Anne Jakrajutatip

Anne Jakrajutatips real name isJakkaphong Jakrajutatip. She is the first woman to own beauty pageant Miss Universe Organization in its 71-year history.

She later earned a certificate of Real Estate Development from Chulalongkorn University and completed a Director Accreditation Program from the Thai Institute of Directors Association. She is eldest child of Ashira Suthisataporn and Ampai Jakrajutatip. Anne Jakrajutatip was born in a Thai—Chinese family in Thailand.

Anne Jakrajutatip is a well-known Thai entrepreneur who currently owns the Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA beauty pageants.

She is reportedly one of Southeast Asia's richest trans women and was, according to a report in Forbes in 2020, the third richest transgender person in the world. She bought the Anne Jakrajutatip is also the current CEO of a reputed Thai MNC named JKN Global Group. Jakrajutatip bought the pageant in October 2022. She has two siblings: a younger sister named Pimuma Jakrajutatip and a younger brother named Jatuphon Suthisataporn. The Thai transgender entrepreneur is the first-ever woman to own the Miss Universe pageant in history.

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip is the new owner of Miss Universe. She's a billionaire. A mother of two. And transgender.

As long as you have the determination and you have to believe in yourself that you can do it. I look at them as sisters, all of them, and I wish them all the best. Therefore I would love to encourage all women to have the privilege of having the same qualification to be able to come into the competition. That’s why I thought like, okay, I needed to have the platform on the global stage. Because I thought to myself at the time that I always wanted to become a mother, but I don’t have a womb. So I learned to live my life, to teach, to lead, and to inspire people on how to transform. I went back to my hometown, and I started to take the first hormone pills ever in my life. This is the message I want to tell all the people. Then, I went to my dad, and he said, “Are you sure?” “Yes,” I said, “Super sure. The only thing that I needed to do was to convince people that we are intelligent enough, we are smart, and can be successful. I quit school because I thought, “I really have to be better and become more successful.” I think outside the box. “I thought that you are the number one superpower in the world,” she says, raising her hands in a “what the hell” manner.

JKN Global's Anne Jakrajutatip graced the Miss Universe stage for the first time since she acquired and took over the organization.

“When I was born as a transwoman, [I was] bullied and sexually harassed by my own teacher when I was young, plus I was not accepted by society because they did not want to embrace my differences. Now, the time is up. “It has been 70 years that the Miss Universe Organization is run by men.

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Morial Convention Center in New Orleans and featured contestants from over 80 countries competing for the crown, a diamond and blue sapphire creation of Mouawad Jewelry, titled “Force for Good” which was bestowed upon the winner by the 2021 Miss Universe winner Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu of India. The 2022 Miss Universe pageant celebrated international beauty, but also highlighted a range of humanitarian causes from its contestants. The pageant owner also presented Miss Thailand Anna Sueangam-iam with the ImpactWayy Leadership Award, which is a fan-voted social media competition.