Charm Onwarin Osathanond

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Charm Onwarin Osathanond
Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name: Charm Onwarin Osathanond
Birth location: Nonthaburi, Thailand
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Ethnicity: Asian
Title(s): Miss Thailand Universe 2006
Major Competition(s): Miss Thailand Universe 2006 (winner), Miss Universe 2006 (Top 20)

Charm Onwarin Osathanond (Thai: ชาม อรวรินธ์ โอสถานนท์), best known as Charm Osathanond (Thai: ชาม โอสถานนท์), is a 20-year-old student, actress, model and host who won the Miss Thailand Universe pageant in 2006. Her real name is Ivrin Reya Osathanond (Thai: ไอยวริญท์ รายา โอสถานนท์).

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[edit] Biography

Charm Osathanond is an only child and was raised in Nonthaburi near Bangkok in a fostering environment.

She graduated from International School Bangkok in 2005. Charm speaks English fluently and befriended Thai singer Lydia while the two attended that school.

Currently, she is a third year student at the Faculty of Communication Arts of Chulalongkorn University, one of Thailand's most prestigious universities in Bangkok.

[edit] Pageantry

On March 25, 2006, Osathanond was crowned seventh Miss Thailand Universe in Bangkok by reigning Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova of Canada.

As Miss Thailand Universe, she represented Thailand in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant which was televised live internationally from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006.

After competing in the preliminary competitions, Osathanond made the top twenty during the pageant final becoming the first semi-finalist from Thailand since Porntip Nakhirunkanok won the title in 1988. The pageant was won by Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico.

[edit] Facts/Trivia

Thailand got called out to the semi-finals after a long period without placement (18 years) since 1988 when Porntip Nakhirunkanok won the crown in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Preceded by
Chananporn Rosjan		 Miss Thailand Universe
2006		 Succeeded by
Farung Yuthithum
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