This is a list of Indonesia's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four beauty pageants. The country has placed 31 times and won once:
Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. The Wall Street Journal, BBC News, CNN, Xinhua News Agency, and global news agencies such as Reuters and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.
The Indonesian franchise holders of the four major beauty pageants are the following:
Indonesia's representatives to Miss Universe from 1974 to 1977, 1980, and 1982 to 1983 were selected by the Ratu Indonesia Organization. In 1995, Puteri Indonesia acquired the license. In February 2023, Miss Universe Indonesia took over the license to select the country's representative for Miss Universe. On 12 August 2023, the Miss Universe Organization officially terminated its franchise contract with PT Capella Swastika Karya, following a sexual abuse scandal involving Miss Universe Indonesia 2023 event.
Indonesia's representatives to Miss International in 1960, 1968 to 1970, and 1974 to 1977 were selected by the Puteri Remaja Indonesia Organization. In 2007, Puteri Indonesia took over the license.
Indonesia's representatives to Miss World in 1982 and 1983 were selected by the Ratu Indonesia Organization. In 2005, Puteri Indonesia acquired the license, but in 2006, Miss Indonesia was established and took over sending its winner to the Miss World pageant.
In 2007, Miss Earth Indonesia was established, sending its winners to the Miss Earth pageant. In 2022, Putri Nusantara acquired the license and select one of its winners as Miss Earth Indonesia.
Indonesia had its first Big Four placement in 1977 with Indri Hapsari Soeharto, who crowned as 2nd runner-up of Miss International 1977. This was Indonesia's highest placement in any of the Big Four pageants until 2015, when Maria Harfanti also ended up as the 2nd runner-up at Miss World 2015. It was surpassed in 2017, when Kevin Lilliana won Miss International 2017, being Indonesia's highest placement and its only victory so far.
At Miss Universe, Indonesia placed as one of the semi-finalists from 2013 to 2020, except in 2017. Indonesia has consistently placed at Miss World since 2011, holding the current longest ongoing placement streak by a country. It also won the Beauty With A Purpose award consecutively from 2014 to 2017, a feat no other country has achieved. Notably, Indonesia tops the list with six wins, including 2011 and 2025, surpassing India.
In 2021, Indonesia finally got its first Miss Earth placement by Monica Fransisca Antoinette Khonado, after participating for 17 years.
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