Wyne Lay ( my, ဝိုင်းလေး; born Wint Yee Shunn on 3 August 1994) is a Burmese singer, songwriter, pianist, model and beauty pageant title holder. She was crowned the Miss World Myanmar 2014 and represented Myanmar at

Miss World 2014 Miss World 2014, the 64th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 14 December 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. 121 contestants competed for the crown. Megan Young of the Philippines crowned her successor Rolene Strau ...

. Wyne has achieved fame and success as a model and singer.

Early life and education

Wyne Lay was born on 3 August 1994 at No.2 Military Hospital, Dagon Township,

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 ...

, Myannar to parents Moe Kyaw and Nu Nu. She is youngest daughter of three siblings, having two older sisters. Wyne's family moved to

Sittwe Sittwe (; ; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced ''sait-tway'' in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptyi ...

Rakhine State Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady R ...

, in 1999, and she attended primary school at Basic Education Middle School (BEMS) in

Meikhtila Meiktila (; ) is a city in central Burma on the banks of Meiktila Lake in the Mandalay Region at the junctions of the Bagan-Taunggyi, Yangon-Mandalay and Meiktila-Myingyan highways. Because of its strategic position, Meiktila is home to Myanmar Ai ...

. She studied fifth grade atBasic Education Middle School No. 1, and enrolled in high school at Basic Education High School No. 2 Bahan. She enrolled at University of Foreign Languages, Yangon, majoring in French. She successfully finished her degree BA (French) in 2013.

Pageantry

Miss World Myanmar 2014

She competed in

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2014 which was held on 27 September 2014 in

. She became the winner of Miss World Myanmar 2014 after the competition. Wyne is the first Miss World Myanmar, after Myanmar revitalized its participation in the pageant. She was make judge in the Top 20 finalist of Miss World Myanmar 2017 pageant.

Miss World 2014

She represented Myanmar at the

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2014 pageant, one of the largest beauty pageants in the world, to be held in December 2014 at

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, but was unplaced.

Career

Wyne began studying piano at age 8. She joined the Myanmar Traditional Arts Competition and won her first gold medal for piano skills in 2004. She won two silver medals in 2005 and 2006, and gold in 2007. Pianists Thet Oo, Tin Win Hlaing, Ngway Soe, Myo Naing and Tun Tun were her teachers. She received voice training from songwriter Naung Naung (SF) and Ko Pi (Triangle Band). Wyne was first runner up for French Songs Competition at French Embassy Myanmar in 2011. Her breakthrough performance was in the fourth season of ''Eain Met Sone Yar'' (Where dreams meet), in which she was second runner up. Wyne writes songs and plays the

saung The ''saung'' ( Burmese: စောင်း, MLCTS caung: ; also known as the ''saung-gauk'' ( စောင်းကောက်), Burmese harp, Burma harp, or Myanmar harp), is an arched harp used in traditional Burmese music. The saung is re ...

(Myanmar harp). In 2013, Myanmar hosted the 27th South East Asia Games. She took part in the recording for this event. She participated in six group albums from 2013 to 2014 and promoted a

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...

karaoke Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is ...

album, "Legend of Nightingale", in 2013 with two other singers. She starred in her own music videos. Her first solo album "Selfie" was released in 2015. The music video was released on 15 May 2016. Afterward she joined in some group albums and continued modeling. Her second album "Wyne" was released on 17 February 2018 which turned out to be a success creating him a place to stand in Myanmar music industry. In 2019, Wyne had contributed in one of the popular hit songs as Korean Version called 기다림보다(Gidalimboda). Wyne had performed her first solo concert "The Inspiration" as her remarkable milestone on 12 February 2020 at Time City outdoor area in Yangon.

Awards and achievements

* ''"Wyne"'' second solo DVD album released in 2020 Feb 12 ranked top 6 best seller in music stores(2020) * ''Winner of Miss Myanmar World'' 2014 * ''Selfie'' music album ranked top 5/6 in FM (Shwe FM & City FM); No. 9 best seller in music stores (2015) * ''Eain Mat Sone Yar'', season 4, second runner up (2012) * ''National Finale Contest'', by Institut Francais Birmanie first runner up (2011) * ''Myanmar Traditional Piano Contest'', 1 gold medal (2007), 2 silver medals (2006, 2006)

Discography

Singles

2014
Hoping (Myaw Lint Yin)Feat. Tmix 2015
SMILE (Pyone Par) 2016
Lar Lay Lar Hey(Thingyan Song) 2017
Miss me as a duty(Tar Win aya)
Better Breakup(Lan KwalTar Kg mel) Feat.Moe Htet 2018
Will be Fine(A Sin Pyay twar mhar par)
Trauma Rain(Dan Yar Moe)Feat. Yzet 2019
Sorry Not Sorry(Feat. Moe Htet)
Freedom(Loot Lat yay)
She and I (Thu Nal Ngar) 2020
Love Letter(Chit Tha Won Hlwar)
Broken(KWAL)

Solo albums

* ''Selfie''
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(2015) * ''Wyne''audio CD
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(2017) *"Wyne" DVD (2020)

Group albums

* ''Legend of Nightingale'' (တေးသီငှက်တို့ဒဏ္ဍာရီ) (2013)

Original Sound Track OST

2017
Time Circle(A chaine sat wine) Composed by Myint Moe Aung
Turning Point of The Clouds DRAMA ( Sone_See_Chin_Moe_Tain_Myar)
Happy in my daydreams(Sate ku lay nal pyor mel) Composed by Wyne Lay 2020
Turning Point of The Clouds DRAMA (Sone See chin moe tain myar)

References

External links

* {{Miss World 2014 delegates 1994 births Living people People from Yangon Burmese singer-songwriters Burmese women singer-songwriters Burmese beauty pageant winners Miss World 2014 delegates