Htar Htet Htet

In this Burmese name, the given name is Htar Htet Htet. There is no family name.
Htar Htet Htet
Born
Htar Htet Htet

(1989-12-19) 19 December 1989 (age 35)
Kalay, Myanmar
OccupationActress
TitleMiss Grand Myanmar 2013
Parents
  • Dr.Kyaw Moe (father)
  • Tin Tin Swe (mother)

Htar Htet Htet (Burmese: ထားထက်ထက်) is a Burmese actress and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Myanmar at the inaugural Miss Grand International beauty pageant in Thailand in 2013. She won the Miss Popular Award at the inaugural Miss Grand International 2013 beauty contest in Bangkok, Thailand.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Htar Htet Htet was born on 19 December 1989 in the Kalay, Myanmar. Her father, Dr.Kyaw Moe and her mother is Tin Tin Swe. She is the youngest of four siblings.[2]

Pageantry

She represented Myanmar at Miss Grand International 2013 in Thailand. Competing against 80 contenders, she reached the top 20 and won the Miss Popular award.[6]

Career

Htar Htet Htet began her acting career in 2014, after competing in Miss Grand International 2013. Her acting debut was in the Burmese film Diary of a villain, where she played the leading role with Lu Min and Yone Lay. It was directed by Thar Nyi, and was released in Myanmar cinemas on 17 August 2018.[7][8] However, due to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, she fled from Yangoon in late April 2021 to start the military training with Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) as well as the United Defense Force (UDF) which was made up of protesters against the coup,[9][10] and later joined the ethnic rebels in Myanmar's border regions to take up arms against the country's military leaders.[11][9][12]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Miss Gand International 2013 ထားထက်ထက်နှင့် အင်တာဗျူး". 24 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင် ကျွမ်းဘားမယ်နှင့် မြန်မာကိုယ်စားပြုအလှမယ် သရုပ်ဆောင် ထားထက်ထက်၏ ငယ်ဘဝဖြတ်သန်းရာ". Eleven Media Group.
  3. ^ "Interview: Please do not Recognize This Regime". RFA.
  4. ^ "Former Myanmar Beauty Queen Joins Ethnic Rebels Against The Junta". Latin Times. 13 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against junta". Straits Times. 12 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Burmese Beauty Queen Wins 'Miss Popular' Award". 20 November 2013.
  7. ^ "လူမင်း၊ ယုန်လေး၊ ထားထက်ထက်တို့ ပါဝင်သည့် လူကြမ်းတယောက်ရဲ့ဒိုင်ယာရီ ရုပ်ရှင် (နမူနာ)" (in Burmese). Burmese DVB.
  8. ^ a b c d e "မကြာခင် ရုံတင်မယ့် ရုပ်ရှင်ကားအတွက် စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားနေရသူ အလှမယ် ထားထက်ထက်" (in Burmese). Burmese Irrawaddy.
  9. ^ a b "Burmese beauty queen turns rebel, vows to bring down Myanmar military junta or die fighting". The Northeast Today. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ^ Amlan Home Chowdhury (2 June 2021). "Young Women and Men from Myanmar Cities Head to the Jungle". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Myanmar rebels teach coup protesters how to make war". Bangkok Post. 4 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  12. ^ Rebecca Ratcliffe (1 June 2021). "Rise of armed civilian groups in Myanmar fuels fears of full-scale civil war". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
First Edition
 Miss Grand Myanmar
2013 		Succeeded by
M Ja Seng, Kachin State