Once a garbage collector, now a Thai beauty queen



A beauty queen from Thailand has emerged the winner in a national beauty pageant competition and has admitted to one thing - she used to be a garbage collector.

17-year-old Mint Kanistha has been helping her mother to collect garbage in order to support themselves, according to a report in Shin Min Daily News. She also had to give up her studies after her sixth year in high school, as her mother couldn't afford her school fees.

With her mother's encouragement, Ms Kanistha decided to join the Miss Uncensored News Thailand beauty pageant competition in an attempt to get back to school and help support her family.