Lada Engchawadechasilp
Encyclopedia
Lada Engchawadechasilp (born July 25, 1980 in Los Angeles, California
) is a Thai American
who won the Miss Thailand World
pageant in 2001. She represented Thailand
in the Miss World 2001
pageant, where she was named Miss Photogenic. She is a graduate of UCLA.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
) is a Thai American
Thai American
A Thai American is an American of whose parents or grandparents came from Thailand. Many of them may in fact be of Thai Chinese or at least part Chinese ancestry, but they are still considered to be Thais.-History in U.S.:...
who won the Miss Thailand World
Miss Thailand World
Miss Thailand World is a national pageant, which the winners go to compete in Miss World Beauty Pageant, and the Runner-up who has beautiful Chinese complextion will be selected to participate in Miss Chinese International...
pageant in 2001. She represented 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...
in the Miss World 2001
Miss World 2001
Miss World 2001, the 51st Miss World pageant was held at the Super Bowl, in Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa on November 16, 2001. Agbani Darego from Nigeria won the pageant, she became the first black African to win the Miss World crown...
pageant, where she was named Miss Photogenic. She is a graduate of UCLA.
Facts/Trivia
- Engchawadechasilp is the first Thai representative to the Miss WorldMiss WorldThe Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
pageant who was born outside of Thailand.