YangonThu Michelle
| YangonThu Michelle | |
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| Native name | ရန်ကုန်သူမီရှဲ |
| Born | Michelle 4 August 1993 Yangon, Myanmar |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Shan Burmese |
| Other names | YangonThu Michelle (ရန်ကုန်သူမီရှဲ) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Foreign Languages, Yangon |
| 💼 Occupation | lifestyle blogger, co-founder & lead trainer of the Myanmar Women's Self Defense Center, fashion model |
| 📆 Years active | 2015– |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| 🏅 Awards | "Myanmar Influencer Awards-Lifestyle" (2018) |
| 🌐 Website | YangonThu Michelle |
Michelle (Burmese: မီရှဲ; born on 04 August 1993), is a lifestyle blogger, model and inspirational speaker operating under the title YangonThu Michelle [1], co-founder and lead trainer of Myanmar Women's Self Defense Center (MWSDC)[2][3], in Yangon, Myanmar. She is the recipient of the "Influencer of the Year 2018 (Lifestyle) award" from Myanmar Influencer Awards.[4] Her content mostly focuses on the lifestyle of a Yangon citizen,[1] preserving cultural heritage across Myanmar, and women empowerment.[5] She has been featured in The Myanmar Times,[1] MODA Magazine,[5] Democratic Voice of Burma,[6][7] and The Irrawaddy.[8] She has produced more than a hundred videos on her social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and her website. The contents range from everyday hairstyles, emergency first-aid, to discovering unique locations across Myanmar.
Early life
Michelle was born on 04 August 1993 in Yangon, Myanmar. She graduated with B.A (English) and also earned a Diploma in English from the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon in 2013. [9] She began working as a full-time translator for a local business after graduating.[5]
Miss Environment Winner
Michelle competed with waist number 5 in the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 pageant, held for the first time since 1961, and made it into the top 20.[9] She received the title award "Miss Environment 2013".[10]
Co-Founder of Myanmar Women's Self-Defense Center (MWSDC)
Michelle experienced sexual harassment for the first time during her teenage years on a bus in Yangon. According to her, she was shocked and at a loss as to what to do.[8] Simultaneously, she understood that the law enforcement in Myanmar is weak on sexual harassment and assault.[11] This marked the beginning of her journey to learn self-defense. She joined the kickboxing class at the YMCA in Yangon during her first year at the university.[5][6]
She demonstrated self-defense techniques during the talent portion of the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 pageant. She was later contracted by Akhaya Women Myanmar, an independent women's rights group to teach self-defense techniques to local women.[5][11]
Soon after, Michelle co-founded the Myanmar Women's Self-Defense Center (MWSDC) with three other female acquaintances and took the role of lead instructor. MWSDC is the first women's self-defense center in Myanmar and aims to enable women to protect themselves from sexual harassment,[12] to build confidence,[13] and ensure that the women of Myanmar are aware of the laws that exist to protect them.[14]
Lifestyle blogger
Michelle began uploading videos for her YangonThu Michelle program to Facebook on February 2018, and also had them broadcasted on the Mizzima TV broadcast channel[1] and iFlix.[15] Her program covers specific topics such as historical sites and prominent landmarks, the day-to-day lifestyle of Myanmar women,[1] and women empowerment videos. A video she uploaded on March 16, 2018 showing her trying on and purchasing clothes from used-clothing retailers, quickly gained widespread recognition.[5] She received the Myanmar Influencer Award 2018 in the Lifestyle category.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nyo Me (3 August 2018). "What's a Yangon Thu?". The Myanmar Times.
- ↑ Zaw Htet Oo (25 February 2018). "Women's Center:Two years and going strong". Ministry of Information (Myanmar).
- ↑ "About US". Myanmar Women Self Defense Center.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ထွန်းထွန်းဝင်း (23 May 2019). "ကဏ္ဍအသစ်များဖြင့် ဒုတိယအကြိမ်မြောက် Myanmar Influencer Awards 2018 ဆုပေးပွဲ". Mizzima Daily (in မြန်မာဘာသာ).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Moethae Say (12 April 2018). "မြန်မာအမျိုးသမီးများအတွက် လူနေမှုဘဝပုံစံဖော်ကျူးဆဲ Michelle". MODA MYANMAR (in မြန်မာဘာသာ).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 DVB (4 June 2016). "အလှမယ်ဘဝမှ ကိုယ်လုံပညာသင်ပေးသူ ဖြစ်လာသည့် မီရှဲလ်၏ ဘဝကောက်ကြောင်း". Democratic Voice of Burma (in မြန်မာဘာသာ).
- ↑ ခေတ်ပြိုင်ကောက်ကြောင်းများ (1 June 2016). "ကိုယ်လုံပညာနည်းပြ အလှမယ်". Democratic Voice of Burma (in မြန်မာဘာသာ).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Tin Htet Paing (1 September 2017). "A Fighter in Heels". The Irrawaddy.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Michelle". Miss Universe Myanmar.
- ↑ "Title Awards". Miss Universe Myanmar.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Robert Burton-Bradley (11 November 2018). "'A silent emergency': Myanmar's answer to #MeToo — kickboxing and pepper spray". ABC Online.
- ↑ Tin Htet Paing (26 February 2016). "'Women in Rangoon Confront Harassment as Opponents, Not Victims". The Irrawaddy.
- ↑ Joshua Carroll & Thiri Han (15 March 2016). "'From victims to opponents". Frontier Myanmar.
- ↑ "'Our Mission'". MWSDC.
- ↑ "'iFlix'". iFlix.
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