Yangon Thu Michelle
| Yangon Thu Michelle | |
|---|---|
| Native name | ရန်ကုန်သူမီရှဲ |
| Born | Michelle 4 August 1993 Yangon, Myanmar |
| Other names | Yangon Thu Michelle (ရန်ကုန်သူမီရှဲ) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Foreign Languages, Yangon |
| 💼 Occupation | lifestyle blogger, fashion model |
| 📆 Years active | 2015–present |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| 🏅 Awards | "Myanmar Influencer Awards-Lifestyle" (2018) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Yangon Thu Michelle (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်သူမီရှဲ; born on 4 August 1993), real name Michelle is a Burmese lifestyle blogger, fashion model and a women's self-defence trainer.[1][2] She is also the co-founder and lead trainer of Myanmar Women's Self Defence Center (MWSDC) in Yangon, Myanmar.[3] Yangon Thu Michelle won the 2018 "Myanmar Influencer Award" for lifestyle.
Early life and education[edit]
She was born on 4 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.[4][5]
Career[edit]
Michelle competed in the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 pageant, and finished in the top 20.[5] She received the title Miss Environment 2013.[6] She co-founded the Myanmar Women's Self Defence Center (MWSDC) with three other female acquaintances to enable women to protect themselves from sexual harassment.[7][8][9][10][11] Her self defence class is increasingly popular within LGBT organisations, NGOs and among women.[2]
As a lifestyle blogger, Yangon Thu Michelle[edit]
She began uploading videos for her Yangon Thu Michelle programs to her social media in February 2018, and also had them broadcast on the Mizzima TV broadcast channel and iFlix.[2] Her program covers specific topics such as historical sites and prominent landmarks, the day-to-day lifestyle of Myanmar women, and women empowerment videos.[1][2]
2018 Myanmar Influencer Award Winner[edit]
Her work won her the 2018 Myanmar Influencer Award in the Lifestyle category.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moethae Say (12 April 2018). "မြန်မာအမျိုးသမီးများအတွက် လူနေမှုဘဝပုံစံဖော်ကျူးဆဲ Michelle". MODA MYANMAR (in မြန်မာဘာသာ).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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).
- ↑ "Michelle pageant". ABC Online. 11 November 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Michelle". Miss Universe Myanmar.
- ↑ "Title Awards". Miss Universe Myanmar.
- ↑ Tin Htet Paing (26 February 2016). "'Women in Rangoon Confront Harassment as Opponents, Not Victims". The Irrawaddy.
- ↑ Robert Burton-Bradley (11 November 2018). "'A silent emergency': Myanmar's answer to #MeToo — kickboxing and pepper spray". ABC Online.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Tin Htet Paing (1 September 2017). "A Fighter in Heels". The Irrawaddy.
- ↑ ထွန်းထွန်းဝင်း (23 May 2019). "ကဏ္ဍအသစ်များဖြင့် ဒုတိယအကြိမ်မြောက် Myanmar Influencer Awards 2018 ဆုပေးပွဲ". Mizzima Daily (in မြန်မာဘာသာ).
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