Mogok Pauk Pauk

Mogok Pauk Pauk is a Burmese fashion designer and vice-chair of the Fashion Designers Entrepreneur Association. She has been dubbed as "Myanmar's Fashion Guru" for extraordinary fashion creatives and two decades-long experience in the Myanmar fashion industry.

Early life Pauk Pauk grew up in Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. Even though Mogok Pauk Pauk was born a boy, she loved to dress up in clothes for girls and wear makeup and she helped her mother with the family hairdressing business. She became the target of scorn and bullying because of her feminine interests.

In 2011, she has specialised in fashion design. Under the brand "Mogok Pauk Pauk: Haute Couture", she produces Myanmar traditional wedding dresses, gowns, evening wear and cocktail wear. In 2013, she launched the ready-to-wear brand Chic Pauk, which continues to thrive in its niche market.

She participated as a judge in Style Secret and The Model Academy, the first reality TV show about grooming a supermodel in Myanmar. She believes in supporting other young designers, so she has created a scholarship which is promoting new talent. She will soon open Design House, a work space and showcase for her silk and acheik designs.