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A Conversation With
Cindy Bishop
Cindy Bishop is a Thai-American beauty queen, business woman, model, host, actress
and mom. At the age of 18 she represented Thailand in the Miss World pageant. Cindy
is the owner and creator of "Mama's Secret," a maternal skin care line and she is an
ambassador for Fin Free Thailand and the Camillian Home for Disabled Children.
Cindy has been acting in films and on TV since 1997 and can currently be seen hosting
“Asia’s Next Top Model” TV show.
HOT Magazine recently had the delightful pleasure of sitting down with Cindy to discuss
her very busy life, both professionally and personally.
Cindy, many people when they first meet
you, don’t think you are Thai, they think you
are Farang. Why is that?
Well, for one I have blue eyes! That and
the fact that I only have 1/8th Thai blood (My
grandmother was half Thai) But since I was
born and raised here, I only feel Thai.
What was your childhood like and where
did you grow up?
I had a wonderful childhood in Pattaya.
When I was growing up, it was a quiet but
rapidly growing beach resort. I spent most of
my childhood years playing on the beach or
exploring under the water as my father owned
one of the first diving operations in the region.
At the age of 18 you won the Miss Thailand
World competition and then went on to
compete at the Miss World Pageant in India.
As a little girl did you dream of representing
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Thailand in the Miss World Beauty Pageant
or did this goal come later in life to you?
No, I never dreamed of being a beauty queen.
I did love to model and perform though, so
when the opportunity presented itself as soon
as I graduated from high school, I went for it!
To compete at that level requires huge
determination and discipline. Where did
that come from? Was it instilled at a young
age?
Yes, my father always instilled in me how
important it was to have a good work ethic
and self-discipline. My parents always told
me that I could be anything I wanted to be, but
that I would have to work hard to achieve my
dreams. And that’s the same thing I tell my
children now.
You graduated from the Bangkok
University, majoring in public relations. At