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Miss Thai an Aussie
From:
September 13, 2005


Beauty ... Angela Mckay is crowned Miss Thailand / AFP AN AUSTRALIAN girl who believed she didn't have the looks to make it as a Sydney model has been crowned Miss Thailand.

Angela McKay, 20, grew up with her Thai mother and Australian father in Margaret River, WA.
She won a modelling competition at 16 - as Girlfriend magazine's "face of 2000" - but when she moved to Sydney found the market "a bit difficult", her aunt Jill McKay said, so she headed overseas two years ago - landing work with a modelling agency in Bangkok.

Ms McKay said Angela was "overwhelmed" by her title and told her: "I really didn't think I was going to win ... it hasn't sunk in."

Angela's mother Kung and father Bob have flown to Bangkok to celebrate.

Angela will now contests the Miss World title in China in December.
Ms McKay said that her niece had been reluctant to enter the competition, wanting to return to Sydney to begin a university degree.
"Her life has completely changed," she said.