnews inputs)
The 2018 Miss Universe pageant will premiere Sunday evening and will be hosted by American Supermodel Ashley Graham. The model, who is categorized as plus size, is vocal about inclusion and body positivity.
Graham has been seen on television before as a judge on America’s Next Top Model (ANTM). She’ll enter the series hosting arena with the premiere of Season 2 of American Beauty Star, which is scheduled to premiere January 2.
The model explained her hosting inspiration came from none other than her ANTM co-worker Tyra Banks. “I wanted to embody her spirit in American Beauty Star and I wanted to walk in with a little bit of my Tyra-isms,” Graham told The Hollywood Reporter. “Walking in with the intention each day of who I am and what I want to portray in the show really helped. Tyra has been such an incredible mentor to me ever since I met her.”
Along with her television appearances, Graham made her way to the public eye by her successful modeling career. She’s been seen on the covers of American Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and even the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover. For her successes, Graham thinks it was Vogue that truly made her.
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“I looked at the stylist and I was like, "These shorts are custom Prada?" I have never had custom anything from Prada in my entire life!” she said of the cover shoot. “And, at that point, I don't even think I owned anything Prada yet. And in that moment, I thought, "I have made it. I am officially a fashion girl." But I still don't fit into half of the fashion clothes, so we still have got to fix that!”
Graham is also an author. She released her first book “A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty and Power Really Look Like” in 2017. The book follows Graham’s life in modeling, as well as the challenge of acceptance in beauty standards throughout America.
The Miss Universe pageant is not without controversy this year. Miss USA, Sarah Rose Summers, caught fire for commenting on two of her competitors lack of English communication. She said Miss Vietnam is “so cute and she pretends to know so much English and then you ask her a question after having a whole conversation with her and she (nods and smiles)."
Summers later apologized for the comments. “In a moment where I intended to admire the courage of a few of my sisters, I said something that I now realize can be perceived as not respectful, and I apologize," she said, CNN reported Saturday.
