Moe Set Wine
Moe Set Wine | |
|---|---|
| မိုးစက်ဝိုင် | |
| Born | Wai Wai Khine[2] 20 May 1988[3] |
| Education | BBA (Marketing) BA in English |
| Occupation(s) | Businesswoman model |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Universe Myanmar 2013[1] |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Hair color | Dark Brown |
| Eye color | Black |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Chinese Burma 2009 (1st Runner-up) Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 (Winner) Miss Universe 2013 |
Moe Set Wine (Burmese: မိုးစက်ဝိုင်, pronounced [mó zɛʔ wàiɴ], Chinese: 楊鑫榮; pinyin: Yáng Xīnróng; born Wai Wai Khine on 20 May 1988) is a Burmese model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 and represented Myanmar at the Miss Universe 2013 competition in Moscow on 9 November.[1] She was the first woman to represent the country in the competition since 1961.[4]
Early life and education[edit]
Moe Set Wine was born in Yangon on 20 May 1988 to a Sino-Burmese father and Shan mother. She graduated from Dagon University with a degree in English. She later went on to pursue her undergraduate studies in the United States and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in marketing from California Lutheran University.
Competitions[edit]
In 2009, Moe Set Wine, using her Chinese name Yang Xinrong (楊鑫榮), went to compete and placed second in a Burmese Chinese beauty pageant held by a local newspaper, Golden Phoenix.[5][6][7]
Miss Universe Myanmar 2013[edit]
Moe Set Wine competed in Miss Universe Myanmar 2013, which was held on 3 October 2013 at the National Theatre in Yangon. The competition was organized by the Hello Madam Media Group. This competition was held for the first time since 1961. She won the Miss Perfect Skin and Miss Famous titles, voted for by fans through the Internet voting system and SMS messages. She became the winner of Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 after the competition.
Acting career[edit]
She made her acting debut in the film Pat Pat Sat Sat Nhyoe, where she played the leading role alongside Nay Toe and Shwe Htoo in 2017. She then starred in her second film, Thetdi Shi Yin Laung Ma La alongside Pyay Ti Oo and Min Maw Kun, but the film has not yet been released.[8][9] In 2020, she was cast in Star Less Sky. The film was a collaboration with Thailand and Japan, featuring Thai stars Phupoom Pongpanu, Parada Thitawachira, Korn Sirisorn, and Japanese stars Yasuyuki Maekawa, Koji Yano, and Emi Takei.[10]
Philanthropy[edit]
She founded a local charity organization named Myanmar's Heart on 9 January 2015.[11] In 2019, she donated a water purifier that can be produced through air to a school in Tonzang through her charity organization, Myanmar's Heart.[12]
Business[edit]
Her family owns major business conglomerates in Myanmar, such as Green Circle Company, the producer of VeVe beverages in Myanmar, and National Paper Industry Co., Ltd. She serves as a director of that business. In 2018, she founded her own brand, MOEZY by Moesetwine, a skincare and cosmetic brand.[13]
Controversy[edit]
After Chinese news outlets revealed Moe Set Wine's participation in a local Burmese Chinese pageant, some netizens openly criticized her ancestry, questioning her citizenship status as well as whether a native-born Burmese of Chinese ancestry could represent Burma in pageants.[14][15] A spokesperson for Hello Madam Media, which organized the 2013 Miss Universe Myanmar competition, stated that she holds Burmese citizenship, and that her parents, of Shan and Burmese descent, are from Namkham, in northern Shan State.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Moe Set Wine married Chit Oo Lwin, a businessman, on 6 June 2023.
Moe Set Wine's brother, Naing Phyo Kyaw, is married to Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, an actress.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Welcome to Miss Myanmar Universe | Miss Myanmar Universe. Missuniversemyanmar.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2013.
- ^ မေစစ်ပိုင် (10 October 2013). "မိုးစက်ဝိုင် မြန်မာစစ်စစ် ဖြစ်ကြောင်း သက်သေပြမည်". The Irrawaddy(in Burmese). Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ Moe Set Wine Biography. Missuniversemyanmar.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2013.
- ^ Welcome to Archived 30 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Miss Myanmar Universe. Retrieved on 21 October 2013.
- ^ 緬甸環球小姐選美 華裔女楊鑫榮勝出. 中廣新聞網 (in Chinese). 4 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ 林以君 (5 October 2013). 緬甸小姐 華裔女摘后冠. 世界日報 (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ "Chinese controversy surrounds Miss Universe Myanmar". DVB. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "ဒုတိယမြောက် ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား ရိုက်ကူးတော့မယ့် မိုးစက်ဝိုင်". Popular News Journal (in Burmese). 9 January 2017.
- ^ "အချစ်ကို ဇွတ်မှိတ်ပြီး ယုံကြည်တဲ့အထဲမှာ မပါဘူး မိုးစက်ဝိုင်". Popular News Journal (in Burmese).
- ^ "နေတိုး၊ မိုးစက်ဝိုင်နှင့် ထိုင်း၊ ဂျပန်သရုပ်ဆောင်များပါဝင်သည့် "ကောင်းကင်မရှိတဲ့ကြယ်"ရုပ်ရှင်ပုံရိပ်တချို့(ဓာတ်ပုံ)". DVB (in Burmese). 14 October 2020.
- ^ "မိုးစက်ဝိုင်နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese).
- ^ "လေမှတဆင့်ထုတ်လုပ်နိုင်သည့် ရေသန့်စက်ကို မိုးစက်ဝိုင်ဦးစီးသည့် Myanmar's Heart Charity မှ တွန်းဇံ အ.ထ.က ကျောင်းအတွက်လှူဒါန်း". BNI (in Burmese). 8 January 2019.
- ^ "မိုးစက်ဝိုင် မိသားစုရဲ့ NPI စက္ကူစက်ရုံကို ရွှေပြည်သာ စက်မှုဇုန်တွင် ဖွင့်လှစ်". Popular News Journal (in Burmese). 27 February 2018.
- ^ a b Zarni Mann (11 October 2013). "Bumpy Start for Burma's Divisive Miss Universe". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ Myo Zaw Linn (11 October 2013). "Chinese controversy surrounds Miss Universe Myanmar". Democratic Voice of Burma. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ Mon, Aye (15 November 2023). "ချစ်သူနဲ့ Pre Wedding ပုံလေးကို ပွင့်လင်းမြင်သာစွာချပြလာတဲ့ ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည်". MT News (in Burmese). Retrieved 26 December 2023.