Metinee Kingpayome — Movies, TV Shows & Roles

Actor

1972-06-11 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S · Female

16 series in the catalog

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 she was also 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.
She has one son, Skye who has represented Thailand for swimming in international age-group competitions.
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