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Height
  
5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m)

Siblings
  
Paveena Hongsakul

Name
  
Apasra Hongsakula

Eye color
  
Brown

Hair color
  
Black


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Full Name
  
Apasra Hongsakula

Born
  
January 16, 1947 (age 77) Bangkok, Thailand (
1947-01-16
)

Spouse
  
Suthikiati Chirathivat (m. 1975–1985), Fame R. Kitiyakara (m. 1967–1969)

Children
  
Rungkhun Kitiyakara, Passornkorn Chirathivat

Parents
  
Perm Hongsakula, Kayoon Hongsakula


Other names
  
Aphatsara Hongsakun

Major competition(s)
  
Miss Thailand 1964 (Winner), Miss Universe 1965 (Winner)

Nationality
  
Thai

Similar
  
Bui Simon, Corinna Tsopei, Margareta Arvidsson

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Apasra Hongsakula (Thai: อาภัสรา หงสกุล, RTGSAphatsara Hongsakun,  [ʔàː.pʰát.sā.rāː hǒŋ.sā.kūn]; born in 1947 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai model and beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1965. She is the daughter of Group Captain Perm and Kayoon Hongsakula. She was the first woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown.

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Biography

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Apasra was born and raised in Bangkok, but she was sent to learn English at a girls secondary school in Penang, Malaysia.

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She married a first cousin of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, by whom she has a son. The marriage ended long ago in divorce, but she remains a revered social figure in the country. Her younger sister, Pavena, is a prominent political figure and former member of Parliament.

Participation

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In the 1964 Miss Thailand pageant held in Bangkok, Apasra Hongsakula, a high school student from Penang won the crown.

She then went on to compete in the 1965 Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States where she was crowned 14th Miss Universe winner on July 28, 1965.

Judging

She returned to the pageant as a judge in 1973 and 1979.

Post Pageants

  • Apasra has been appointed "cultural ambassador" by Tourism Authority of Thailand.
  • President of Raymond Weil Watches.
  • President of Apasra Beauty Slimming Spa.
  • She is currently a judge of the Miss Universe Thailand pageant, responsible for sending Thailand's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.
  • Facts/Trivia

  • She is the third Thai representative at Miss Universe pageant.
  • She got some advice from Her Majesty Queen Sirikit about how to strike a pose and how to walk in the pageant before she went to Miami.
  • Her Thai nickname is "Pook"
  • In 1992, during the Miss Universe pageant hosted by Thailand, Apasra received a new crown from the Miss Universe Organization and was re-crowned in a private ceremony by Lupita Jones of Mexico, Miss Universe 1991. Traditionally, Miss Universe titleholders from earlier eras did not retain their crowns permanently.
  • References

    Apasra Hongsakula Wikipedia