PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) - Indonesia hasn't sent a contestant to the Miss Universe pageant in almost a decade, since its last competitor dared to show up at the swimwear event, incurring a ban from then dictator Suharto. But Artika Sari Devi, a 25-year-old law graduate and this year's Indonesian ambassador, says that despite vocal opposition from religious groups back home, she believes the world's largest Muslim nation is ready to compete once again. When she slipped into a swimsuit on a Phuket beach with other contestants last week, Artika knew was stepping into uncharted territory.