Miss Myanmar/ Burma, history
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| + | Friends of Myanmar in India have painstakingly put together<br/> this history. You can update or correct this page, and/ or <br/> send photographs to the Facebook page, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. <br/> All information used will be duly acknowledged. </div> | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[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| left|500px]] | [[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| left|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. | + | 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 | + | 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. | + | Myint Myint Khin was Burma’s representative in 1961 in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. |
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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 | + | 1961 Miss International: Burma was represented by Minnie Pu |
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| − | + | See [[Miss Burma: 1961]] for photographs | |
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| + | ==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. | ||
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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= | ||
| + | [[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]] | ||
| − | + | [[Miss Myanmar/ Burma, history]] | |
| − | + | [[Moe Set Wine]] | |
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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
Contents |
[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 Myanmar International 2013
Miss Myanmar/ Burma, history
