Woman Who Collects Garbage Is Now A Crowned Beauty Queen - Boy Trending

The story of a young beauty queen, Khanitta "Mint" Phasaeng, became an inspiration to other people after she admitted that she used to be a garbage collector.

The 17-year-old woman joined the national pageant in Thailand back in 2015. With her beauty and brains, she managed to win the competition bringing home the crown as Miss Uncensored News 2015.

Pasaeng then became a beloved star in her country after she was photographed returning home after her win to kiss her mother's feet to say thank you.

"What I have today is because of my mother," she told local media. "She and I make a living by doing honest work, so there is no reason why I should feel inferior."

Dressed in her beauty queen dress and wearing her crown, Pasaeng was snapped sitting with her family in her humble home.

According to Coconuts Bangkok, many people praised her as an "ordinary girl" who is "down to earth" after she was seen doing the house chores and sorting through recyclables in the street alongside her mother.

"I started helping my mom collect garbage when I was in elementary school," she said. "Am I ashamed? No. I am proud. I grew up and got an education because my garbage-collecting mother raised me."

But Pasaeng's crown began to slip after she was found to have lied about graduating high school so she could enter the beauty contest.

"I actually left school at Mathayom 2 and got a non-formal education to finish Mathayom 3. I did not intend to deceive anyone, but I was afraid I would not be able to enter the contest," she said.

Rumors circulated that she'd be stripped from her crown, and Pasaeng begged the committee on local television and media to let her remain a beauty queen winner.

Thankfully for Pasaeng, the committee of Miss Uncensored News Thailand said they would not be taking away her title.

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