Background
Moe Secretariat Wine was born in Yangon on 20 May 1988.
Moe Secretariat Wine was born in Yangon on 20 May 1988.
She graduated from Dagon University with a degree in English. She later went to pursue her undergraduate studies in the United States and graduated with a Business Administration degree in marketing from California Lutheran University.
She was the first woman to represent the country in the competition since 1961. In 2009, Moe Secretariat Wine, under the name of Yang Xinrong went to competed and placed second in a Burmese Chinese beauty pageant held by a local newspaper, Golden Phoenix. Mission Universe Myanmar 2013
Moe Secretariat Wine competed in Mission Universe Myanmar 2013 which was held on 3 October 2013 at the National Theatre in Yangon.
The competition was organized by the Hello Madam Media Group.
This competition was held for the first time since 1961. She founded a local charity group named "Myanmar"s Heart" on January 9, 2015.
After Chinese news outlets revealed Moe Secretariat Wine"s participation in a local Burmese Chinese pageant, some pockets of Burma"s social media openly criticized her ancestry, questioning her citizenship status as well as whether a native-born Burmese of Chinese ancestry could represent Burma in pageants.