Jolene Marie Rotinsulu


Jolene Marie Cholock-Rotinsulu is an Indonesian-American International Paralympics Games committee, Disability rights activist, TV commercial model, actress, singer, entrepreneur, mountaineer, and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2019. She represented Indonesia at the Miss International 2019 pageant at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan where she finished as Top 8, continuing the ongoing 4th year placement streaks of Indonesia, consecutively since Felicia Hwang Yi Xin in 2016, Kevin Lilliana in 2017 and Vania Fitryanti in 2018.

Early life, education and career

Rotinsulu was born in Santa Ana, California to a Minahasan born father, Roy Guustaf Rotinsulu from Talaud, North Sulawesi, and an American mother, Allery Lee Cholock, from Los Angeles, California. Sirena Elizabeth Cholock-Rotinsulu, her older sister, was the past winner of :id:Miss Celebrity Indonesia 2011|Miss Celebrity Indonesia 2011. Rotinsulu holds a bachelor degree from Academy of Art University and :id:IAKN Manado|Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Manado.
Rotinsulu has been a commercial model from age 10. She appeared on several music videos as a model and co-singer. She began her career as an actress by starring on the movie :id:I am Hope|I AM HOPE ; a movie dedicated to cancer survivors. In addition, she obtained a certificate in outdoor recreation and an Indonesian national equestrian athlete for Dressage disciplines in International Federation for Equestrian Sports.
Since 2017, Rotinsulu is an official member of the Asian Paralympic Committee for preparing 2018 Asian Para Games. She is known for receiving a Satyalancana Kebhaktian Sosial from the current president of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.

Activist background

Rotinsulu is a Disability rights activist who advocates for the elderly and people with disabilities, she built her own Nursing home care called "Saya Bisa", located in her hometown in Manado, that helped disabled elderly people with the movement of "1001 wheelchairs" and other physical disability support equipment. She also helped to develop the elderly skills with a project called "Du’Anyam", a forum to empower mothers and fathers to increase financial income by raising the culture of "weaving".
Rotinsulu works together with Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia, build a local NGO "Rumah Karya Sahabat Anak Grogol", a school that provides free education for the homeless and street children in Grogol District, Jakarta. In addition, Rotinsulu also helps the children in isolated remote area, where she built "Nisnde Papua Foundation" in Nduga Regency, Papua Province, a foundation to provide routine medical checkup, vaccination and mainly education in various subjects and technologies and General Insights.

Pageantry

Miss Celebrity Indonesia 2010

Rotinsulu started her foray into the world of pageantry in 2010, at the age of fourteen where she joined the television celebrity beauty pageant contest :id:Miss Celebrity Indonesia 2010|Miss Celebrity Indonesia 2010 representing the city of Manado – North Sulawesi. The finale night was held in Jakarta, where she won 1st runner-up position and Miss Photogenic special award.

Puteri Indonesia 2019

Rotinsulu was crowned as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2019, at the grand finale held in Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta on March 8, 2019 by the outgoing titleholder of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2018 and Top-15 Miss International 2018, Vania Fitryanti of Banten. She represented North Sulawesi province at the pageant and gained a special award as :id:Puteri Indonesia Kepulauan|Puteri Indonesia of Sulawesi Islands. The finale coronation night of Puteri Indonesia 2019 was also attended by the reigning Miss International 2018 – Mariem Claret Velazco García of Venezuela as a main Guest-star, and Miss International 2017, Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia as a part of the selection committee.
During her finale night speech for Puteri Indonesia 2019, Jolene successfully raised the awareness of a modern society effect topic, which is stereotypical beauty;

She was a speaker at United Nations Environment Programme – Global Landscape Forum in New York City, September 28, 2019.

Miss International 2019

After being crowned as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2019, Cholock-Rotinsulu represented Indonesia at the 59th edition of Miss International 2019 beauty pageant, in Tokyo, Japan which was held on 12 November 2019. Where she finished in the Top 8. Mariem Claret Velazco García of Venezuela crowned her successor Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand at the end of the pageant.

Filmography

Jolene has appeared on several music videos as a model and co-singer. She has acted in television and film.

Music videos

Movies

Television films