Melliza Xaviera

Melliza Xaviera Putri Yulian was born on May 21, 1999, in the city of Yogyakarta in the province of Special region of Yogyakarta.^[1]

Melliza completed her high school education at SMA Negeri 21 Jakarta from 2013 to 2016. She then attended Medical school at the National Development University "Veteran" of Jakarta, but resigned. In 2017, Melliza was accepted into the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (UI) Medical education program.^[2][3] In 2021, she graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine (S.Ked) degree with Cum Laude honors. Two years later, she graduated with as Doctor of Medicine from the same university.^[4][5]

Melliza's first pageant was Abang None Jakarta 2019. She was the third female representative from the South Jakarta administrative area. The contest was held on July 12, 2019, at the Jakarta International Convention Center in Central Jakarta.^[4] She was the winner of None Jakarta 2019, paired with Muhammad Abror from East Jakarta as the winner of Abang Jakarta 2019.^{[6][7][8][4][9][10]}

In 2025, Melliza competed and won the title of Puteri Indonesia DKI Jakarta 1 2025 at Graha Mustika Ratu, Jakarta.^[9][11][5]

Melliza represented the province of DKI Jakarta and won Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2025, held at the Plenary Hall, Jakarta International Convention Center in Central Jakarta on May 2, 2025, which coincided with National Education Day.^{[12][13][14][15][11][16][17]} She was crowned by the previous title holder; Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2024 Sophie Kirana from the Special Region of Yogyakarta. She also won the Best Catwalk award, Puteri Indonesia Photogenic, and second runner-up of Best in Evening Gown.^[18]

Melliza will represent Indonesia at Miss International 2025, to be held on 25 November 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Indonesian doctor from the last five years to compete in the pageant, following Ayu Saraswati (2020; withdrew), Cindy May McGuire (2022), and Farhana Nariswari (2023).^{[citation needed]}