YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar is sending its first contestant in half a century to the Miss Universe pageant, in another sign that the once-isolated Southeast Asian nation is undergoing ...

Swe Zin Htet represented Myanmar at the 2019 Miss Universe competition. One of her first big pageant wins was the 2016 Miss Supranational Myanmar, where she placed in the top 10.

Swe Zin Htet from Myanmar, where homosexuality is criminalized, came out as gay shortly before Sunday’s Miss Universe competition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Myanmar’s Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the pageant on Sunday to urge the world to speak out against the military junta, whose security forces have killed hundreds of ...

YANGON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sparkling in a red, sequined dress, Htet Htet Htun spins around the stage rehearsing a traditional Burmese dance that she hopes will make her stand out from ...

Myanmar is sending its first contestant in half a century to the Miss Universe pageant, in another sign that the once-isolated Southeast Asian nation is undergoing dramatic change.

Miss Grand Myanmar 2024 Thae Su Nyein has come under fire for doing the “farewell walk” at the final night of this year’s Miss World Myanmar pageant, despite not being the outgoing titleholder.

For the entire 15 years that Charmaine Craig was writing “Miss Burma,” tensions seethed between the Burmese majority and the ethnic minorities that make up Myanmar. It is a dark coincidence ...

Miss Grand Myanmar 2024 Thae Su Nyein has come under fire for doing the “farewell walk” at the final night of this year’s Miss World Myanmar pageant, despite not being the outgoing titleholder. Miss ...