Moe Set Wine Explained

Moe Set Wine
Birth Place:Yangon, Myanmar
Birth Name:Wai Wai Khine[1]
Birth Date:1988 5, df=yes[2]
Education:BBA (Marketing)
BA in English
Occupation:Businesswoman
model
Years Active:2013–present
Eye Color:Black
Hair Color:Dark Brown
Miss Universe Myanmar 2013
Competitions:Miss Chinese Burma 2009
(1st Runner-up)
Miss Universe Myanmar 2013
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2013

Moe Set Wine (Burmese: မိုးစက်ဝိုင်, in Burmese pronounced as /mó zɛʔ wàiɴ/, ; 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.[3] She was the first woman to represent the country in the competition since 1961.[4]

Early life and education

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: မေစစ်ပိုင်. မိုးစက်ဝိုင် မြန်မာစစ်စစ် ဖြစ်ကြောင်း သက်သေပြမည်. 22 October 2013. The Irrawaddy(in Burmese). 10 October 2013.
  2. http://www.missuniversemyanmar.com/contestants/moe-set-wine-0 Moe Set Wine Biography
  3. http://www.missuniversemyanmar.com/ Welcome to Miss Myanmar Universe | Miss Myanmar Universe
  4. http://missmyanmaruniverse.org Welcome to
  5. News: http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20131004/10790465.html. zh:緬甸環球小姐選美 華裔女楊鑫榮勝出. 4 October 2010. 中廣新聞網. Chinese. 12 October 2013.
  6. News: http://worldjournal.com/bookmark/23768334--. zh:緬甸小姐 華裔女摘后冠. 林以君. 5 October 2013. 世界日報. Chinese. 12 October 2013.
  7. News: Chinese controversy surrounds Miss Universe Myanmar. 11 October 2013. DVB. 13 January 2015.
  8. News: ဒုတိယမြောက် ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား ရိုက်ကူးတော့မယ့် မိုးစက်ဝိုင် . Popular News Journal . January 9, 2017 . my.
  9. News: အချစ်ကို ဇွတ်မှိတ်ပြီး ယုံကြည်တဲ့အထဲမှာ မပါဘူး မိုးစက်ဝိုင် . Popular News Journal . my.
  10. News: နေတိုး၊ မိုးစက်ဝိုင်နှင့် ထိုင်း၊ ဂျပန်သရုပ်ဆောင်များပါဝင်သည့် “ကောင်းကင်မရှိတဲ့ကြယ်”ရုပ်ရှင်ပုံရိပ်တချို့(ဓာတ်ပုံ) . DVB . October 14, 2020 . my.
  11. News: မိုးစက်ဝိုင်နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း . Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd . my.
  12. News: လေမှတဆင့်ထုတ်လုပ်နိုင်သည့် ရေသန့်စက်ကို မိုးစက်ဝိုင်ဦးစီးသည့် Myanmar’s Heart Charity မှ တွန်းဇံ အ.ထ.က ကျောင်းအတွက်လှူဒါန်း . BNI . January 8, 2019 . my.
  13. News: မိုးစက်ဝိုင် မိသားစုရဲ့ NPI စက္ကူစက်ရုံကို ရွှေပြည်သာ စက်မှုဇုန်တွင် ဖွင့်လှစ် . Popular News Journal . 27 February 2018 . my.
  14. News: Bumpy Start for Burma’s Divisive Miss Universe. Zarni Mann. 11 October 2013. The Irrawaddy. 12 October 2013.
  15. News: Chinese controversy surrounds Miss Universe Myanmar. Myo Zaw Linn. 11 October 2013. Democratic Voice of Burma. 12 October 2013.
  16. Web site: Mon . Aye . 2023-11-15 . ချစ်သူနဲ့ Pre Wedding ပုံလေးကို ပွင့်လင်းမြင်သာစွာချပြလာတဲ့ ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည် . 2023-12-26 . MT News . my.