Khin Myint Myint ( my, ခင်မြင့်မြင့်; 1944–19 September 2009) was a Burmese

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titleholder, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was president of the Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association. She was crowned Miss Burma 1961 and represented her country at

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Early life

Khin Myint Myint was born in the

Daik-U Township Daik-U Township is a township in Bago District in the Bago Region of Burma.

, Bago Division in 1944, and attended Myoma High School, where she distinguished herself in

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Career

At 17, Khin Myint Myint won the Miss Burma beauty pageant in 1961 and represented her country at the

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event held at

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. Later she became a businessperson and established a name for herself in the food industry. Also known for her philanthropy, she reportedly donated more than

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300 million for humanitarian causes which earned her the ''Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Theingi'' title. In 2008, Khin Myint Myint received the ASEAN Award of the

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. She was the president of Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association and vice-chairperson of AA Medical Products.

Personal life

Khin Myint Myint was married to Myat Thin Aung. Together the couple had six children. She died on 19 September 2009 from a

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; she was 65.

References

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