Every citizen of the world wants the prosperity of their country and the peaceful environment. 'I deeply feel sorry for the people who have lost their lives on the streets. Yet it was still surprising to see a contestant at an international pageant use the event to in part criticize her own country's leaders. Han Lay had made no secret of her sympathies in a publicity video interview two weeks ago and on her Instagram page, which shows memes and photos from the protest movement in her homeland. As she was speaking news was coming out from across the border in Myanmar that at least 114 people had been killed in the bloodiest day since the Feb. The winner of Miss Grand International will be announced Saturday in Bangkok.Yangon University student Han Lay made the comments Saturday night at the Miss Grand International pageant held in the Thai capital Bangkok. Her social media posts are a mix of graphic photos and footage from the unrest back home, protest messages and photos of herself wearing ballgowns.

As a representative of Myanmar I will walk on the stage of Miss Grand International with the (message) stop the war and violence,' she wrote on her Facebook page. 'Our Myanmar people are walking on the streets to fight for democracy. Release our students.'ĭuring the pageant's national costume contest on Wednesday, Han Lay's golden outfit channelled 'Goddess of Peace,' according to her Instagram account.

'In a democracy, it is important that we can speak. 'Students from the University of Yangon, my university, were also detained,' she said on her Instagram page. The psychology student said some of her peers had been detained since the coup. 'So many people die in Myanmar by the guns of the military. 'I want to say from here to the world: please support the Myanmar people,' she told Thailand's Khaosod English news outlet. Han Lay, in Bangkok competing for the Miss Grand crown against 63 other contestants, hit out at the crackdown, in which more than 280 people have been killed.

The Myanmar junta has unleashed deadly violence as it struggles to quell nationwide protests against the February 1 ouster and arrest of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Bangkok, Ma(AFP): A commitment to 'world peace' might be a beauty pageant cliche, but as blood spills in the streets of Myanmar, Miss Grand International contestant Han Lay made a plea Thursday to end the violence in her homeland.

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