2 Miss Universe Indonesia Finalists Reveal Chronology Of Sexual Harassment, Asked To Be Naked When Body Checking

Two finalists Miss Universe Indonesia complained about body checking (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

JAKARTA - Two finalists for Miss Universe Indonesia, Priskilla Jelita Tamariska and Desak Putu Ratih Widhiarta shared their experiences while undergoing body checks or body checks that were in the public spotlight.

Priskilla told how he became one of the initial finalists who underwent body checking. At that time he thought he was going to fit into one of the dresses, but it turned out that he was told to take off his clothes until he was almost naked.

"When I entered, I was suddenly told to take off all my underwear, except for my lower underwear," said Priskilla Jelita Tamariska when met in Senopati, South Jakarta on Monday, August 7.

Feeling embarrassed, Priskilla then closed her chest. However, he was scolded and felt scared during the body checking.

There I immediately closed my chest. Then I was banged and scolded if I was very not proud of my own body, what if later I was sent to an international competition which would definitely be seen naked by everyone," said Priskilla.

"Then I felt a bit depressed there, but I also couldn't do anything because I was afraid it was an assessment," he continued.

It is also mentioned that the place for body checking is not safe enough for finalists who have to appear naked. The finalist's body examination was carried out in a room that was blocked with wood and passed by many people, both men and women.

Meanwhile, Desak Putu Ratih Widhiarta has a slightly different story from Priskilla. He admitted that he had to undergo a body check where there were three men who were nearby.

"So, at that time there were about three boys and also approximately five girls. But what made me restless was not because of the body checking, but because it was crowded," said Ratih.

Furthermore, Ratih said that the finalists also had to look at other finalists who appeared almost naked during body checking.

There, when I entered, there was still a finalist who was naked. When I did a body check, there were two more finalists who were called to do the same thing," he said.

Ratih admitted that she was very uncomfortable during body checks, but there was not much to do. As a woman who participates in a beauty event, she feels humiliated.

My own experience, the back was like being peeked at, and I was very confused and very uncomfortable at the time. But because his condition was very depressed, like Priskilla said earlier, we shouldn't be ashamed, it can't be like that, so I just followed up. It annoyed me in myself, because at that time we couldn't fight back," said Ratih.

"I feel very humiliated as a woman, because we see her as an object and not as people who excel in Indonesia, while we have done our best to be able to make Indonesia proud," he concluded.