Which Indonesian celebrities should I feature on AsiaFinest? Options

[Ben]

Which popular Indonesian celebrities should I feature on AsiaFinest and why? Voice your opinion here and you might see them featured on our site. Here's your chance to help support your favorite star!

[sande_van_java]

how about bill saragi the jazz singer from USA but he is pure indonesian, Any one has his biodata or pics.......

[furansizuka]

how about bill saragi the jazz singer from USA but he is pure indonesian, Any one has his biodata or pics.......

Bill Saragih is famous too -thumb I also wanna put Nadya Hutagalung in!

[Aranadhel]

Bill Saragih is famous too -thumb I also wanna put Nadya Hutagalung in!

you everyone you wanna put in... why dont you just stay to your number 1 idol for life, si ag mon itu.... keep it simple.

[furansizuka]

Indonesia has so much awesome artists that we usually have more than 1 favorite. If you feel uneasy about it, you can write your own fave artist here or in malaysian chat. Keep it simple.

This post has been edited by furansizuka: May 16 2006, 08:22 AM

[furansizuka]

After Dian Sastro, let me introduce you to another Indonesian Prominent Star!

NADYA HUTAGALUNG
PART I
Full Name : Nadya Yuti Hutagalung
Occupation : Model, MTV Asia VJ (1995-2000), Actress, TV Presenter
Etnicity : Indonesian (Batak ethnic) – Australian (French)
Place/Birth Date : Sydney, 28 July 1974

Nadya Hutagalung probably is the most recognizable Indonesian beauty. Yes, she was the MTV Asia VJ from Indonesia. This woman comes from West part of Indonesia from an island called Sumatra. She carries Batak heritage and speaks fluently in both English and Indonesian.

Nadya Hutagalung is one of famous Indonesian celebrities who reach her eminence through out South East Asia and Pacific region when she became MTV Asia VJ. She started her career as a model when she was 11 years old after won a model search in Australia and then she became international model. Her face appeared on many famous magazine covers such as Elle, Vogue, etc. When MTV Asia began to broadcast they found Nadya as the best choice to be one of the first VJs of MTV Asia. Her beautiful face, smart spoken and stunning appearance had brought MTV Asia became popular among youths.

Nadya was then touted as one of the most beautiful women according to For Him Magazine international edition, several Singapore magazines where MTV Asia Head Office located, and of course the local magazines in Indonesia. She was also became a brand image of Coca Cola, Frank & Co. and Lux soap. Nadya also appeared as a VJ for MTV Beach on MTV USA, New York in 2000 and played TV drama in Singapore.
In 1999 and 2000 Nadya won Asian Television Awards for Best Host. Indonesian newspaper Bintang listed her as one of top 10 stars on television, and Singapore’s New Paper touted her as Personality of The Year. Asiaweek Magazine wrote her as one of the Asian Trend Makers.

After leaving MTV Asia in 2001 she joined Singapore TV Station MediaWorks as a TV host and actress. Even though she’s became a part of MediaWorks she still excited to host shows in Indonesia such as ‘A Mild Live on TV-Power by Soundbuzz’ and TV drama and active in WWF organization for save orangutan campaign because she believed that was her way to keep connecting with Indonesia. In 2004 when tsunami hit Asian region Nadya hand in hand with charity organization MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) spearheaded a project called ‘Finding Sunshine’ to raise funds for tsunami victims.

PART II
From: Asiaweek Magazine (ed. 1999)
http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/98/0306/cs3.html

TREND MAKERS
NADYA HUTAGALUNG

WHEN MTV BECKONED IN 1995, Nadya Hutagalung came running. Music, travel, hey, this was a job that she could have fun doing. And she has. The 23-year-old video jockey has clearly struck a chord with young audiences in the region. Consider the mushrooming number of Webpages devoted to the Indonesian-Australian (just too many for us to count). She was honored at last year's Asian Television Awards, the Indonesian newspaper Bintang listed her as one of the top 10 stars on television, and Singapore's New Paper voted her the show time personality of the year.

What makes her such a hit? Good looks and a spunky personality help. But the MTV presenter, known almost universally by her first name, reckons there's more to it. "I'm real," she says. "I don't just sit and giggle. What you see is me. If I don't feel like talking one day, then I don't. Other days I might feel like being crazy, throwing papers and stuff. So I do it." Perhaps there's an affinity for limelight in her genes. Raised in a theatrical family in Australia, Nadya was already performing in a local theater company as a child. At age 12, she was headed for Japan in pursuit of a modeling career. Her distinctive looks and vibrant personality brought plenty of work with top international publications -- and a confidence in front of cameras that helped plenty in her television career.
It's tempting to dismiss Nadya as a narcissist or an airhead. She's neither. In fact, the ex-model is something of a greenie. References to the dangers of over-fishing and destruction of coral reef pepper her TV patter. There's a degree of self-interest, of course. The star is a keen diver. Recently, she has even begun to lobby government support for protecting Indonesia's marine reserves (a relative is a member of the legislature). Nadya loves surfing too -- on the Web that is. The self-confessed Nethead is often found on chat-lines. And despite her raver's image, Nadya is definitely house proud. She is a single mother with a four-year-old son, and is happiest searching out art works and other unusual items for her new home in Singapore. A pet snake, for example. "Although I have to find out whether it's legal to keep them here," she hastens to add. Film offers have inevitably made their way to her in-tray. For now "MTV is my priority," she says. But she's dreaming of another way to mix work with play: her own dive center.




Naughty By Nature
Alone and modelling in Tokyo at eleven, a mother at 19 and a new person at 28, Nadya Hutagalung has led a life rivalled only by that of a rollercoaster's


If the quintessential 80s MTV VJ was Noni, then the 90s belonged to Nadya Hutagalung. Still the NS boy's poster-girl, it's hard to pin down her career; she's been a model, VJ, presenter and recently, a stage actress. Hard-livin', hard drinkin' and far away from home in her teen years, Nadya is the bad girl survivor. Now a mother of two, Tyrone, 10, and Fynn, 10 months, she has definitely mellowed. Fellow thespian Lim Yu Beng, catches up with Nadya, still grinning from the fact that he’s seen her do a striptease for the stage production, Closer.
More on Newman Magazine: http://www.newman.com.sg/issue/11/celebrity_nadya.html