Location Badung Regency

Pura Luhur at Uluwatu

Badung is a regency (kabupaten) of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 418.52 km² and population of 543,332 (2010 Census) and a density of 1,293.37 per square kilometer.^[1] It has undergone a population boom in the last decade, and has grown into the largest of the suburban regions of Greater Denpasar. It covers Bali's most heavy touristic regions, including Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Jimbaran, Nusa Dua, Canggu, Uluwatu, Badung, and Mengwi. The northern part of the regency is relatively unpopulated, and the part near the coast and west of Denpasar from Jimbaran and up to Canggu is heavily populated. Its regency seat is Mengwi. Ngurah Rai International Airport is located within the Regency.

Administration[link]

It is administrated into 6 kecamatan (districts), Kuta South, Kuta, Kuta North, Mengwi, Abiansemal, and Petang. It is further subdivided into kelurahan/desa or subdistricts/villages.

Breeding Center[link]

On November 8, 2011 a breeding center for the endangered Bali starling was officially inaugurated in Sibang, Badung Regency inside the Green School area with initial 73 starlings. 20 of the birds came from various zoos in Europe, another 3 came from Jurong Bird Park in Singapore, and the other were already at the breeding center. If the breeding program gets success, some of them will be released into the wild, 4 of the breeding stock to Koelner Zoo and 3 to Jurong Bird Park. There were currently about 500 birds throughout Bali, 287 of them in bredding centers.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• South Bali travel guide from Wikitravel
• Map of Badung Regency

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• (Indonesian) Official site

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Coordinates: 8°35′S 115°11′E / 8.583°S 115.183°E / -8.583; 115.183

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Nadine Chandrawinata (born May 8, 1984) was Puteri Indonesia (Miss Indonesia Universe) or literally as Princess Of Indonesia 2005, and a delegate representing Indonesia in the 2006 Miss Universe Pageant. She was the second Miss Indonesia Universe to participate in the pageant (preceded by Artika Sari Devi) after a long hiatus in 1996. Her mother is German and her father is Chinese Indonesian. She has two siblings, twins Marcel and Mischa, who are also models and actors. She measures 174 cm (5 feet 8 inches) in height and 122 lb (60 kg) in weight.^[2]

Mixed reactions[link]

Despite her stunning beauty and modelesque figure, many doubted her public speaking ability since she stuttered a lot during interviews. She has also repeatedly used incorrect words from time to time.^{[citation needed]} Her English is limited, which was made obvious in an interview published in the Miss Universe 2006 website. For subsequent question and answer sessions, she used a translator.^{[citation needed]}

She was born in Hannover, Germany and her family relocated to Jakarta when she was 3 years old. She is pursuing her studies at the London School of Public Relations in Jakarta.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy[link]

On July 19, 2006, Nadine was reported to the police by the Islamic Front Defenders (Front Pembela Islam) for her involvement in the 2006 Miss Universe Pageant.^[3] She was accused of breaking the Code of Law 281, edict number 02/U/1984, regarding Cultural and Educational conducts. Indonesian law forbids any kind of involvement in beauty pageants and considers such an indecency. Nadine was one of several people who were reported for this misdemeanor, and others included Miss Indonesia 2004 Artika Sari Devi and the Miss Indonesia Foundation.^[4] The issue, however, seemed to have fizzled down over time and nothing ever came to fruition. According to a Miss Universe 2006 interview, she considers Mother Teresa her idol and wants to work for UNICEF in the future.^{[citation needed]} Despite all the controversy, she attained runner up position for National Costume thanks to Anne Avantie who designed kebaya Kencono Wungu. And because of her warm personality, she also got runner up position for Miss Congeniality.

Career[link]

She starred in an Indonesian drama movie, Reality, Love, and Rock'N Roll, with fellow actor Herjunot Ali, who happens to be Agni Pratistha's boyfriend. She was an F1 ambassador for the 2006 Petronas Malaysian F1 Grand Prix. She is also a commercial star of Kiranti.^[5]

Tourism Ambassador[link]

In July 14, 2011 Nadine Chandrawinata was promoted as Keke Bainena Mamuju (Miss Mamuju) for promoting Mamuju Regency Tourism Industry. She was chosen due to her integrity and no negative issues during her run as Miss Indonesia.^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Close up interview at Miss Universe official website
• Profile at missosology.org
• imdb profile
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• Nadia Chandrawinata - Puteri Indonesia 2005

Preceded by Artika Sari Devi

Puteri Indonesia 2005

Succeeded by Agni Pratistha