Kristania Virginia Besouw

In 2007, a year after winning the Miss Indonesia pageant, Besouw moved to the United States (her mother was already in the country), initially on a B1/B2 visa, later adjusting status to F1 (student). She first settled in Los Angeles, then moved to Colby, Kansas,^[7] citing lower costs, where she pursued a degree in Nursing; this had the effect of terminating her studies at Sam Ratulangi University.^[8] Through the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest program, Besouw was admitted to United States citizenship directly from her F-1 status in 2014, and she also joined the United States Army as a nurse. Besouw said in a 2020 interview that one of the motivating factors behind this decision was for her to avoid deportation to Indonesia.^[9]

Besouw was married to Frank Piay, a medical doctor from the Philippines, from 2008 to 2017, ending in their divorce. In September 2016, Besouw attended the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy.^[10] In a November 2016 interview, she expressed her desire to leave the military and return to Manado, citing fatigue.^[10] Besouw married James Robert Hall, a US Army veteran, on 21 August 2017. She did not return to Indonesia until 2019, and did not see her father before his death in 2011. Besouw was formerly stationed at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.^[11] In October 2018, her contract of service with the US Army expired, and she exited active service. From March 2019 to the present day, she has been working as a Registered Nurse at HCA Healthcare in Webster, Texas. From August to November 2020, she was an ICU registered nurse at the Memorial Hermann Health System.^[12]