Tin moe lwin biography

Mimi Wu interviews the Mother of Models, Tin Moe Lwin, on grace, generosity, and paying it forward.

Tin Moe Lwin’s first trip abroad at age sixteen was an eye-opening vacation to fashionable, urban Hong Kong.

During her month’s long stay, she frequently noticed young girls and boys near her aunt and uncle’s house, who looked like they were going to class. “I asked who they were, and my aunt said they were models going for their lessons.

Tin moe lwin biography

From there, I stuck the word ‘model’ in my mind. At that time, nobody in Myanmar knew the word model; we used ‘beauty girl’ or ‘beauty lady’.”

Tin Moe Lwin began her modeling career in local and national sports festivals by holding signposts, a job given to girls not only with pretty faces but also with grace and their wits about them.

At that time, despite Myanmar being devoid of formal model training, her family had a wealth of experience in style and an emphasis on etiquette that they had passed on.

“They were not models, but they were fa