Swe Zin Htet
Swe Zin Htet | |
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ဆွေဇင်ထက် | |
| Born | 16 November 1998 Hpa-an, Myanmar |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Supranational Myanmar 2016 Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Supranational 2016 (Top 8) Miss Universe Hpa-An 2019 (Winner) Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 (Winner) Miss Universe 2019 (Unplaced) |
Swe Zin Htet (Burmese: ဆွေဇင်ထက်; born 16 November 1998) is a Burmese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Myanmar 2019.
In November 2019, Swe Zin Htet came out as a lesbian, and later that year she became the first openly lesbian woman to compete in a Miss Universe competition. Julia Lemigova of the Soviet Union competed in Miss Universe 1991, Patricia Yurena Rodríguez of Spain competed in the Miss Universe 2013 competition, and Mariana Varela of Argentina competed in Miss Universe 2019 with Htet, but they did not come out until after their respective competitions.