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‘They fight on the street. I fight on the stage’ – Han Lay
“In my country, Myanmar, while I’m doing a speech on this day, there are so many people dying, more than 100 people died today. I deeply feel sorry for all the people who have lost their life.” The words of the Miss Grand International beauty pageant’s contestant from Myanmar, which went viral a little over a week ago, as she pled from the stage for help against the military coup that swept her country. “They are walking on the street.” And pledging support for the protesters against it, which local activists say have died by the hundreds there. Now, the 22-year old model, named Han Lay, is speaking to Reuters from Thailand.

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