Sophida Kanchanarin

Sophida Jiratritarn (née Kanchanarin; Thai: โศภิดา จิระไตรธาร, nicknamed Ning (Thai: นิ้ง); born March 31, 1995)^[1] is a Thai beauty pageant titleholder and banker who won Miss Universe Thailand 2018 and represented Thailand at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, ending as a Top 10 finalist.

Sophida Kanchanarin
Born	(1995-03-31) March 31, 1995 (age 29) Bangkok, Thailand
Education	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	Trinupab Jiratritarn ​ ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Universe Thailand 2018
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Universe Thailand 2018 (Winner) Miss Universe 2018 (Top 10)

Biography

Sophida Kanchanarin, in a Thai Chinese household in Bangkok. Her father was a doctor at Phramongkutklao Hospital.^[2] She travelled overseas for further education, and graduated after majoring in finance, with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.^[3]

After returning to Thailand she became an investment banking manager at TMB Bank.^[3]

In July 2019, she married Trinupab Jiratritarn at the Plaza Athenee Bangkok Hotel in Thailand.^[4] On April 2, 2020, Jiratritarn gave birth to the couple's first child, a son.

Pageantry

Miss Universe Thailand 2018

Sophida won the Miss Universe Thailand 2018 title on Saturday, 30 June 2018 at Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, replacing outgoing Maria Ehren Miss Universe Thailand 2017. She received a cash prize of 1,000,000฿ (one million baht), a diamond crown, jewellery, a new car and other prizes.^[1][2] Miss Universe Thailand was the only pageant she had ever competed in.^[5]

Miss Universe 2018

Sophida attended the Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand as she won Miss universe Thailand 2018 and finished in the Top 10.^[6][7] She wore a dress designed by Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana.^[8]