Cynthia Carmen Burbridge-Bishop or Thai nameSirinya Winsiri, is a Thai model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder of English, American and Indian descent. She is best known as the host and judge on Asia's Next Top Model.
Early Life
Bishop born in Bangkok and raised in Pattaya, She has 1/8 Thai descent, William Burbridge, her father, who is American and her mother, Patricia, is half English, one quarter Indian and one quarter Thai. Bishop attended Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok and graduated from Public Relations at Bangkok University In 2005, she married Byron Bishop, a half American, half Japanese model and had two children, Leila Carmen and Aiden.
Career
Bishop started diving at the age of 5 and through this landed her first modelling contract for an underwater commercial shoot for a diving equipment store. In 1996, Bishop won the Miss Thailand World pageant and represented Thailand in the Miss World pageant in Bangalore, India where she was unplaced and didn't make it to the semi-finals. As the supermodel based in Thailand, Cindy has been a staple of Asia, that has covers for titles like Image, Numéro and Vogue, in addition to having worked for some of fashion houses including Céline, Chanel and Gucci. Bishop's work in films include The King Maker, which she was nominated for best supporting actress at the 2005 Suphanahong Awards in Thailand, and All I See is You. She has also starred in numerous Thai drama series such as , playing the role of Lily Wijitranukul, The OCThailand, Clueless and From Dreams to Eternity. In 2016, Bishop presented the fourth cycle of Asia's Next Top Model and still continues her role until the sixth cycle in 2018. She also hosted 2 episodes of Britain's Next Top Model Cycle 12.
Social Movement
In 2018, Cindy launched a social-media campaign, #DontTellMeHowToDress. The campaign started when she read a news report about a suggestion from the Department of Local Administration of Thailand telling women to wear modest clothes during the Songkran Festival to prevent sexual harassment. Later Cindy posted a video with her message "don’t tell women what to wear; tell men to respect women" that has taken the internet by storm. Cindy Sirinya Bishop teamed up with the Thai Women and MenProgressive Movement Foundation and UN Women turned the campaign into an exhibition, starting Jun 25, 2018, to raise awareness of sexual harassment and victim-blaming in Thailand.
