Felicia Hwang Yi Xin

Felicia was born in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, on 18 April 1992 to a Chinese-Indonesian family background.^[10] She attended SMA Negeri 2 Depok (primary-secondary)^[11] and holds a bachelor's degree in business accounting and finance from Bradford University in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.^[12]

On 16 May 2016, Hwang was chosen as the Ambassador of the National Narcotics Board of Indonesia by the head of the agency, Budi Waseso.^[8][9] On 16 February 2019, she is married to Australian-Indonesian model and pastor, Garry Jordan.^[2] On 9 November 2019, she gave birth to her only son Timothy Duncan Jordan.^[3]

In 2016, Felicia competed in the national pageant of Puteri Indonesia 2016, representing the province of Lampung.^[13][14] She ended up winning the Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2016 title, at the grand finale held in Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia on 19 February 2016.^[15] Felicia was crowned by the outgoing titleholder of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2015 and Miss International Indonesia 2015, Chintya Fabyola of West Kalimantan at the end of the event.^[16][17][14]

She crowned together with Puteri Indonesia; Kezia Roslin Cikita Warouw of North Sulawesi, Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata; Intan Aletrinö of West Sumatra, and Puteri Indonesia Perdamaian; Ariska Pertiwi of North Sumatra.^[18]

As the winner of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2016, Hwang represented Indonesia at the 56th Miss International competition.^[19] The final took place on October 27, 2016 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan, where she finished as second runner-up.^[20][21] This marked Indonesia's second placement in the Top 5 at Miss International, following Indri Hapsari Soeharto's result in 1977, and was the country's highest placement at the time. The record was later surpassed when Kevin Lilliana won the title in 2017.^[22]

Hwang also won the Miss Best Dresser award for her Dewi Shinta-inspired national costume.^{[23][24][25][26]} At the conclusion of the event, the reigning titleholder, Edymar Martínez of Venezuela, crowned her successor, Kylie Verzosa of the Philippines.^[27][28]

After returning to Indonesia, in 2019 Felicia received an offer to play a role in a film directed by Red Bull entitled "The Rebels". Felicia started acting with a number of famous actors and actresses such as Luna Maya, Atta Halilintar, and Valerie Thomas.^[29][30] Since then, Felicia has appeared in several movies, including television films and cinema box-office movies.