Nadya best presenter in ATV Awards

JAKARTA (JP): MTV veejay Nadya Hutagalung walked off with the honors as best light entertainment presenter at the 1997 Asian Television Awards in Singapore Tuesday.

She sidestepped last year's winner, Diana Ser of Television Corporation of Singapore, and Channel V's Trey Farley from Hong Kong.

Nadya hosts MTV Most Wanted, broadcast weekdays at 1:30 p.m. on MTV Asia. She has also graced magazine covers in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and the U.K. in a 10-year modeling career.

The daughter of an Indonesian father and Australian mother spends her free time surfing the net and diving.

Several Indonesian nominees took home awards.

ANteve's Majalah Olahraga was named best sports program. RCTI's music show, Dua Warna, and SCTV's children's program, Krucil, were runners-up in their categories.

The awards are an annual nonprofit event organized by the Singapore-based Television Asia magazine. There are three nominees in each of the 23 categories. A full listing of winners is available in the current issue of the magazine. (02)