Metinee Washington Kingpayome ( th, เมทินี วอชิงตัน กิ่งโพยม, , born 1972), later Metinee Kingpayome Sharples, also known as Lukkade ( th, ลูกเกด, ) is a Thai-American actress, model, television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who represented

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at Miss World 1992 and Miss World Asia & Oceania 1992.

Biography

The daughter of Thai father and American mother, Kingpayom was born in

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and raised in

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. She has three younger brothers. She won the

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title before she represented Thailand at the Miss World 1992 pageant in South Africa. There, she was crowned Continental Queen of Asia & Oceania. Her family now has moved back to Thailand. She has since worked as a model, actress and TV presenter. She has been featured on the covers of '' Elle Thailand'' and '' Vogue Thailand''. The Bangkok Post described her as: "At the forefront of the women's liberation movement in the Thai fashion industry," She was one of ''

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'''s first VJ presenters; and nominated Best Actress for ''Manya Ritsaya (1998).'' She subsequently won Supannahong Awards for her debut movie role in ''Box (1998)''. She is also a mentor for ''

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'' (season 1-4),''

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'' (season 1-2). She established MUSE by METINEE with her brother Mark Kingpayom to teach students personality empowerment and growth-mindset development through catwalk and beauty queen techniques. The weekend course attracts students from across Thailand ages 4 and up with some senior students in their fifties, and offered an adapted curriculum as an after-school activity at Astra Academy International School in Bangkok. She has one son, Skye Sharples.

TV dramas

Filmography

TV Program

Production

*''Thailand's Perfect Man 2006'' as Producer * Miss Universe Thailand 2019 as Head Master of Team Expert * ''Dancing with the Stars'' (2013) as Producer

References

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