Anne Jakrajutatip, the first woman to own the Miss Universe franchise in its 70-year history, talks about her life and more in an exclusive interview.
LOS ANGELES — "I was born a transwoman because God gave me some reason to lead my life as a person or as an icon to teach, to lead, and to inspire other people to transform themselves and to become the best version of themselves."
I got sexually harassed by my own teacher, therefore I just had to overcome the obstacles. At the end of the day, I just have to be successful, that's all, to convince people that you cannot bully me anymore by being a public speaker. We are also the terrestrial network in Thailand. I set up; I listed the company in the stock market. We are the biggest global broadcaster and also the content distributor in Thailand. Later on, we became the broadcaster in Thailand and we have a lot of commerce companies producing nutrition.
You are the eldest of a family of Thai Chinese heritage with parents who used to own a video rental store. Can you please talk more about your childhood and upbringing and how it contributed to who you are today? That's why the home video just gave me a lot of life lessons and wisdom outside the box. Being a transwoman since I was young gave me the strength how to transform myself, overcome all the struggles, and once again, it turned pain into power. That's why I'm so glad that I was born different and I am a woman now, 100% woman; because I had a gender reassignment four years ago. I thank God every day for being a transwoman because it gave me a lot of strength.
Education is the most important and I don't forget our LGBTQ members, and that's why I'm here for them all the time. And in my charity called LIFT.That's very interesting. I don't have enough time for my children. I don't have enough time for my love life. I just have to balance more. Right now, I have Miss Universe Organization. I have to look after a lot of women here who are my sisters and also who come all over the whole world, 95 countries every year.
For Olivia, she's like my sister. We travel together to so many places and she's coming to Thailand also. She has been to this room. My living room in Thailand. So she came here quite often and I loved using her skincare products also. She went to New York with me, with R'Bonney recently. I love her because she's a very kind person, very nice personality. You can feel that she does the business from her own heart. She cares about people. That's why it's really worth it.
I always say this "transformational leadership" because I'm a transwoman and I just inspire people. I would love to inspire people. That is my life purpose, to overcome obstacles. That's why I said to everyone, please go and study what it means to be a "transformational leader" or have the leadership in you to be able to transform the obstacle, to transform all the pain into wisdom, and fight for it.
In the next competition in El Salvador, you should have the energy. You are representing your own country. You need to become the leader of your own country, representing your own culture, your own nation on the stage of Miss Universe and keep talking, keep exhibiting yourself and showing what kind of transformational leadership campaign you have, what kind of boss you are.
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