
Indonesia winning the Miss World crown is not a question of how but when. The successive 2nd runner-up placements indicateĀ that the country will soon win its first ever major international crown. The strong performances ofĀ Maria Harfanti in Sanya andĀ Natasha Mannuela in Maryland has elevated Indonesiaās status at the Miss World pageant.
However, the fact that Indonesia has hosted the pageant in 2013 and is planning to host it again in the near future, is obscuring the true strength of Indonesiaās Miss World contestants. After all, Miss World is pretty much generous to those countries that are willingĀ to stage the pageant. It also doesnāt help that in both pageants where Indonesia placed so high,Ā Liliana Tanoesoedibjo, owner and National Director of Miss Indonesia, was sitting as one of the judges.
