Okkar Min Maung

Okkar Min Maung (Burmese: ဥက္ကာမင်းမောင်; born Ye Htoo Win on 18 September 1985) is a Burmese actor, model, singer and male pageant winner who was crowned Mr. Tourism International 2016 in Manila, the Philippines.[1][2]

In this Burmese name, the given name is Okkar Min Maung. There is no family name.
Okkar Min Maung
ဥက္ကာမင်းမောင်
Born
Ye Htoo Win

(1985-09-18) 18 September 1985
Rangoon, Burma
Alma materBerkeley College
Occupation(s)Actor, model, singer
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMr.Tourism Myanmar 2016
Years active2004–present
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Mr.Tourism World Myanmar 2016 (Winner)
Mr. Tourism World 2016 (Winner)

He has starred in leading roles in a slew of local productions, from commercials to films, and has catwalked for several fashion events.[2][3]

Early life and education

Okkar was born on 18 September 1985 in Yangon, Myanmar to parents Khine Win and Nilar Thein Myint and moved to New York when he was 24.[4] He graduated in English from a Myanmar university and has another degree in Business Administration Management from Berkeley College.[2][5]

Career

Okkar started his acting career at age 18 and has starred in over 40 films. He modeled for fashion shows, numerous magazines, and billboards until 2008. After an eight-year gap in his acting career, he returned to the movie industry with Burma's first LGBT film, The Gemini, where he played in the leading role as Thit Wai in 2016.[6][4]

In 2016, he won a Mister Tourism World Myanmar 2016 and represented Myanmar at the Mister Tourism World 2016, an international male beauty pageant.[5]

On 10 December 2016, he competed in Mister Tourism World 2016 which was held in Manila, Philippines. At the end of the event, he became the winner and also won three continental titles for Social Media Icon, Best in Style & Fashion, and Best in Tourism Speaker.[7][8]

Personal life

In 2018, Okkar came out as gay on his Facebook account.[4]

Filmography

Film
  • Over 40 films

Film (Big Screen Movies)
YearEnglish titleBurmese titleRoleNotes
2016The GeminiမေထုံရာသီဖွားThit WaiLeading role
TBAMa Yae Aye Khae Twer Kya Thu Myarမရဲ့အေးခဲသွားကြသူများMin ThikeLeading role

References
  1. "Ye Htoo Win from Myanmar wins Mister Tourism World 2016".
  2. "Okkar's profile on Backstage". Backstage.
  3. Nay Min Phyo (27 June 2018). "မိမိ၏လိင်တူ ချစ်သူနှင့်အတူ ဘဝကို အကောင်းဆုံး လှပအောင် ခြယ်မှုန်းသွားမည်ဆိုသည့် ဥက္ကာမင်းမောင်". The Myanmar Times (in Burmese).
  4. "Burmese actor Okkar Min Maung comes out as gay". Gay Times. 14 July 2018.
  5. "OKKAR MIN MAUNG – MISTER TOURISM WORLD MYANMAR 2016". 12 May 2016.
  6. Zwe Nyan (28 June 2018). "မပျော်တဲ့ဘဝကို ကြိတ်မှိတ် ဟန်မဆောင်တော့ဘူးဆိုတဲ့ ဥက္ကာမင်းမောင်" (in Burmese). 7Day News.
  7. Yu Mon Kyaw (13 December 2016). "သရုပ်ဆောင် ဥက္ကာမင်းမောင် Mister Tourism World 2016 Winner ဆု ရရှိ" (in Burmese). The Irrawaddy.
  8. "18 Private Party with Okkar Min Maung". Yangon Life. 12 December 2016.
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