| Niratcha Tungtisanont | |||||||||
| Miss Earth Thailand 2011 | |||||||||
| Nationalcompetition: | Miss Thailand Universe 2011 (1st Runner-Up) Miss Earth 2011 (Top 16) | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||||
| Eye Color: | Black | ||||||||
| Hair Color: | Black | ||||||||
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Niratcha Tungtisanont (th|ณิรัฐชา ตังติสานนท์), nicknamed Grace (th|เกรซ) is a Thai model and beauty pageant titleholder who the official representative of Thailand to the 2011 Miss Earth pageant. She is also a faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Tungtisanont was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in Economics and Mathematics, and an MS in Agricultural and Resource Economics. After her pageant career, she continued her study and received a Ph.D. in Operations Management from Clemson University. Her dissertation focuses on recovery from floods. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the Department of Logistics, Business & Public Policy at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.[1]
Tungtisanont who stands 172.5 cm, competed in the 2011 Miss Thailand Universe pageant, held on 26 March 2011, at Royal Paragon Hall in Bangkok, Thailand, where she placed first-runner up to "Fah" Chanyasorn Sakornchan, gaining the right to represent her country at Miss Earth 2011 in Manila, Philippines.
As the official representative of Thailand to the 2011 Miss Earth pageant, Tungtisanont placed in the Top 16 and received People's Choice Award and Miss Golden Sunset title.