Khin Wint Wah
Khin Wint Wah | |
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ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ | |
 Khin Wint Wah at the Dynasty Gold & Jewellery event | |
| Born | Chaw Su Hlaing September 21, 1994 Yangon, Myanmar |
| Other names | Khay |
| Alma mater | Yangon University |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Awards | Miss Supranational Myanmar 2013 Miss Supranational 2013 (Top 20) and (Miss Internet) Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress for 2019) |
Khin Wint Wah (Burmese: ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ, also spelt Khin Wint War; birth name Chaw Su Hlaing born on 21 September 1994) is a Burmese actress, commercial model and beauty pageant title holder.[1][2][3] She was crowned the Miss Supranational Myanmar 2013 and represented Myanmar at the Miss Supranational 2013 and won four continental titles.[4][5]
Khin was listed in 12 Shortlisted World Top Bell “Most Beautiful Girl of the Year 2013” along with Moe Set Wine, selected by The Beauties Concept.[6]
Early life and education
[edit]Khin Wint Wah was born on 21 September 1994 in Yangon, Myanmar to parents Hla Han (လှဟန်) and Kyi Kyi Swe (ကြည်ကြည်ဆွေ). She is the youngest of four siblings, having a brother and two sisters. She attended at Basic Education High School No. 2 Bahan. She studied botany at Dagon University until second year and then switched to distance education at the Yangon University and graduated with BSc. Botany.[7]
Pageantry
[edit]Miss Supranational Myanmar 2013
[edit]Khin previously competed at the Miss MK Gem 2012 and won "Queen of Beauty Award ". She competed in Miss Supranational Myanmar 2013 which was held on 21 May 2013 in Yangon. She became the winner of Miss Supranational Myanmar after the competition.[8][5]
Miss Supranational 2013
[edit]She represented Myanmar at the Miss Supranational 2013 pageant which was held on 17 August to 6 September in Minsk, Belarus, along with beauties from 98 other nations. She was placed in the top 20 and won four continental titles for Miss Internet Award, Most Beauty Girl in the World Award, People Choice Award and Face of Miss Supranational Award.[5][9]
Acting career
[edit]2014: Beginnings and film debut
[edit]Khin Wint Wah started her acting career, after the competition in Miss Supranational 2013. She made her acting debut with the Burmese film Fairy and Me, where she played the leading role with an actor Kaung Pyae and directed by Kyi Phyu Shin in 2014.[10]
2016–present: Breaking into the big screen and success
[edit]In 2016, she took on her first big-screen leading role in the romance film Thingyan Pyatike (Thingyan Museum) alongside Sai Sai Kham Leng, directed by Maung Myo Min (Yin Twin Phit), and which screened in Myanmar cinemas on 1 April 2016. She has been acting in over 30 big screen movies and over 80 direct-to-videos in her acting career.[11] In 2017, she portrayed the female lead in the big-screen film Bridge of Clouds alongside Nay Toe, Tun Tun and Nguyễn Trần Huyền My, which premiered in Myanmar cinemas on 13 July 2018.[12]
Brand ambassadorships
[edit]Khin was appointed as brand ambassador for Camella Cosmetic, Daw Win Garment and Line Myanmar in 2014. And also appointed as brand ambassador of Oppo from 2015 to 2016, and re-appointed as brand ambassador of Oppo for F3 smartphone from 2016 to 2017.[13] In 2018, she was appointed as brand ambassador for Sofy Eva.
Humanitarian works
[edit]In 2013 October, Khin Wint Wah visited the Myanmar Greenland Youth Development Center in Hlegu Township, together with Miss Supranational Myanmar Organization team, and donate food and clothes to orphan children.
She also participated in the concert for the river's flood victims, which erupted in 2015. Collecting funds, and donated to flood victims in the effected regions.
