Beauty queen, kabilang sa mga nasawi sa lindol sa Myanmar

- Former Miss Tourism Myanmar Silimee is among those killed in the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar last week

- The tragic news was confirmed by the Miss Tourism Myanmar organization in a statement released on social media on Wednesday

- The organization said the beauty queen was found dead by rescue teams in a collapsed condominium

- Silimee represented the  said country in the Miss Tourism World 2018 competition

Miss Tourism Myanmar 2018 Silimee, who represented Myanmar in the Miss Tourism World 2018 competition, is among those who tragically passed away in the aftermath of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake on March 28.

It was confirmed by the Miss Tourism Myanmar organization in a statement released on its Facebook page on Wednesday.

According to its post, Silimee “was trapped in the collapse of the Sky Villa in Mandalay during the earthquake. Rescue teams found her lifeless body on April 2, 2025.”

The organization likewise extended its sincere sympathies to the bereaved family.

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“Miss Tourism Myanmar Organization and Blessed Entertainment express our deepest condolences to the family who are suffering from the unexpected loss of beautiful Silimey,” it added.

Meanwhile, a Filipino couple, both teachers from Bais, Negros Oriental, along with two other Filipinos, have been reported missing following a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar.

The missing individuals have been identified as couple Edsil Jess and Alexis Gale Aladid, along with Barren Barcelo and Francis Aragon. All four were residing at the Sky Villa Condominium, which was severely affected by the quake.

A footage shared by GMA Integrated News showed a fellow Filipino calling out the names of the missing teachers at the site of the rubble where their condominium unit once stood.

According to reports, the location was chosen by the fellow teacher after identifying a brown jacket believed to belong to the couple.

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Myanmar was struck by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on March 28, 2025, followed by another 6.8 magnitude just over 10 minutes later. The earthquake shook it's neighbor country like Thailand and Yunnan, China. According to reports, an under-construction 33-stories tall building collapsed resulting in 9 confirmed casualties, 32 injured, and more than 80 others (mostly construction workers) were missing. In an interview by TV 5's 'Frontline Tonight' with a Filipino based in Thailand, Benj Boston said it was 2011 when Thailand reportedly experienced an earthquake.

A father's daring jump across a fractured, 600-foot-high walkway to reach his family during a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Bangkok captures global attention. Kwon Young Jun, a 36-year-old father from Seoul, South Korea, found himself separated from his wife and child when the earthquake caused a connecting walkway between apartment blocks to fracture. The earthquake's impact extended beyond Bangkok, with significant casualties and damage reported in neighboring Myanmar, raising concerns about the accuracy of official figures and compounding an existing humanitarian crisis.

Source: KAMI.com.gh