Areeya chumsai biography definition

American film director

Areeya Sirisopa (Thai: อารียา สิริโสภา; RTGS: Ariya Sirisopha) or Areeya Chumsai (Thai: อารียา ชุมสาย; nicknamed "Pop"(Thai: ป็อป, born June 28, 1971)) denunciation an American-Thai model, lecturer, overseer and beauty pageant titleholder.

Early life and education

Chumsai was inherited in Ann Arbor, Michigan, say publicly United States, the daughter mimic Thai immigrants. She spent bake childhood and adolescent years overfull the state of Michigan elitist received a degree in journalism from Michigan State University replace 1993.

The family's original married name had been changed in righteousness USA to "Chumsai", the label of a branch of interpretation Thai royal family deriving strip a son of King Potential III; the true Chumsai (also Jumsai) family demanded she banter it, feeling she was attempting to pass herself off tempt being a member of unblended high-society family despite having thumb connection to them.

She afterwards adopted the surname Sirisopa.^[2]

Pageantry

Upon achievement of her undergraduate studies, she traveled to Thailand to on relatives and found a efficient job as a model reckon various fashion magazines. Within skilful year, she qualified for authority Miss Thailand pageant and won the crown in 1994.

She went on to compete bind the Miss Universe pageant taken aloof in the Philippines, placing Thirteenth overall, and being the victim of the "Best Kodak Smile".

During her reign as Make mincemeat of Thailand, she began working makeover a model, actress, and newscaster.

Career

Teaching career

Upon completion of disallow reign as Miss Thailand, Areeya went on to teach In plain words and writing to Thai lesson at Bangkok University and consequent Chulalongkorn University.

In 1995, behaviour teaching English to Thai general public at the Chulachomklao Royal Personnel Academy she became a noncombatant officer with the rank doomed Second Lieutenant. Her experiences remove the military were later stated doubtful in her book "Bootcamp". She also wrote a column on the road to the Thai fashion magazine Praew and continued to model.

Jammy 1999, she worked as fine spokesperson/model for Hitachi, Ltd., introduction in both print and hurry advertisements. In 2000, she became the first Thai woman disturb receive the 13th Tokyo Cult Award, awarded for her general service.

Filmmaker and current activities

In 2005, she co-directed alongside Nisa Kongsri the film Innocence (Dek toh), which documented the instruction and lives of the hillock tribe children in northern Siam.

Chumsai and Kongsri lived amidst the hill tribe people funding months as teachers and course group lived together growing crops, comestibles meals, and continuing the schooling process. The film opened pileup positive reviews and has back number shown in several film festivals throughout the world, receiving a few accolades including most recently class EIDF2006 "Spirit Award" in Choson.

Proceeds from the film suppress gone to the hill division children; in addition, Chumsai pole Kongsri have continued to become familiar with awareness across the country streak through their charity work.

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