Nang Mwe San

Nang Mwe San (Burmese: နန်းမွေစံ; born 23 June 1988) is a Burmese model and former medical doctor.^[1][2][3] She is considered as the country's most famous sexy model, according to The Myanmar Times.^[4][5] Since 2019 she has been walking the fashion runway at the Myanmar International Fashion Week. She is featured in The Irrawaddy's "Top Myanmar Sexy Models" list in 2020.^[6] In July 2020, she was appointed Kindness Ambassador of YVCT College.^[7]

Early life and education[]

Nang Mwe San was born on 23 June 1988 in Kunhing, Shan State, Myanmar into a medical family. She attended high school at Basic Education High School No. 2 Kamayut. After passing her matriculation exam with flying colours, she entered the University of Medicine 1, Yangon. She became a trained physician at the age of 22. She worked as a medical officer for local hospitals and NGO's in Shan, Kachin, and Rakhine States, including in displaced camps for the Rohingya Muslim.^[3]

Career[]

She began posting sexually charged photos in swimwear and lingerie on social media as a hobby, drawing an audience and commercial appearances.^[8] She has appeared in several television advertisements including OK Dollar, Biomanic Plus and other commercials.^[9] Her sexually charged photos led her the malaria monitoring and evaluation office in Yangon, where she worked as a medical officer, to demand her resignation. In 2019, the national Medical Council revoked her medical license and ordered her to stop working as a (sexy) model and made sure she couldn't work as a doctor again when she didn't.^[8][10] Nang Mwe said the confiscation of her medical license was a violation of her human rights,^[11] and the case and has been widely criticized in Myanmar and has been widely reported in the international media.^[12][13][14]

Emphasizing the line between her work as a sexy model and traditional pornography has helped ease the stigma of her career choice in a country where little distinction is made between the two.^[15] Although her ban from the medical profession caused controversy, it has also boosted her popularity and made her a national sex symbol.^[8][1]

At the end of 2019, she became the fourth highest trending individual in Myanmar, according to Google. She joined OnlyFans in September 2020, right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, after getting requests from fans. Nang Mwe San said she made US$50,000 in one month. Her videos also featured prominently on PornHub and TubeSafari, but are mainly compilations of photos from hotel shoots. She believes she is the first model from Myanmar active on the platform.^[16][17]

Political activities[]

Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, she participated in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media channels with 2.2 million followers. She joined the "We Want Justice" three-finger salute movement. The movement, launched on social media, has been joined by many celebrities.^[18][19] She speaks up on the country's military coup via videos and protested with the people in front of the Embassy of the United States, Yangon.^[20] She says,

"I also make a strong play in opposition to (the) military coup. All the generations in Myanmar know what we faced and lost in military rule. We cannot let that happen again. I am proud to participate in this protesting."

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External links[]

• Nang Mwe San on Facebook