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Metinee Kingpayom

Metinee Kingpayome
Born	Metinee Washington Kingpayome (1972-06-11) June 11, 1972 (age 52)[citation needed] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupations	Actress model producer TV presenter
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[citation needed]
Spouse	Edward Sharples ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2020)​
Children	1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Thailand World 1992
Years active	1992–present
Major competition(s)	Miss Thailand World 1992 (Winner) Miss World 1992 (Miss Continental Queens Asia & Oceania)

Metinee Washington Kingpayome (Thai: เมทินี วอชิงตัน กิ่งโพยม, RTGS: Methini Wochingtan Kingphayom, born 1972), later Metinee Kingpayome Sharples,^[1] also known as Lukkade (Thai: ลูกเกด, RTGS: Lukket) is a Thai-American actress, model, tv host, producer and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Thailand at Miss World 1992^[2] and Miss World Asia & Oceania 1992.

Biography[edit]

The daughter of Thai father and Thai mother, Kingpayom was born in Maryland and raised in Queens, New York City. She has three younger brothers.^{[citation needed]}

She won the Miss Thailand World title before she represented Thailand at the Miss World 1992 pageant in South Africa. There, she was crowned Continental Queen of Asia & Oceania.^[1]

She has since worked as a model, actress and TV presenter. She has been featured on the covers of Elle Thailand and Vogue Thailand.^[3][4] The Bangkok Post described her as: "At the forefront of the women's liberation movement in the Thai fashion industry,"^[5]

She was one of Channel V's first VJ presenters; and was nominated TV Gold Award for Best Actress for Manya Ritsaya (1998). She subsequently won Golden Doll Award (Phra Surasawadi Royal Award) for Best Actress for her debut movie role in Box (1998).^[5][6]

She is also a mentor for The Face Thailand (season 1-4),The Face Men Thailand (season 1-2).^[7][8]

She established MUSE by METINEE with her brother Mark Kingpayom to teach students personality empowerment and growth-mindset development through catwalk and beauty queen techniques.^[9] The weekend course attracts students from across Thailand ages 4 and up, with some senior students in their fifties, and offered an adapted curriculum as an after-school activity at Astra Academy International School in Bangkok.

She has one son.^[1][10][11]

TV dramas[edit]

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Filmography[edit]

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TV Program[edit]

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Production[edit]

• Thailand's Perfect Man 2006 as Producer^[12]
• Miss Universe Thailand 2019 as Head Master of Team Expert
• Dancing with the Stars (2013) as Producer^[13]

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External links[edit]

• Metinee KingpayomatIMDb