Swe Zin Htet ( my, ဘုဘုဟိုင်; born 16 November 1999) is a Burmese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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. In November 2019, Swe Zin Htet

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as a lesbian, 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

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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

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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

by previous titleholder

Hnin Thway Yu Aung Hnin Thway Yu Aung ( my, နှင်းသွေးယုအောင်; born 24 August 1996) is a Burmese model and beauty queen, who won the 5th edition of Miss Universe Myanmar in 2018. She represented her country Myanmar in the Miss Univer ...

. She will be Myanmar's next representative to Miss Universe.

Miss Universe 2019

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, she represented Myanmar in the

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

Personal life

She has been in a relationship with singer

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 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