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{{Short description|Burmese athlete (1927–2003)}}
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| honorific_prefix   = Princess
| name               = Margret Hteik Su Phaya Htwe
| native_name        = {{lang|my|ထိပ်စုဖုရားထွေး}}
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| birth_name         = Hteik Su Phaya Htwe
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1927|8|20|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Rangoon]], [[British rule in Burma|Burma]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2003|6|21|1927|8|20|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Rangoon]], [[Myanmar]]
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| nationality        = [[Burma|Burmese]]
| known_for          = A pioneer in Burmese sports
| occupation         = Athlete, bodybuilder, swimmer
| parents            = Ko Ko Naing <br> [[Myat Phaya Galay]]
| spouse             = {{marriage| Taw Phaya Myat Gyi|1962}}
| children           = Aung Naing
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'''Princess Margret Hteik Su Phaya Htwe''' ({{langx|my|ထိပ်စုဖုရားထွေး}};  20 August 1927 – 21 June 2003) was a pioneer Burmese athlete, bodybuilder, swimmer and a former beauty queen. She was the youngest daughter of Princess [[Myat Phaya Galay]],  the fourth daughter of the last king of Burma [[Thibaw Min]] and [[Supayalat]].<ref name="bio">{{cite book |last1=Toe |first1=Tin Naing |title=Pioneer Burmese women during the Parliamentary Era (ပါလီမန်ခေတ်ထင်ပေါ်ကျော်ကြားမြန်မာအမျိုးသမီးများ) |date=2013 |publisher=Mizzima Literary |pages=80–82 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qR1sBDUHAnR2M0cUw4RGY0RVk/edit}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Hteik Su Phaya Htwe was born on 20 August 1927 in [[Yangon|Rangoon]], [[British rule in Burma|British Burma]]; her father was Ko Ko Naing, a former monk and her mother was Princess [[Myat Phaya Galay]], the fourth daughter of [[King Thibaw]] and Queen [[Supayalat]]. She attended the St. Joseph Convent in [[Moulmein]] and [[Basic Education High School No. 3 Dagon|Myoma Girls National High School]] in Rangoon.<ref name="bio"/>
==Career==
After the war, she and her older brother Prince [[Taw Phaya Gyi]] opened a gymnasium.<ref>{{cite news |title=သီပေါနောက်က တော်ဘုရားများ |url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/in-depth-47190425 |work=BBC News |date=10 February 2019 |language=my}}</ref> In 1946, she was selected in Burma national team for swimming competition.  In 1947, she finished as the second in the Burma's first [[Miss Burma (1947–1962)|Miss Burma]] competition.<ref>{{cite news |title=မြန်မာ့ကာယဗလ၊ ကာလအလှနှင့်မောင်မြန်မာ၊ မယ်မြန်မာနောက်ခံသမိုင်း |url=https://www.commercejournal.com.mm/%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9A%E1%80%97%E1%80%9C%E1%81%8A-%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9C%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BE%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%81%8A-%E1%80%99%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%B6%E1%80%9E%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8 |work=The Commerce Journal |date=3 November 2010 |language=my |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219040322/https://www.commercejournal.com.mm/%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9A%E1%80%97%E1%80%9C%E1%81%8A-%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9C%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BE%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%81%8A-%E1%80%99%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%B6%E1%80%9E%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After retirement from sports, she served as the administrator of the National Stadium and as the organizer of the Yangon Division National Fitness Council of the Ministry of Health. She also served as the chief athlete officer for [[Yangon Region|Rangoon Division]].<ref name="bio"/>
==Personal life==
In 1962, she married her cousin Taw Phaya Myat Gyi, eldest son of [[Taw Phaya]] and Hteik Su Gyi Phaya. They had a son, Aung Naing. She died on 21 June 2003 at the age of 75.
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