Swe Zin Htet

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Swe Zin Htet

| image=

| native_name = {{lang|my|ဆွေဇင်ထက်}}

| native_name_lang = my

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hpa-an, Myanmar

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| hair_color = Black

| eye_color = Brown

| title = Miss Supranational Myanmar 2016
Miss Universe Myanmar 2019

| competitions = Miss Supranational 2016
(Top 8)
Miss Universe Hpa-An 2019
(Winner)
Miss Universe Myanmar 2019
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2019
(Unplaced)

}}

Swe Zin Htet ({{langx|my|ဆွေဇင်ထက်}}; born 16 November 1998){{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/missuniversemm/photos/happy-birthday-our-beauty-queen-supermanwishing-you-a-very-happy-birthdaymay-all/2339278232865984/|title=Happy Birthday Our Beauty Queen Superman!|date=16 November 2019|publisher=Miss Universe Myanmar}}{{cite web|url=https://www.missuniverse.com/contestants|title=Contestants|publisher=MUO|accessdate=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101222107/https://www.missuniverse.com/contestants/|archive-date=1 January 2020|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://baomoi.com/hoa-hau-myanmar-thua-nhan-dong-tinh-ngay-khi-thi-miss-universe-2019-day-ban-linh-va-dang-ne-phuc/c/33149139.epi|title=Hoa hậu Myanmar thừa nhận đồng tính ngay khi thi Miss Universe 2019: Đầy bản lĩnh và đáng nể phục!|date=30 November 2019|language=Vietnamese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dbKqxFL63/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B5dbKqxFL63 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration|title=#MissUniverseMyanmar2019 #RoadToMissUniverse2019|date=29 November 2019|publisher=Swe Zin Htet}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/human-interest/miss-myanmar-is-miss-universe-first-openly-gay-contestant/|title=Miss Universe's First Openly Gay Contestant Came Out Days Ago: 'I Just Started a New Chapter'|publisher=People|date=6 December 2019|last=Herbst|first=Diane}}

Pageantry

=Miss Supranational Myanmar=

Swe Zin Htet begun her pageantry career after winning Miss Supranational Myanmar 2016

=Miss Supranational=

she placed in the top ten and won Miss Personality title at Miss Supranational 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.misssupranational.com/india-wins-2nd-miss-supranational-title/|title=India wins 2nd Miss Supranational title!|date=21 March 2017 |publisher=Miss Supranational|accessdate=31 May 2019}}

=Miss Universe Myanmar=

On May 31, 2019, Swe Zin Htet was crowned as Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 by previous titleholder Hnin Thway Yu Aung. She will be Myanmar's next representative to Miss Universe.

=Miss Universe 2019=

As Miss Universe Myanmar, she represented Myanmar in the Miss Universe 2019 competition. At the end of event, she was unplaced.{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/01/c_138106910.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531181855/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/01/c_138106910.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 31, 2019|title=Swe Zin Htet from Kayin state crowned Miss Universe Myanmar|date=1 June 2019|publisher=Xinhua Net|author=Mu Xuequan}}

Personal life

She has been in a relationship with singer Gae Gae.{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/01/c_138106910.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531181855/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/01/c_138106910.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 31, 2019|title=Swe Zin Htet from Kayin state crowned Miss Universe Myanmar|date=1 June 2019|publisher=Xinhua Net|author=Mu Xuequan}}{{cite web|url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/entertainment/2019/12/09/210285.html|title=လိင်တူချစ်သူတဦးအဖြစ် ဝန်ခံခဲ့တဲ့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရဲ့ မယ်စကြာဝဠာ အလှမယ် ဆွေဇင်ထက်|date=9 December 2019}}