May Barani Thaw ( my, မေဘရဏီသော်; born 19 October 1990) is a Burmese model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Myanmar 2015 and represented

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

at the

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Pageant.

Education

May Barani Thaw graduated from

Dagon University Dagon University ( my, ဒဂုံ တက္ကသိုလ် ), located in North Dagon, Yangon, is one of the largest universities in Myanmar. The university, established in 1993, offers bachelor's and master's degrees in liberal arts and sc ...

Pageantry

Miss Universe Myanmar 2015

Thaw previously competed at the Miss International Myanmar 2014 pageant and placed as the 1st Runner-up. The winner of the contest was replaced by Thaw after the winner withdrew from Miss International 2014 pageant in Tokyo due to personal reasons. In 2015, Thaw was crowned Miss Myanmar 2015 on 3 October 2015 in Gandamar Grand Ballroom, 20 contestants competed for the crown and represented

at the

pageant.

Miss Universe 2015

On 20 December 2015, she competed in

but was not able to make it to the semi-finals. She was also a roommate of Miss Universe 2015

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while in

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Acting career

May made her acting debut with the military war film ''Pyidaungsu Thitsar'' (ပြည်ထောင်စုသစ္စာ), where she played the main role with

Wai Lu Kyaw Wai Lu Kyaw ( my, ဝေဠုကျော်) is a Burmese actor and philanthropists. He won the Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010 with the film ''The Red Sun Above the Ocean'' (). Biography Wai Lu Kyaw was born in Nyaungd ...

, Kyaw Ye Aung, Nay Dway, Soe Myat Thuzar, May Thet Khine. The film was base on true story of the ''Battle of Mongkoe'', directed by Tin Aung Soe (Pan Myo Taw) which was aired on

Myawaddy TV Myawaddy TV ( my, မြဝတီ ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား, abbreviated MWD) is a Myanmar military-owned propaganda network based in Yangon and Naypyidaw, Myanmar. History Myawaddy TV was launched on the 27 March 1995, in com ...

on 27 May 2017 at the 72nd Myanmar Tatmadaw Day. And also screened in Myanmar cinemas on 27 March 2018. In 2017, she starred the leading role in the television series ''Two Flower Jousting'', alongside Zwe Pyae and

Paing Phyo Thu Paing Phyo Thu ( my, ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု; born 5 April 1990) is a Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actress and a medical doctor. She won the Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 Myanmar Motion Pict ...

, which was aired on

MRTV Myanmar Radio and Television ( my, မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့်ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား, abbreviated MRTV), formerly the Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS), is the parent of the state-run Myanmar Radio National ...

in March 2018. In 2018, she starred the main role in the television series ''Beautiful Wives'', directed by Aung Aw Ba.

Filmography

Film (Cinema)

*''Pyidaungsu Thitsar'' () (2017) *'' The Greatest Love'' () (2019)

Television series

*''

Battle of 2 Flowers ''Battle of Two Flowers'' ( my, ပန်းနှစ်ပွင့်စီးချင်း) is a 2018 Burmese legal drama television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television ...

'' () (2018) *''

Beautiful Wives Club ''Beautiful Wives Club'' ( my, ဇနီးချောများကွန်ရက်) is a 2018 Burmese drama television series. It aired on MRTV, from June 13, to August 29, 2018, on every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 19:15 for 30 epis ...

'' () (2018) *''

Lu Lu Sein ''Lu Lu Sein'' ( my, လူးလူးစိန်) is a 2020 Burmese comedy television series. It aired on 5 Plus, from July 31, to October 30, 2020, on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 20:30 for 40 episodes. Cast *Soe Pyae Thazin So ...

'' () (2020)

References

External links

* Living people Burmese beauty pageant winners 1990 births People from Yangon Miss International 2014 delegates Burmese female models Miss Universe 2015 contestants Miss Universe Myanmar winners {{Myanmar-bio-stub