
There are no official news reports of the two beauty queens’ death as of writing. Swe Zin also shared a photo on her Instagram page on Friday as well. As of writing, Thuzar’s latest post on Instagram was on Friday, June 11. The two beauty queens have posted on their official social media accounts after rumors of their deaths spread on June 9. Miss Universe Myanmar 2020, Thuzar Wint Lwin, as well as Miss Universe Myanmar 2019, Swe Zin Htet, are alive as of June 2021. Two readers emailed the claim to Rappler for verification. The video has over 30,000 views, as of writing. But you’re wrong, it was Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 who got into an accident and died.) (There were people who commented that it was the current Miss Universe Myanmar who figured in a car accident.


Pero maling-mali po kayo mga kaibigan dahil ang naaksidente at sabing pumanaw ay si Miss Myanmar 2019,” it says. “May mga nag-komento din dito na ang naaksidente raw ay ’yung kasalukuyang representative daw ng Miss Myanmar. The video is titled,” MISS UNIVERSE: MISS MYANMAR PUMANAW NA DAHIL SA CAR ACCIDENT (REST IN PEACE MISS MYANMAR)” (Miss Universe: Miss Myanmar died due to a car accident.)Ĭontrary to the misleading title, the content of the video says that it was not Miss Universe Myanmar 2020 who died, but Miss Universe Myanmar 2019. Why we fact-checked this: The YouTube video containing the claim has over 30,000 views, as of writing.Ī video uploaded on June 9 by YouTube channel “Erl Peonila” falsely claims that Miss Universe Myanmar 2020, Thuzar Wint Lwin, died in a car accident. However, Miss International Queen Myanmar 2020, May Thitsar Maung, reportedly died because of a car accident. The facts: Miss Universe Myanmar 2020 is alive and has been active on social media. The person who died in a car accident is Miss International Queen Myanmar 2020, May Thitsar Maung.Ĭlaim: Miss Universe Myanmar 2020, Thuzar Wint Lwin, died in a car crash in June 2021. The winner of Miss Grand International will be announced Saturday in Bangkok.Miss Universe Myanmar 2020 Thuzar Wint Lwin is alive as of June 2021. Her social media posts are a mix of graphic photos and footage from the unrest back home, protest messages and photos of herself wearing ballgowns.

As a representative of Myanmar I will walk on the stage of Miss Grand International with the (message) stop the war and violence," she wrote on her Facebook page. "Our Myanmar people are walking on the streets to fight for democracy. Release our students."ĭuring the pageant's national costume contest on Wednesday, Han Lay's golden outfit channelled "Goddess of Peace," according to her Instagram account. "In a democracy, it is important that we can speak. "Students from the University of Yangon, my university, were also detained," she said on her Instagram page.

The psychology student said some of her peers had been detained since the coup. "So many people die in Myanmar by the guns of the military. "I want to say from here to the world: please support the Myanmar people," she told Thailand's Khaosod English news outlet. Han Lay, in Bangkok competing for the Miss Grand crown against 63 other contestants, hit out at the crackdown, in which more than 280 people have been killed. The Myanmar junta has unleashed deadly violence as it struggles to quell nationwide protests against the February 1 ouster and arrest of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A commitment to "world peace" might be a beauty pageant cliche, but as blood spills in the streets of Myanmar, Miss Grand International contestant Han Lay made a plea Thursday to end the violence in her homeland.
