SZH
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Burmese model and beauty pageant
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Female
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Birth:
1999(Hpa-An, Myanmar)
The details
Biography
Swe Zin Htet (Burmese: ဆွေဇင်ထက်; born 1998/1999) is a Burmese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Myanmar 2019. As Miss Universe Myanmar, she represented Myanmar in the Miss Universe 2019 competition. Swe Zin Htet had previously began her pageantry career after winning Miss Supranational Myanmar 2016; she placed in the top ten and won Miss Personality title at Miss Supranational 2016.
In November 2019, Swe Zin Htet came out as lesbian, and later that year she became the first openly lesbian woman to compete in a Miss Universe competition. Patricia Yurena Rodríguez of Spain competed in the Miss Universe 2013 competition, but did not come out until after the competition.