Swe Zin Htet ( my, ဘုဘုဟိုင်; born 16 November 1999) is a Burmese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
Miss Universe Myanmar 2019.
In November 2019, Swe Zin Htet
came out
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as a
lesbian, and later that year she became the first openly lesbian woman to compete in a
Miss Universe
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competition.
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of the Soviet Union competed in
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of Spain competed in the
Miss Universe 2013
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competition, and
Tashi Choden of Bhutan who will compete in
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but did not come out until after the competition.
Pageantry
Swe Zin Htet had previously begun her pageantry career after winning
Miss Supranational Myanmar 2016; she placed in the top ten and won Miss Personality title at Miss Supranational 2016.
Miss Universe Myanmar
On May 31, 2019, Swe Zin Htet was crowned as
Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 by previous titleholder
Hnin Thway Yu Aung. She will be Myanmar's next representative to Miss Universe.
Miss Universe 2019
As
Miss Universe Myanmar, she represented Myanmar in the
Miss Universe 2019
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competition. At the end of event, she was unplaced.
Personal life
She has been in a relationship with singer
Gae Gae.
References
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1999 births
Burmese beauty pageant winners
Burmese female models
Lesbians
Burmese LGBT people
LGBT models
Living people
Miss Universe 2019 contestants
Miss Universe Myanmar winners
People from Kayin State