Farung Yuthithum nicknamed Kwang (born April 6, 1987 in Pathum Thani

Pathum Thani

Pathum Thani is a town in central Thailand, directly north of Bangkok. It is the capital of the Pathum Thani Province, Thailand as well as the Mueang Pathum Thani district. As of 2005, it has a population of 18,320, covering the complete subdistrict Bang Parok....

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 is a student, model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

, and pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant.

Biography

As a first year student from Rajamangala University of Technology

Rajamangala University of Technology

Rajamangala University of Technology , RMUT, is a system of nine universities in Thailand providing undergraduate and graduate level of education. It was elevated to university level in 2005...

, Yuthithum won her first major pageant title in 2006 when she was named Miss U-League 2006. The pageant is held annually for female University students in Thailand.

Pageantry

On March 24, 2007, she competed in the Miss Thailand Universe

Miss Thailand Universe

Miss Thailand Universe is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Thailand's representative to the Miss Universe pageant since 2000.The reigning Miss Thailand Universe is Chanyasorn Sakornchan who was crowned on March 26, 2011 in Bangkok by Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe 2010...

 pageant held in Bangkok where she won and was crowned by reigning Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera

Zuleyka Rivera

Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 and Miss Universe 2006. She made her debut as a telenovela actress in Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate.-Early life:...

 of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

. Moreover, she was the tallest winner in the Thai pageant's history.

Yuthithum represented Thailand in the Miss Universe 2007

Miss Universe 2007

Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant, took place on May 28, 2007 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. 77 delegates competed for the title. Riyo Mori of Japan was crowned the winner of the title by Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico....

 pageant held in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, where she had made the top fifteen round. Riyo Mori

Riyo Mori

is a Japanese dance instructor and model who won the Miss Universe 2007 title in May 2007.-Early life:...

, Miss Japan was crowned Miss Universe.

External links

• Official site of Miss Thailand Universe 2007