Than Than Aye (Burmese: သန်းသန်းအေး)[1] was a Burmese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Burma 1959. She was the Burma's first contestant in the Miss Universe pageant.[2][3][4]
Than Than Aye | |
|---|---|
သန်းသန်းအေး | |
| Born | |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Burma 1959 |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Burma 1959 (Winner) Miss Universe 1959 (Unplace) |
In 1959, the term Miss Burma was introduced in Myanmar through MISS ORGANIZATION and the Miss Burma pageant was held. At the end of the event, Than Than Aye was competed in Miss Burma 1959. In that year, she represented Myanmar as the first contestant in the Miss Universe pageant. She competed in the Miss Universe 1959 which was held on 24 July 1959 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. At the end of the event, she was unplaced.[5]
References
edit- ^ "63 ကြိမ်မြောက် ကျင်းပမည့် Miami, Florida(Miss Universe ပြိုင်ပွဲ) သို့ရောက်ရှိ". Miss Universe Myanmar.
- ^ "ကံကောင်းမှန်း မသိအောင် ကံကောင်းခဲ့ဖူးတယ်ဆိုတဲ့ သျှားထွဋ်အိန္ဒြ". www.duwun.com.mm (in Burmese).
- ^ "မယ်စကြာဝဠာပြိုင်ပွဲဝင်ဖို့ မြန်မာအလှမယ် မေဘရဏီသော် Las Vegas ရောက်". VOA News (in Burmese).
- ^ "မြန်မာ့ပထမဆုံး မယ်စကြဝဠာပြိုင်ပွဲဝင် ဒေါ်သန်းသန်းအေ" (in Burmese).
- ^ Miss Universe 1959
- ^ "မယ်စကြဝဠာ ပြိုင်ပွဲ". The Irrawaddy. 4 October 2013.