Imelda Fransisca

Imelda Fransisca (born 24 September 1982 in Bogor, West Java)^[1] was the first Miss Indonesia in 2005. She went on to compete in the Miss ASEAN 2005 pageant, where she was the first runner up.^[2]

Imelda Fransisca
Born	(1982-09-24) 24 September 1982 (age 42) Bogor, Indonesia
Education	Ohio State University, U.S.
Occupation	Psychologist
Spouse	Norman Edward Sebastian ​ ​ (m. 2007)​
Beauty pageant titleholder
Years active	2005–2006 (as Miss Indonesia 2005)
Major competition(s)	Miss Indonesia 2005

She also wrote a motivational book titled You Can Be Anything and Make Changes (2006) where she discussed abuse she suffered as a child in Singapore. Her only "friend" during that ordeal became food, and she became somewhat overweight, but later lost the weight due to anorexia.^[1][3] She attended college at Ohio State University in the United States and graduated in 2004.^[1]

After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Fransisca accompanied Miss World 2004, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Eric Tsang, and Jackie Chan to visit hard hit areas of Sumatra.^[4]