Chairman of Miss Universe: who is the transgender billionaire, 'pushing' Ky Duyen when taking a photo together?

Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, born in 1979, is a Thai transgender entrepreneur. She currently holds the position of CEO and Chairman of JKN Global Group, an importer and exporter of copyrighted content from around the world.

According to RIT9, JKN Global Group is a $10 billion business empire. According to Sanook, as of 2020, Anne Jakkaphong is ranked 149th among Thailand's millionaires. She is considered the richest transgender woman in Thailand, Asia and ranked 3rd in the world.

The successful acquisition of the Miss Universe contest helped billionaire Anne Jakkaphong become the first transgender woman to hold the copyright of the famous, prestigious and respectable beauty contest.

Before becoming a billionaire and having a respectable fortune, Anne Jakkaphong used to go through difficult and poor years. She was born in a family of Chinese descent, with 5 siblings. She went to Australia to study abroad, majoring in Politics at Bond University. Here, Anne had to work many more jobs to earn money to pay for her life and education.

In an interview with a TV station that took place on October 27, Anne Jakkaphong burst into tears when she shared about being harassed, harassed, and trying to make ends meet while studying abroad in Australia. However, it was her words and poor past that became the motivation for her to improve herself.

After graduating, at the age of 21, Anne Jakkaphong returned to Thailand and took over the tape rental business from her father. However, the business did not go as planned, so Anne had to find a way to earn more income. She decided to try her hand at film production. This job also brought her her first large incomes.

Later, Anne diverted importing content from abroad, especially India, to sell to various television stations. As her work grew, Anne founded JKN Global Media Public Company Limited (now renamed JKN Global Group) with an initial capital of only about $26,500.

JKN Global Group specializes in the production of TV series, advertisements, distribution of dietary supplements and is the copyright owner of content of series, animations, documentaries from various countries such as South Korea, India, China, the Philippines and the United States.

JKN Global Group was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2020. According to Sanook, in 2021, Anne Jakkaphong held 53.16% of the group's shares.

In addition to being the CEO of a major media conglomerate based in Thailand, Anne is also a reality TV star, participating in Project Runway and Shark Tank. The businesswoman also helped found Life Inspired for Transuality, a non-profit organization that supports transgender people.

Anne Jakkaphong admits that she is not ashamed of her transgender past. Initially, she did not receive the support of her family and was rejected by her mother for nearly 3 years because of her transgender decision. However, later, Anne's family understood her thoughts and supported her dream of becoming a woman. Anne went abroad to edit her appearance, increasingly perfected her feminine appearance and lived her dreams.

Anne also wanted to have children of her own and go to the United States to find a surrogate. In September 2018, the transgender female billionaire welcomed her first son, named Andrew. Later, she had a daughter named Angelica, who was of German descent. Anne's life is an inspiration and role model for many transgender people in Asia.

Recently, the moment when the President of Miss Universe "shook hands with congratulations" when meeting Ky Duyen caused a fever on social networks, from here fans thought that the Vietnamese representative had made an impression in the eyes of the head of the contest.

However, on the livestream, Ky Duyen showed an expression of "standing in the picture" for a few seconds because of the actions of the President of Miss Universe. Accordingly, when the Vietnamese representative took action to hug Mrs. Anne to show closeness, she pushed Ky Duyen away, her face was also somewhat tense.

It seems that there is dissatisfaction or malfunction between the two, but in fact, the female Chairwoman only wants to remind Ky Duyen to stand upright to clearly see the Vietnamese sash she is wearing in front of her. After having a frontal photo, the two were still happy and comfortable continuing to take photos hugging each other. On her personal page, Ky Duyen also excitedly posted photo frames of her and Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip to "flex" to the public.

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