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Metinee Kingpayome
Born	Metinee Washington Kingpayome (1972-06-11) June 11, 1972 (age 52) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupations	Actress model producer TV presenter
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse	Edward Sharples ​ ​(m. 2007; div. 2024)​
Children	1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Thailand World 1992
Years active	1992–present
Major competition(s)	Miss Thailand World 1992 (Winner) Miss World 1992 (Miss Continental Queens Asia & Oceania)

Metinee Washington Kingpayome (Thai: เมทินี วอชิงตัน กิ่งโพยม, RTGS: Methini Wochingtan Kingphayom, born 1972), later Metinee Kingpayome Sharples, also known as Lukkade (Thai: ลูกเกด, RTGS: Lukket) is a Thai actress, model, tv host, producer and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Thailand at Miss World 1992 and Miss World Asia & Oceania 1992.

Biography

The daughter of Thai father and Thai mother, Kingpayom was born in Maryland and raised in Queens, New York City. She has three younger brothers.

She won the Miss Thailand World title before she represented Thailand at the Miss World 1992 pageant in South Africa. There, she was crowned Continental Queen of Asia & Oceania.

She has since worked as a model, actress and TV presenter. She has been featured on the covers of Elle Thailand and Vogue Thailand. The Bangkok Post described her as: "At the forefront of the women's liberation movement in the Thai fashion industry,"

She was one of Channel V's first VJ presenters; and was nominated TV Gold Award for Best Actress for Manya Ritsaya (1998). She subsequently won Golden Doll Award (Phra Surasawadi Royal Award) for Best Actress for her debut movie role in Box (1998).

She is also a mentor for The Face Thailand (season 1-4),The Face Men Thailand (season 1-2).

She established MUSE by METINEE with her brother Mark Kingpayom to teach students personality empowerment and growth-mindset development through catwalk and beauty queen techniques. The weekend course attracts students from across Thailand ages 4 and up, with some senior students in their fifties, and offered an adapted curriculum as an after-school activity at Astra Academy International School in Bangkok.

She has one son.

TV dramas

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Filmography

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TV Program

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Production

• Thailand's Perfect Man 2006 as Producer
• Miss Universe Thailand 2019 as Head Master of Team Expert
• Dancing with the Stars (2013) as Producer

References

1. ^ "Super star Metinee settles in Phang Nga with her family". The Phuket News. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
2. Tun-atiruj, Choltanutkun (Oct 10, 2017). "Why The Face's Lukkade walked from Hua Hin to Bangkok". bk.asia-city.com.
3. "Lukkade Metinee". Elle Thailand. March 2016.
4. "Metinee Kingpayome - Facing forty with Glamour". Vogue Thailand. July 2014.
5. ^ "Joel Quenby meets 'Lukkade' Metinee Kingpayome". joelquenby.yolasite.com.
6. "รางวัลพระสุรัสวดี (ตุ๊กตาทอง)". Archived from the original on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
7. "Top modeling show The Face Thailand adds trans contestants to the mix (PHOTOS) | Coconuts Bangkok". coconuts.co. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
8. "หล่อเดือดกว่าเดิม The Face Men Thailand 2 เตรียมออนแอร์ตอนแรก 7 ตุลาคมนี้ ทางช่อง PPTV". THE STANDARD (in Thai). 2018-09-25.
9. ""ลูกเกด เมทินี" เปิดตัว "Muse by Metinee" ปั้นเด็กไทยไปเวทีโลก".
10. "Regent Phuket welcomes Thai Model and family - Phuket News and Scoop". Phuket News and Scoop. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
11. "Thai Celebrities "Walk For Life"". Thailand Tatler. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
12. "ทิชา". one31.net (in Thai). 2024-11-25. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
13. "ลูกเกด เปิดเรียลิตี้โชว์เพอร์เฟคต์แมน". MGR Online (in Thai). Oct 20, 2005. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
14. "Bangkok Post article". Bangkok Post. Jan 4, 2013. Retrieved 2018-08-20.

External links

• Metinee Kingpayome at IMDb

• Living people
• 1972 births
• Thai people of American descent
• Thai beauty pageant winners
• Miss World 1992 delegates
• Thai female models
• Female models from Bangkok
• Models from New York City
• Actresses from Queens, New York
• Thai film actresses
• Thai television actresses
• 20th-century Thai actresses
• 21st-century Thai actresses
• American people of Thai descent
• Miss Thailand World
• Mentors of The Face