Political activities
[edit]Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Khin Wint Wah was active in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. Denouncing the military coup, she has taken part in protests since February.[14] She joined the "We Want Justice" three-finger salute movement. The movement was launched on social media, and many celebrities have joined the movement.[15][16]
On 2 April 2021, warrants for her arrest were issued under section 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code by the State Administration Council for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, she was charged with calling for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.[17]
Filmography
[edit]Film (cinema)
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | Co-Stars | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | Thingyan Museum | Maung Myo Min | Sai Sai Kham Leng, Nan Su Oo, Si Thu (Plug Kywut) | Mya Thar | |
| 2017 | Cho Myain Thaw Let Sar Chay Chin | Mee Pwar | Sai Sai Kham Leng, Shwe Hmone Yati | Candy | |
| Kyauk Kyauk Kyauk | Aww Ratha | Nay Toe, Htun Htun, Nan Myat Phyo Thin, Min Thway, Nang Khin Zay Yar, Kyaw Kyaw, Po Po | Thar Yar | ||
| 2018 | Bridge of Clouds | Aww Ratha | Nay Toe, Htun Htun, Nguyen Tran Huyen My | Dr. Pann Hla Phyu | |
| Shal Chway Ma | Ko Zaw (Ar Yone Oo) | Yan Aung, Aung Ye Lin, Soe Myat Thuzar, Htet Htet Moe Oo | Hsaung Than Zin | ||
| 2019 | Palpitation in the Breeze | Wyne | Moht Moht Myint Aung, Phway Phway, Kyaw Ye Aung | Kyi Pyar | |
| 2020 | Mite Mae Chit | Zaw Myo | Myint Myat, Shwe Hmone Yati | Ka Thit Ni |
Television series
[edit]| Year | Series | Director | Co-Stars | Role | Channel | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | A Kyin Nar Myit Phyar | Thar Nyi | Moe Yan Zun, Htet Htet Htun, Htoo Aung, Wai Lyan, May Kabyar Oo | Chaw Su | MRTV-4 | |
| 2023 | Ah Mone | Wyne | Chan Min Ye Htut, Moe Hay Ko, Min Oo, Nyi Nanda, Khin Zarchi Kyaw, Moe Pwint Phyu, Thonedray Oo | Yamone Aye | Mahar |
References
[edit]- ^ "Burmese Beauty Queen Wins Over Facebook Fans". The Irrawaddy. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Miss Suprantional ပြိုင်ပွဲ၌ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကိုယ်စားပြု ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ ဝင်ရောက်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်" (in Burmese). moi.gov.mm. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Thae Su Hlaing. "အလှမယ်ထဲမှာ နန်းခင်ဇေယျာကို လေးစားအားကျတယ် ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ" (in Burmese). Popular News Journal. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ San Yamin Aung (9 January 2014). "Burma's Miss Supranational Deemed One of Pageant World's 'Most Beautiful Girls'". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Nyein Ei Ei Htwe (18 August 2013). "Miss Supranational Myanmar 2013 secures a spot with her 'super-natural' talents". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "World Top Bells Shortlisted 12 Again Khin Wint Wah and Moe Set Waing" (in Burmese). Pyi Myanmar Daily News Journal. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ Khin Swe Thet (7 December 2017). "ခရီးသွားရင်း မှတ်တမ်းရုပ်ရှင်ရိုက်ဖို့ ကော့သောင်းကို ထွက်ခွာသွားတဲ့ နေမင်း၊ ရဲတိုက်နဲ့ ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ". 7Day News. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Miss Supranational pageant contestant Khin Wint Wah will hold her 20th birthday party, on September 21, with friends from her Facebook fan page". Mizzima. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Hoa hậu Myanmar giống Hương Giang Idol đến bất ngờ" (in Vietnamese). Zing.vn. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "အလှအပထက် လူမှုဆက်ဆံရေးနဲ့ ကိုယ့်ကိုကိုယ် ယုံကြည်မှုက အရေးကြီးပါတယ် (ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ)" (in Burmese). Mizzima. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Khin Wint Wah crying in movies" (in Burmese). Focus Myanmar. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "တိမ်တိုက်တံတား" (in Burmese). Myanmar Cinema. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "အချစ်ကြီးသလို အမျက်လည်းကြီးတယ်ဆိုတဲ့ ခင်ဝင့်ဝါ" (in Burmese). Popular News Journal. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "စစ်အာဏာဆန့်ကျင်တဲ့ အနုပညာရှင်တွေကို ၅၀၅ (က) နဲ့ အမှုဖွင့်". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 2 April 2021.
- ^ "တရားမျှတမှု We Want Justice ကန်ပိန်းတွင် အနုပညာရှင်များပါဝင် ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော် (ဓာတ်ပုံ)". DVB (in Burmese). 4 February 2021.
- ^ "ရုပ်ရှင်၊ ဂီတ၊ စာပေ၊ သဘင်အနုပညာရှင်များက We Want Justice လက်သုံးချောင်းထောင်ပြီး လှုပ်ရှားမှုတွင်ပါဝင်". Eleven Media Group (in Burmese). 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Warrants issued for artists, entertainers that called for CDM participation". Eleven. 3 April 2021.
