West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has thrown his support behind the 2013 Miss World pageant which will be held in Bogor this September, as there will be no bikini category at the grand final of the event.

"This Miss World event is different with other similar events as during the grand final [the finalists] won't wear a bikini," Ahmad said on Thursday, as quoted by Antaranews.com. "Insya Allah, it will be more polite."

This will be Indonesia's first time hosting the event, with the grand final for Miss World 2013 to be held at the Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor on Sept. 28.

But despite the support of the West Java governor, who is part of the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the event could attract protests from hard-liners across the country.

In 2007, an Islamic fundamentalist group in Bandung forced a Miss Universe pageant winner to call off a charity event. The protestors argued that the beauty queen, Japanese national Riyo Mori, went "against Shariah" law and was a "symbol of the world's adultery and pornography."

An organizer of the charity event said that Mori suffered "psychological stress following a strong protest and decided to stay in her hotel" where the event was supposed to take place.

Ahmad said that he considered the event to be a positive step for Indonesia, adding that West Java was committed to show the hospitality of its people as part of promoting the province to a wider audience.

Liliana Tanoesoedibjo, the chairwoman of the Miss Indonesia organization, said that it took her years to convince the Miss World management to choose Indonesia as a host. "We have been asking for three consecutive years," Liliana said as quoted by Antaranews.com.

While the grand final will take place in Sentul, participants will also take part in activities around Jakarta and Bali.