Miss Myanmar/ Burma, history

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==Sources==
 
==Sources==
[[File: Sharr Htut Eaindra  Moe Set Wine.jpg| Miss Universe Myanmar 2014 Sharr Htut Eaindra, seated, being crowned by Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 Moe Set Wine, standing. Photo: AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe |frame| 500px]]
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''' Burma Crowns First Miss Universe Candidate in Half Century '''  
 
''' Burma Crowns First Miss Universe Candidate in Half Century '''  
  
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==History==
 
==History==
The Miss Universe beauty contest began in 1952.
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The Miss Universe beauty contest began in 1952--internationally.
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==1959==
 
==1959==
 
The first representative of Burma in the Miss Universe beauty pageant was Than Than Aye in 1959  
 
The first representative of Burma in the Miss Universe beauty pageant was Than Than Aye in 1959  
 
==1960==
 
==1960==
Myint Myint May represent Burma in 1960.  
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Myint Myint May represented Burma in the Miss Universe beauty pageantin 1960.  
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She was voted Miss Congeniality (it was a tie with Miss Louisiana)
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1960 Miss World: Burma was represented by Ma Sen Aye
 
==1961==
 
==1961==
Myint Myint Khin was Burma’s representative in 1961.
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Myint Myint Khin was Burma’s representative in 1961 in the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
==1962 to 2012==
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Less than a year later, in 1962 a coup by Gen Ne Win would plunge Burma into a half century of military rule in which the country became increasingly isolated from the international community. It stopped participating in the Miss Universe contest.
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1961 Miss International: Burma was represented by Minnie Pu
==2013==
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For the first time after 51 years, Burma crowned the country’s representative to the Miss Universe pageant at Rangoon’s National Theater on October 3, 2013.
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See  [[Miss Burma: 1961]] for photographs
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==1962 to 2011==
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Less than a year later, in 1962 a coup by Gen Ne Win would plunge Burma into a half century of military rule in which the country became increasingly isolated from the international community. It stopped participating in the Miss Universe and other international beauty contests.
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Myanmar resumed participation in the Miss International beauty pageant in 2012 and Miss Universe in 2013.
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=See also=
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[[Miss Burma: 1961]]
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[[Miss Myanmar 2012]]
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[[Miss Myanmar International 2013]]
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[[Miss Universe Myanmar 2013]]
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[[Miss Myanmar 2014]] 
  
Moe Set Wine, one of 20 finalists, won the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 crown and also took home another two titles: Miss Famous, awarded based on votes from the public on the pageant’s official website, Facebook and SMS, and Miss Healthy Skin, which were among seven titles conferred in addition to Miss Universe Myanmar.
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[[Miss Myanmar/ Burma, history]]
  
As the winning contestant, 25-year-old Moe Set Wine received 10 million kyats (US$10,300), a Honda Fit car. She was Burma’s representative in the 62nd Miss Universe pageant, held in Moscow on Nov. 9.
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[[Moe Set Wine]]
==2014==
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 12 August 2014

Than Than Aye, rare photograph
Minnie Pu: Miss Burma International 1961
Ma Sen Aye


Friends of Myanmar in India have painstakingly put together
this history. You can update or correct this page, and/ or
send photographs to the Facebook page, Indpaedia.com.
All information used will be duly acknowledged.
Myint Myint May at the Miss Universe contest in May 1960

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[edit] Sources

Minnie Pu: Miss Burma International 1961
Moe Set Wine, winner of the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 competition, being carried on an open palanquin like a queen at Rangoon’s National Theater. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)
Miss Universe Myanmar 2014 Sharr Htut Eaindra, seated, being crowned by Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 Moe Set Wine, standing. Photo: AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe
Moe Set Wine
Sharr Htut Eaindra

Burma Crowns First Miss Universe Candidate in Half Century

By SAN YAMIN AUNG / THE IRRAWADDY| Friday, October 4, 2013 |

[edit] History

The Miss Universe beauty contest began in 1952--internationally.

[edit] 1959

The first representative of Burma in the Miss Universe beauty pageant was Than Than Aye in 1959

[edit] 1960

Myint Myint May represented Burma in the Miss Universe beauty pageantin 1960.

She was voted Miss Congeniality (it was a tie with Miss Louisiana)

1960 Miss World: Burma was represented by Ma Sen Aye

[edit] 1961

Myint Myint Khin was Burma’s representative in 1961 in the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

1961 Miss International: Burma was represented by Minnie Pu

See Miss Burma: 1961 for photographs

[edit] 1962 to 2011

Less than a year later, in 1962 a coup by Gen Ne Win would plunge Burma into a half century of military rule in which the country became increasingly isolated from the international community. It stopped participating in the Miss Universe and other international beauty contests.

Myanmar resumed participation in the Miss International beauty pageant in 2012 and Miss Universe in 2013.

[edit] See also

Miss Burma: 1961

Miss Myanmar 2012

Miss Myanmar International 2013

Miss Universe Myanmar 2013


Miss Myanmar 2014

Miss Myanmar/ Burma, history

Moe Set Wine

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