Rebecca Win ( my, ရေဗက္ကာဝင်း, ; born May Hnin Nu ( ) on 15 February 1986) is a retired

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singer and model. She performed in the opening and closing ceremonies of the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; ), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities, as it is an entirely planned city outs ...

. Rebecca Win was a judge on the major televised singing competition ''Eain Mat Sone Yar'' (Where dreams meet) and also ''

Myanmar's Got Talent ''Myanmar's Got Talent'' (MGT) is the Burmese version of the ''Got Talent'' franchise that is airing on MRTV-4. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for a prize. It ...

''. In 2013, she was appointed as a women's ambassador, along with

Chit Thu Wai Chit Thu Wai ( my, ချစ်သုဝေ; born 10 August 1984) is a Burmese actress, singer and medical doctor. She has achieved fame and success as an actress and singer. In 2015, she represented Myanmar at the United Nations General Assemb ...

for Myanmar to raise awareness for gender equality and women's rights.

Early life and education

Rebecca Win was born on 15 February 1986 in Myitkyina,

Kachin State Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, specifically and respectively); Sh ...

to a

father and a Kachin mother. One of four siblings. Her aunt

L Khun Yi Lazum Khun Yi, better known as L Khun Yi ( my, အယ်လ်ခွန်းရီ, ), is a Burmese singer, and is considered one of the pioneers of modern Burmese pop music. The ethnic Kachin singer of the ''Lazum'' clan was known for her Bur ...

, her cousins L Lun Wa and

L Seng Zi L Seng Zi ( my, Lဆိုင်းဇီ; also spelt L Saing Zi or L Sai Zi) is a Burmese singer of Kachin descent. Her aunt L Khun Yi Lazum Khun Yi, better known as L Khun Yi ( my, အယ်လ်ခွန်းရီ, ), is a Burmese si ...

, are also popular singers. Her family moved to

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

when she was just six months old. She converted to

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

while she joined the church choir at age six. As of 2006, she was a final year Japanese major at the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon.

Career

Rebecca Win was first noticed when she entered Yangon-based City FM Radio's Music Idol contest in 2004. In 2016, she prepared to release three solo albums. She released an album "Meka" on 9 February 2018, which was with

Kachin language Jingpho (''Jinghpaw'', ''Chingp'o'', ''Jìngphòʔ gà'' / ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်) or Kachin ( my, ကချင်ဘာသာ, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sal branch mainly spoken in Kachin State, Burma and Yunnan, China. Ther ...

. She was announced to Media on 3 April 2020, she is taking rest from the professional life of music and model and requested to all not to call her as Rebecca Win of professional name.

Discography

* ''Takha Talay'' (Sometimes) * ''Shote Kone Daw Me'' (Getting Complicated), collaborated with Yi Mon *''Maka'' (2018)

TV show

Personal life

Rebecca Win married to Kaung Kyaw Swe, a businessman. They celebrate their wedding reception in Judson Church in Yangon for traditional wedding on May 4 2013, and also Sedona Hotel Yangon, on 10 May 2013, and concluded a no-fault divorce in 2020.

References

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