Miss Myanmar International

Miss Myanmar International

Formation	2012
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Yangon
Location	Myanmar
Membership	Miss International
Official language	Burmese
Website	Official site

Miss International Myanmar or also known as Miss Myanmar International is a national competition to select Myanmar's representative to the Miss International pageant.^{[ citation needed ]} This pageant organization is unrelated to the Miss Universe Myanmar, Miss World Myanmar, Miss Earth Myanmar or Miss Golden Land Myanmar.

History

Begins in 2012, Miss Myanmar International becomes a pioneer and an independent national pageant in Yangon, Myanmar.^{[ citation needed ]} Starting from that year, Myanmar has participated for the first time since 1961 in an international beauty pageant as Nang Khin Zay Yar represented at the Miss International 2012.^{[ citation needed ]}

Before creation Miss Myanmar or Miss Universe Myanmar pageant, the name of pageant was Miss Burma.^{[ citation needed ]} Myanmar debut in 1961 with the name of Burma. In only 1961 era Myanmar competed at the Miss International pageant.^{[ citation needed ]} Since 1962 the local pageant has been banned by the government in unknown reasons.^{[ citation needed ]}

Titleholders

Year	Edition	Date	Miss Myanmar International	Runners up				Final venue	Host City	Entrants
				First	Second	Third	Fourth
2012	1st	March 25	Nang Khin Zay Yar Taunggyi	Swan Yee Htun   Yangon	Aye Chan Moe   Yangon	Not awarded	Not awarded	Myanmar Convention Center	Yangon	20
2013	2nd	February 24	Gonyi Aye Kyaw   Mandalay	Zun Than Sin   Yangon	Sweety Ko   Yangon	Not awarded	Not awarded	Mayangon Township		20
2014	3rd	August 17	Khin Wai Phyo Han (Dethroned)   Yangon	May Barani Thaw (Assumed)   Yangon	Thadar Mariah   Yangon	Not awarded	Not awarded	National Theatre of Yangon		20
2015	4th	August 30	Emerald Nyein   Yangon	Thada Maria   Yangon	Kong Nan   Yangon	Not awarded	Not awarded			20
2016	5th	September 4	Inngyin Htoo   Mandalay	Tin Sandar Myo   Yangon	Nay Kyar Khin   Yangon	Not awarded	Not awarded			20
2017	6th	August 1	Sao Yoon Wadi Oo Taunggyi	Htun Palal Yadanar   Yangon	Ei Kay Zin Thann   Yangon	Not awarded	Not awarded	Novotel Yangon Max		20
2018	7th	June 12	May Yu Khatar   Yangon	Poe Aeint Zin   Yangon	Nay Chit Htun   Yangon	Po Po Htun   Yangon	Thel Thel Su Nyein   Sagaing			20
2019	8th	August 14	Khin Ohmar Myint [1] Taunggyi	Myo Thiri Ko   Yangon	Ya Mone Winn   Yangon	Elena Win   Yangon	Win Lei Mon   Yangon			20

Winners by City/Town

City/Town	Titles	Winning Years
Yangon	4	1961, 2014*, 2015, 2018
Taunggyi	3	2012, 2017, 2019
Mandalay	2	2013, 2016

International pageants

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Miss International

Year	Representative's Name	Hometown	Title	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Ei Ei Myint Aung Thein	Yangon	Miss International Myanmar 2023 (Appointed)	Unplaced (17th place)
2022	Did not compete
2020/21	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020/21
2019	Khin Ohmar Myint	Taunggyi	Miss Myanmar International 2019	Unplaced
2018	May Yu Khatar	Yangon	Miss Myanmar International 2018	Unplaced
2017	Sao Yoon Wadi Oo	Taunggyi	Miss Myanmar International 2017	Unplaced
2016	Inngyin Htoo	Mandalay	Miss Myanmar International 2015	Unplaced
2015	Emerald Nyein	Yangon	Miss Myanmar International 2015	Unplaced
2014	May Barani Thaw	Yangon	1st Runner-Up of Miss Myanmar International 2014 (Assumed)	Unplaced
	Khin Wai Phyo Han	Yangon	Miss Myanmar International 2014 (Dethroned)	Did not compete
2013	Gonyi Aye Kyaw	Mandalay	Miss Myanmar International 2013	Unplaced
2012	Nang Khin Zay Yar	Taunggyi	Miss Myanmar International 2012	Unplaced	1 Special Awards Miss Internet
Miss Burma International
1961	Minnie Pu	Rangoon	Miss Burma International 1961	Unplaced

Notes : Miss Myanmar International 2012, Nang Khin Zay Yar participated in Miss International 2012 which is in Okinawa. This is the first time Myanmar competed in an international beauty pageant since 1961.^{[ citation needed ]} The Final was on October 21, 2012. The reigning Miss Myanmar International 2014, Khin Wai Phyo Han did not compete at Miss International, since she did not meet the age requirements stipulated by the pageant. May Bayani Thaw was appointed to compete at Miss International 2014, She is Miss Myanmar International 2014 1st runner-up.^{[ citation needed ]}

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Myanmar International pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys

 W  Declared as the winner

  Ended as a runner-up

  Ended as a semi-finalist

  Ended as a Quarterfinalist

 –  Did not participate

2012–2018: Miss Myanmar International

Miss Myanmar International National Finalists
1st–8th Editions (2012–2012)

Year No.	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
01						Ei Kay Zin Thann
02						Hkawng Nan
03						Htet Eaindra Naing
04						Htun PaLal Yadanar
05						Ingyin May
06
07
08
09
10
11						Maran Hkawn Ling
12						May Li Seng Aung
13						May Thet Kyaw
14						Morain Lu
15						Moe Thinzar Lwin
16						Nang ChawEi Thein
17
18						Pan Su Wai
19
20						Sao Yoon Waddy Oo
21						Sharaw Seng Myat Aung
22						Soe Yadanar Htun
23						Su Htat
24
25						Theint Zar Chi Nyunt
26						Thu ThetSu Nyunt
27
28
29						Yu Yu Tun
30						Zahe Lum Tse
Total	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

See also

• List of beauty pageants

References

1. "Miss Myanmar International 2019 crowned". Mizzima. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

External links

• Official site