Qory Sandioriva

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Birth name: Qory Sandioriva
Birthdate: August 17, 1991 (1991-08-17) (age 18)
Birthplace: Jakarta, Indonesia
Height: 173 cm (5'8")
Eye: color brown
Hair: color black
Title(s): Puteri Indonesia 2009 automatically titled as Miss Indonesia Universe 2010
Major competition(s): Puteri Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Puteri Indonesia 2009 (winner),
Miss Universe 2010

BIOGRAPHY:

Sandioriva was born in Jakarta to a Sundanese father and an Acehnese mother. She attended the Al-Azhar School for her elementary and secondary education. During high school, Sandioriva joined the Pencak Silat and choir team of her school and won a choir competition. She is currently studying at the University of Indonesia majoring in French literature.

Her participation in Puteri Indonesia 2009 was controversial because she was representing the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, a conservative Muslim province ruled by Sharia Law. Past representatives of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam had always worn a headscarf, but Sandioriva did not. Sandioriva later explained that despite not wearing a headscarf, she still upheld traditional values and morals - just like the Acehnese heroine she admired, Cut Nyak Dien