Miss Eco Universe 2016, Olvah Alhamid Wants To Fight For Papuan Children's Education Through Politics

Olvah Alhamid (Bunny Puji/VOI)

JAKARTA - Olvah Alhamid, a beautiful daughter from Timika, Papua, is a small part of the entertainment world in the country as a model, Olvah can be an inspiration because she is able to find her own way to a career as an international model. Diamond beauties are hard-pressed, and so is Olvah.

Successful in getting the title of Puteri Indonesia West Papua and entering the top 5 Miss Indonesia, Olvah also became the first Papuan woman to win the title of Puteri Indonesia Intelligence in 2015. Then she became Miss Eco Universe 2016.

Olvah is better known as a model after the title of Miss Indonesia Intelligence was replaced by her successor. With dark skin and curly hair typical of Papua, Olvah wants to show that beauty does not have to follow the stigma of white skin. And it turns out that his perspective is not only accepted in Indonesia but also abroad.

A year later, after being crowned Puteri Indonesia Inteligensia, she took a lot of experience and lessons from participating in Miss Eco Universe 2016 in Egypt. Olvah's modeling career even soared to New York, United States in 2018-2020 before returning to her country of birth due to the lockdown.

"I worked hard to be able to go to America. I saved money by building a shop in Bali for three years. After that I used all my savings to go to America. In America I still work in restaurants, I don't necessarily rely on savings. I want to prove I can afford it," she explained.

Born as a Papuan, Olvah said she was proud. A place where tolerance is highly upheld there. "If you come to Papua, you don't have a place to live, Papuans will give you a house. You can let your brother sleep on the bed and it's okay for them to sleep on the floor," she explained.

As her gratitude to Papua and Indonesia, Olvah is ready to devote herself to society through political means. The woman who aspires to become a minister chose to take shelter in the Nasdem political party.

“I think my voice about Indonesian unity needs to be said more loudly. If you are only loud on social media, it will not change the policy significantly. That's why I joined Nasdem. People say that politics is dirty, but I want to prove that if the good ones don't dare to step into politics, the dirty ones will not be eroded," she said.

One of the things Olvah Alhamid wants to strive for the most is education for Papuan children. "In Papua, there are children who have to walk for six hours to reach school. Others have to take fishing boats for hours. I hope there will be more attention to the education of Papuan children," she said.