Swe Zin Htet (MYANMAR 2019)

STUNNING newly-crowned Miss Universe Myanmar!

Meet Miss Universe Myanmar 2019, Swe Zin Htet a.k.a “Superman” from Hpa-An. She became the 7th Miss Universe Myanmar titleholder after beating 24 other finalists in a glittery grand coronation night held in Novotel Grand Ballroom, Yangon on Friday evening. She won the Miss Golden Land Myanmar title in 2016. She brought home the Miss Personality award in Miss Supranational and placed as one of the Top 10 finalists.

Swe Zin Htet is Miss Universe Myanmar 2019
Pageant veteran Swe Zin Htet from Kayin state was crowned Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 in glittering ceremonies held May 31 at the Novotel Max Hotel in Yangon.

The 26-year-old model, who represented Hpa-an, edged out 24 other candidates for the right to compete in the next edition of the Miss Universe competition.

This will be the second time Swe Zin Htet will wear the Myanmar sash in a Big5 pageant. In 2016, she won Miss Golden Land Myanmar and competed in Miss Supranational, where she finished in the Top 10 and was awarded Miss Personality.

Hmwe Thet (Myeik) finished first runner-up, while Htet Thiri Zaw (Mandalay) placed second runner-up. Htun Palal Yadanar (MinBu), Lin Htet Htet Kyaw (Myitkyina), and Su Su Sandi (Pathein) were third, fourth, and fifth runners-up, respectively.

The 2019 edition marks the seventh time the Miss Universe Myanmar competition was held in the once-isolated Southeast Asian nation. In 2013, the country send Moe Set Wine to Miss Universe after a half-a-century hiatus. So farm no Myanmar representative has placed in the semifinals of the Miss Universe pageant.