Anna Sueangam-iam biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Thailand 2022

Anna Sueangam-iam (แอนนา เสืองามเอี่ยม) is a Thai actress and beauty queen born and raised in a slum in Bangkok, Thailand. She is three-fourth Thai and one-fourth German and is 5’9″ tall.

As a child, Sueangam-iam played with toys her parents found in the trash. Her parents worked as garbage collectors for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in Bangkok.

When Sueangam-iam was young, she had to collect merit points, donate blood every semester, collect plastic waste bottles and clean public restrooms to cover her tuition fees. To protect her from an unsafe environment, her family sent her to a temple where she grew up among Buddhist nuns. 

Sueangam-iam attended Mahannaparam School and Kasetsart University, which are both in Bangkok.. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. On July 1, 2018, she was crowned Miss Mobile Thailand 2018.
2. In 2019, she competed at Miss Thinn Thai Ngarm 2020. She was second runner-up.
3. In July 2020, she visited ESC THAI WAKE PARK in Khlong Nueng, Thailand.
4. In October 2020, she graduated from Kasetsart University.
5. In November 2020, she walked the runway in an iCONiC fashion show.
6. On December 5, 2020 she visited the Gassan Khuntan Golf and Resort in Tha Pla Duk, Thailand. On December 13, 2020, she competed at Miss Thailand 2020 at the Chiang Mai International Exhibition and Convention Centre in Mueang Chiang Mai , Chiang Mai, Thaland. She did not make it to the Top 5.
7. In October 2021, she visited Nongnooch Garden Pattaya in Na Chom Thian, Thailand
8. On July 30, 2022, she competed against 29 finalists at Miss Universe Thailand 2022 at True Icon Hall in Bangkok and won the title.
9. On January 14, 2023, she represented Thailand at Miss Universe 2022 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was unplaced but she won the Social Impact Award.
10. In May 2023, she visited different parts of the U.S. including Houston, Texas; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Denver, Colorado; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Bloomington, Minnesota; Livingston, New Jersey and New York City, New York.
11. On June 8, 2023, she visited Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok.
12. On July 18, 2023, she reunited with Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel, Miss Universe India 2022 Divita Rai, Miss Universe Bahrain 2022 Evlin Khalifa, Miss Universe Australia 2022 Monique Riley, Miss Universe Iceland 2022 Hrafnhildur Haraldsdottir and Miss Universe South Africa 2022 Ndavi Nokeri for the launch of Miss Universe’s line of beverages at IconSiam in Bangkok.
13. She was 24 years old when she crowned her successor Miss Universe Thailand 2023 at the MCC Hall of The Mall Lifestore Ngamwongwan in Nonthaburi, Thailand.