Moe Set Wine ( my, မိုးစက်ဝိုင်, , ; born Wai Wai Khine on 20 May 1988) is a Burmese model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won the

Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or " Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, i ...

and represented Myanmar at the Miss Universe 2013 competition in Moscow on 9 November.Welcome to Miss Myanmar Universe , Miss Myanmar Universe
Missuniversemyanmar.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2013.Moe Set Wine Crowned Miss Universe Myanmar 2013
Beauty Pageant News (3 October 2013). Retrieved on 21 October 2013. She was the first woman to represent the country in the competition since 1961.

Early life and education

Moe Set Wine was born in Yangon on 20 May 1988 from Chinese ethnic's Father & Shan (Tai) ethnic's Mother. She 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 ...

with a degree in English. She later went on to pursue her undergraduate studies in the United States and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in marketing from California Lutheran University.

Competitions

In 2009, Moe Set Wine, under the name of 楊鑫榮 (Yang Xinrong), went to compete and placed second in a

Burmese Chinese Chinese Burmese, also Sino-Burmese or Tayoke, are a Burmese citizens of full or partial Chinese ancestry. They are group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Myanmar (Burma). As of 2012, the Burmese Chinese population is estimated to be as h ...

beauty pageant held by a local newspaper, ''Golden Phoenix''.

Miss Universe Myanmar 2013

Moe Set Wine competed in Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 which was held on 3 October 2013 at the National Theatre in Yangon. The competition was organized by the Hello Madam Media Group. This competition was held for the first time since 1961. She won Miss Perfect Skin and Miss Famous titles, voted by fans through the Internet voting system and SMS messages. She became the winner of Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 after the competition. She founded a local charity group named "Myanmar's Heart" on 9 January 2015.

Controversy

After Chinese news outlets revealed Moe Set Wine's participation in a local Burmese Chinese pageant, some pockets of Burma's social media openly criticized her ancestry, questioning her citizenship status as well as whether a native-born Burmese of Chinese ancestry could represent Burma in pageants. A spokesperson for Hello Madam Media, which organized the 2013 Miss Universe Myanmar competition, stated that she holds Burmese citizenship, and that her parents, of Shan and Burmese descent, are from Namkham, in northern Shan State.

References

External links

Official Miss Myanmar website
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