Myo Ko Ko San

Myo Ko Ko San
Myo Ko Ko San at L'Oréal Event Myanmar
Native name မျိူးကိုကိုစန်း
Born Myo Ko Ko San
(1994-09-01) September 1, 1994
Mandalay, Myanmar
Education Technological University, Mandalay
Occupation Model, LGBT advocate, Beauty queen
Years active 2013–present
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Title Miss Rainbow Ribbon 2013
Miss International Queen Myanmar 2014
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Dark Brown
Eye colour Black
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Rainbow Ribbon 2013 (Winner)
Miss International Queen 2014

Myo Ko Ko San (Burmese: မျိူးကိုကိုစန်း; born 1 September 1994) is a Burmese's first transgender model, LGBT rights activist and beauty pageant titleholder who was elected Miss International Queen Myanmar 2014 and represented Myanmar at Miss International Queen 2014.[1][2] She win ASEAN - LGBT Community Pride Awards 2018 on 19 June 2018.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Myo Ko Ko San was born on 1 September 1994 in Mandalay, Myanmar, born to be a boy. Myo is the second son of three siblings, having an younger brother and elder brother. She experienced gender dysphoria beginning in early childhood, and began her gender transition at age 15, while attending school. She completed her sex reassignment surgery in Thailand at the age of 23. She studied Civil engineering at Technological University, Mandalay.

Pageantry

Miss Rainbow Ribbon 2013

In 2013, she competed in Miss Rainbow Ribbon 2013, a pageant for transgender which was held on 23 October 2013 at the Hotel Mandalay by Rainbow Ribbon Network Myanmar. At the end of the event, she was became the winner and elected represent Myanmar for Miss International Queen 2014, the world's largest and beauty pageant for transgender women.[6]

Miss International Queen 2014

She represented Myanmar at the Miss International Queen 2014 pageant which was held on 7 November 2014 in Pattaya, Thailand, along with beauties from 20 other nations. She was won Talent 1st runner-up.

Career

After previously competing in the Miss International Queen 2014 pageant, a person who recognized her as Miss International Queen Myanmar, and became a transgender super model and actress.[7]

Myo is set to star in Burmese first transgender film, it has been announced. The film, as yet untitled, will portray a transgender person who stands up for her rights even to the point of death.[8]

Arrest under section 66 (d)

Myo Ko Ko San is being sued under section 66 (d) of the telecommunications law by actress Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi has filed a lawsuit against for defamation. Police took the model into custody at Yangon International Airport on her return from a visit to Bangkok, Thailand, and she was being held at Yankin Township Police Station in 17 January 2017. Wut Hmone Shwe Yi has accused Myo Ko Ko San of being the administrator of the "Cele Cele Small" Facebook page, which posted the allegedly defamatory material. Cele Cele Small is a Facebook page with over 1 Million likes that reveals inside information on the private lives of Burma’s celebrities and artists.[9][10]

Aftermath

In Yankin Township Court, Myo Ko Ko San denied being the administrator of Cele Cele Small and questioned why police had the right to arrest her without strong evidence. After four days in jail, Myo Ko Ko San was released and the defamation case against her declared spurious as investigating officers found insufficient evidence to support the lawsuit.[11][12][13]

LGBT activism

Myo is icon of Myanmar LGBTs and a advocate for LGBT rights in Myanmar. She has included in many campaigns for LGBT rights activism. Myo’s hope is that she can help educate people to learn more about LGBT issues and bring them to a higher understanding.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Chit Su (29 September 2014). "Beauty pageant with a difference". The Myanmar Times.
  2. ↑ Thiha Toe (19 January 2017). "Actress Sues Model over Facebook Posts under Article 66(d)". The Irrawaddy.
  3. ↑ "Myo Koko San win ASEAN - LGBT Community Pride Awards 2018 - MIRadio". MIRadio. 19 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Myo Ko Ko San Vs Vietnam ASEAN – LGBT - DVB". Democratic Voice of Burma. 12 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "ျမန္မာလိင္ေျပာင္းအလွမယ္ မ်ိဳးကိုကိုစန္းအာဆီယံ ဂုဏ္ျပဳဆုရ" (in Burmese). The Voice Weekly. 13 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Kyay Mone Win (28 November 2013). "ဟိုတယ်မန္တလေးတွင် ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည့် Miss Rainbow Ribbon ပြိုင်ပွဲ". The Myanmar Times.
  7. ↑ Kyaw, Kyaw Phone (19 January 2017). "LGBT beauty queen behind bars after actress files defamation suit". Frontier Myanmar.
  8. ↑ Nyein Ei Ei Thwe (18 December 2015). "Beauty queen to star in transgender film". The Myanmar Times.
  9. ↑ "Myanmar actress sues transgender beauty queen for defamation". Mizzima. 20 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Statement on " Myo Ko Ko San" the Transgender Beauty Queen Detained by the Police". Progressive Voice Myanmar. 22 January 2017.
  11. ↑ Nyein Ei Ei Thwe (24 January 2017). "Transgender beauty queen released, vows to investigate accusation". The Myanmar Times.
  12. ↑ Kyaw, Kyaw Phone (20 January 2017). "Myo Ko Ko San released after defamation charges scuttled". Frontier Myanmar.
  13. ↑ "Transgender beauty queen jailed in Myanmar Miss India - Femina Miss India 2015". The Times of India.
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