Swe Zin Htet (; born 16 November 1998) is a Burmese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Myanmar 2019. In November 2019, Swe Zin Htet

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as a

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, and later that year she became the first openly lesbian woman to compete in a

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competition.

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of the Soviet Union competed in

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of Spain competed in the

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competition, and Mariana Varela of Argentina competed in

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with Htet, but they did not come out until after their respective competitions.

Pageantry

Miss Supranational Myanmar

Swe Zin Htet begun her pageantry career after winning Miss Supranational Myanmar 2016

Miss Supranational

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

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, she represented Myanmar in the

competition. At the end of event, she was unplaced.

Personal life

She has been in a relationship with singer

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