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Sa Myer Oo (စန်းမြာဦး) is a Burmese-Finnish beauty queen from Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland. Her Karenni parents had to flee the Karen conflict in Kayin State, Myanmar, formerly known as Karen State, Burma.
“They arrived at the Thai border,” Sa said of her parents in an interview with The Irrawaddy. “I was born while they were fleeing. There was no doctor. My mother told me that I only weighed 2 kilos when I was born.”
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Sa told the publication that her childhood was not secure. She spent the first 11 years of her life at at a refugee camp near the Myanmar-Thailand border.
According to Sa, she and her family survived on food donated by others at the refugee camp, which she said was like a prison. Here are 13 more things about her:
- She was born on Thailand’s side of the Myanmar-Thailand border.
- She is not a Thai citizen.
- She does not have a Burmese passport.
- She has never been to Myanmar.
- When she was a teenager in Finland, she played football and led a dance group with her friends.
- In 2007, on her 11th birthday, she and her family moved to Hanko, Uusimaa, Finland with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She later moved to Vaasa.
- In 2014, she got her Finnish passport.
- In November 2021, she was in Hanko.
- In May 2023, she visited Belgium.
- On June 8, 2023, she was at the VALO Hotel & Work in Helsinki, Finland.
- On August 19, 2023, she visited Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland.
- On August 26, 2023, she was at Spa Hotel Runni in Runni, Iisalmi, Ylä-Savo, Pohjois-Savo, Finland.
- She was 27 years old when she competed against nine other finalists at Miss Suomi 2023 on September 9, 2023 at the Aino Areena in Järvenpää, Uusimaa. She did not make it to the Top 3.
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