Agni Pratistha

Agni Pratistha
Kuswardono in 2007
Born	Agni Pratistha Arkadewi Kuswardono 8 December 1987 Canberra, Australia
Alma mater	Bina Nusantara University
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse	Ryan Anthony Monoarfa ​ ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	3
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Puteri Indonesia 2006 Miss Universe Indonesia 2007
Hair color	black
Eye color	brown
Major competition(s)	Puteri Indonesia 2006 (Winner) Miss Universe 2007 (Best National Costume)

Agni Pratistha Arkadewi Kuswardono (born 8 December 1987) is an Indonesian actress, graphic designer and beauty pageant titleholder who was the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2006 (Miss Universe Indonesia), she represented Indonesia in the Miss Universe 2007 pageant held in Mexico City, Mexico in May 2007, where she won her Best National Costume award.

Personal life

Kuswardono was born in Canberra, Australia to Javanese parents, her sister is actress, Sigi Wimala. In 2004, she settled at Jakarta, Indonesia. Her full name "Agni Pratistha" means invocation of the God of fire was inspired by the Hindu rituals, the name "Agni" means God of Fire in Sanskrit whereas "Pratistha" means invocation. She holds a bachelor degree in graphic design from the Bina Nusantara University in Jakarta, Indonesia, after graduated she worked at CosmoGirl Indonesia as an Executive Editor from 2007 to 2012.

On 17 June 2013, Kuswardono married Ryan Anthony Monoarfa in Las Vegas, United States. The wedding reception was held on 14 December 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. They have three children. Kuswardono and her husband founded Chubby Max cookies and Ark Motion Images.

Pageantry

Puteri Indonesia 2006

Representing her province Central Java, Kuswardono was crowned Puteri Indonesia 2006 at the finals held at the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, on 25 August 2006 by the outgoing titleholder of Puteri Indonesia 2005, Nadine Chandrawinata of Jakarta SCR. She was crowned together with Rahma Landy Sjahruddin from Jakarta SCR who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan at the end of the event.

Miss Universe 2007

As Indonesia's representative in the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, Kuswardono travelled to Mexico City, Mexico in end of April to participate in the four weeks of quarantine events, rehearsals and preliminary competitions with the other seventy-seven delegates.

At the final, Kuswardono's Dayak inspired costume ended won Best National Costume award for the first time for Indonesia.

Filmography

As an actress, Kuswardono appeared on several films. Kuswardono started her foray into acting in 2004, starred on Mengejar Matahari (Chasing the Sun), which was shown in the 2005 International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2018, Agni starred in leading role in all three omnibus episodes of Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: The Journey (The Sea, Hekishu, and Variable No.3), directed by Japan's Daichi Matsunaga, Indonesia's Edwin and China's Degena Yun. The film was co-produced by Tokyo International Film Festival and Japan Foundation Asian Center, a part of biannual Asian Three-Fold Mirror Project. It had its world premiere at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival on October 26, 2018.

Movies

Awards and nomination

Kuswardono received the Model Star Award for her contribution to Indonesian modelling and acting at the 2012 Asia Model Festival Awards in Seoul, South Korea.

See also

• Puteri Indonesia
• Miss Universe
• Miss Universe 2007
• Rahma Landy Sjahruddin